An irrigation pivot was overturned and a residential fence damaged from a wind gust from the southeast. This wind gust does not appear to be related to thunderstorm activity which had not yet reached the area.
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An irrigation pivot was overturned and a residential fence damaged from a wind gust from the southeast. This wind gust does not appear to be related to thunderstorm activity which had not yet reached the area. A nearby personal weather station reported a wind gust of 59 mph at the time.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Goodland, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 7, 4:00 PM MST, 2 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 500 PM MDT THU JUN 7 2012 .SHORT TERM...(THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY) ISSUED AT 147 PM MDT THU JUN 7 2012 THE ENVIRONMENT THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT LOOKS SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY...AND INCLUDES SIMILAR CONCERNS. THERE WILL BE THE CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF AND ALONG A WEAK STATIONARY FRONT INTO TONIGHT. MAIN QUESTION WITH STORM FORMATION WILL BE HOW FAR EAST THE STORMS WILL DEVELOP WITHIN THE FORECAST AREA AS A SHORTWAVE TROUGH TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE AREA MOVES THROUGH THE UPPER FLOW. POINT SOUNDINGS SHOW THE HIGHEST INSTABILITY IN THE NORTHWESTERN PORTION OF THE AREA...WITH A STRONGER CAP OUT FURTHER EAST. STORM MOTION SHOULD MAINLY BE TO THE NORTHEAST...BUT STORMS MAY BUILD EASTWARD ALONG THE INSTABILITY AXIS. STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT AS CONDITIONS BECOME MORE STABLE. DURING THE EARLY MORNING BEFORE SUNRISE...PATCHY FOG WILL FORM OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN PORTION OF THE AREA. CONSIDERING THE EXPECTED LOW LEVEL MOISTURE...FOG SHOULD GENERALLY BE ALONG AND WEST OF THE LINE FROM WRAY COLORADO TO LEOTI KANSAS. FOG WILL DISSIPATE IN THE MID MORNING AS MIXING INCREASES...AND THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON OVER EASTERN COLORADO. HAVE KEPT POPS SILENT OVER KANSAS...BUT INCREASED POPS OVER COLORADO GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF INSTABILITY AND MINIMAL CIN. .LONG TERM...(FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY) ISSUED AT 243 PM MDT THU JUN 7 2012 FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY APPEAR DRY AS THE FORECAST AREA WILL BE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE BROAD UPPER RIDGE OVER THE PLAINS STATES. THE SURFACE FLOW OVER THE REGION ALSO TURNS SOUTH TO SOUTHWESTERLY THROUGH THE BEGINNING OF THE WEEKEND AS THE PRE- FRONTAL TROUGH MOVES EAST OVER THE HIGH PLAINS. DOWNSLOPE CONDITIONS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO HOT CONDITIONS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA AND VERY DRY CONDITIONS OVER MAINLY THE WESTERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY. WINDS ARE CURRENTLY MARGINAL FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF A FIRE WEATHER WATCH LEADING INTO A RED FLAG WARNING FOR SATURDAY...BUT WILL BEAR WATCHING TO SEE IF WINDS IN THE VICINITY OF THE PRE-FRONTAL TROUGH WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH TO WARRANT A STATEMENT. A COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH THE REGION EARLY SUNDAY WITH STRONGER NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT. CONDITIONS STILL APPEAR DRY...BUT RH VALUES WILL NOT BE AS LOW AS THEY WERE ON SATURDAY GIVEN THE SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES EXPECTED. STILL HAS THE POTENTIAL FOR A FIRE WEATHER HIGHLIGHT WITH NO PRECIPITATION EXPECTED UNTIL SUNDAY EVENING AS THE UPPER TROUGH MOVES EAST OF THE ROCKIES AND ACROSS THE NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS. THE UPPER FLOW BECOMES MORE ZONAL THROUGH NEXT WEEK WITH SEVERAL EMBEDDED WAVES MOVING THROUGH THE FLOW. WITH EMBEDDED WAVES MOVING ACROSS THE REGION WITH A DEEPENING LEE SURFACE TROUGH...THERE WILL BE A POSSIBILITY OF ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY FROM TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z FRIDAY EVENING) ISSUED AT 500 PM MDT THU JUN 7 2012 VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT BOTH KGLD AND KMCK THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD. WITH BL MOISTURE INCREASING OVERNIGHT...CANT RULE OUT LOW STRATUS AND PATCHY FOG OVER EASTERN COLORADO NEAR AREA OF LOW LEVEL CONVERENCE ALONG HIGHER TERRIAIN. CONFIDENCE IS TOO LOW TO INCLUDE MENTION IN KGLD TAF DURING THIS CYCLE. GUSTY SOUTH/SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD AT BOTH SITES...WITH A SLIGHT DECREASE IN WINDS AT KMCK OVERNIGHT TONIGHT INCREASING AGAIN AFTER SUNRISE FRIDAY. LOW CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING AT BOTH TERMINALS...BEST CHANCES/COVERAGE SHOULD REMAIN NORTH AND WEST OF BOTH TERMINALS. && .GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...NONE. CO...NONE. NE...NONE. && SHORT TERM...CJS LONG TERM...LOCKHART AVIATION...DR
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1040 AM MDT THU JUN 7 2012 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-081215- YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON- SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- 1040 AM MDT THU JUN 7 2012 /1140 AM CDT THU JUN 7 2012/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...NORTHWEST KANSAS AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS AS THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP ALONG A STALLED FRONTAL ZONE. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND A BRIEF TORNADO ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE ALONG AND WEST OF A MCCOOK TO SHARON SPRINGS LINE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO CLIMB TO AROUND 100 DEGREES ON SATURDAY WITH AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES FALLING TO AROUND 10 PERCENT. THESE HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS...COMBINED WITH GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE DANGER. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY AFTER 3 PM MDT. CJS
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Severe gust from the ESE well ahead of convection arriving from the west. An irrigation pivot was overturned and a residential fence damaged.
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