An isolated thunderstorm developed in Cheyenne County Kansas during the late afternoon and moved south-southeast across Sherman County. The storm produced half-inch diameter hail and wind gusts which broke a few tree limbs.
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An isolated thunderstorm developed in Cheyenne County Kansas during the late afternoon and moved south-southeast across Sherman County. The storm produced half-inch diameter hail and wind gusts which broke a few tree limbs.
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 Jul 30, 2:53 PM CST, 1 hour 12 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 253 PM MDT TUE JUL 30 2013 .SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT) ISSUED AT 250 PM MDT TUE JUL 30 2013 LATEST WV IMAGERY AND RAP H5 ANALYSIS SHOWS ELONGATED RIDGE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WITH WESTERLY FLOW IN PLACE ACROSS THE CENTRAL/HIGH PLAINS. A WEAK LEE TROUGH IS CURRENTLY IN PLACE ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO WITH A WEAK CONVERGENCE REGION EXTENDING INTO OUR WESTERN CWA. THIS WILL ACT AS THE FOCUS FOR ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON...WITH CU FIELD ALREADY IN PLACE AND RADAR INDICATING SEVERAL DEVELOPING UPDRAFTS JUST NW OF OUR CWA NEAR YUMA COUNTY. WITH STORM MOTIONS OUT OF THE EAST 10-20KT MOST STORMS WILL BE SLOW MOVERS...THOUGH WE COULD STILL SEE THIS ACTIVITY MOVE FURTHER EAST IN OUR CWA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BEFORE FALLING APART AFTER SUNSET WITH LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING AND INCREASING LOW LEVEL CINH. LATEST RAP ANALYSIS SHOWS SB/ML CAPE VALUES RANGING FROM 1000-1500 J/KG...AND WITH ADJUSTED SOUNDINGS SUPPORTING POSSIBLE CAPE VALUES IN THE 2000-2500J/KG RANGE LATER THIS AFTERNOON. WITH HIGH TD DEPRESSIONS TO ABOUT 700MB THROUGH A DRY ADIABATIC AIRMASS AND HIGH LFC/LCL IN THE 10-13KFT RANGE WE COULD SEE STRONG THUNDERSTORM GUST POTENTIAL. IF WE REALIZE THE HIGHER CAPE VALUES I COULDNT RULE OUT LARGE HAIL POTENTIAL...HOWEVER AT THIS POINT STRONG WINDS ARE PROBABLY THE GREATER THREAT WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP. MET/MAV GUIDANCE ARE INDICATING FOG DEVELOPMENT TONIGHT...HOWEVER WITH W-SW WINDS TO 10KT AT THE SURFACE AND BL WINDS IN EXCESS OF 20KT...I AM NOT AS CONFIDENT WE WILL SEE A REPEAT OF LAST NIGHT. WITH TROUGH AXIS SHIFTING EAST WE COULD STILL SEE LIGHT SURFACE WINDS IN THE EAST WHERE FOG WOULD BE MORE LIKELY TO OCCUR...AND WHERE I KEPT PATCHY FOG MENTION. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL DROP SOUTH LATE TONIGHT AND STALL ALONG THE NE/KS STATE LINE BY MIDDAY WEDNESDAY WITH A PRE FRONTAL TROUGH SETTLING TO OUR SOUTHEAST. AHEAD OF THE TROUGH AXIS CAPE VALUES IN EXCESS OF 2500 J/KG ARE ADVERTISED. THIS TROUGH AXIS WILL BE THE MAIN FOCUS WITH GOOD SURFACE CONVERGENCE IN PLACE...AND I KEPT 30/40 POPS TIED TO THIS FEATURE...AND LOWER POPS TO THE NORTH. WITH BETTER CAPE AND MARGINALLY BETTER SHEER WE WILL SEE A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME BETTER ORGANIZED WITH SEVERE WIND/HAIL A POSSIBILITY IN OUR SOUTHEAST DURING THE AFTERNOON. .LONG TERM...(WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY) ISSUED AT 250 PM MDT TUE JUL 30 2013 NO MAJOR CHANGES SEEN TO THE UPPER PATTERN ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS DURING THIS PERIOD. UPPER HIGH NOW CENTERED OVER NEW MEXICO AND WAFFLE BACK AND FORTH OVER TO WEST TEXAS AND BACK DURING PERIOD. ALTHOUGH THE UPPER RIDGE IS FORECAST TO ASSERT ITSELF SLIGHTLY NORTH OVER THE MOUNTAINS...A SERIES OF WEAK UPPER IMPULSES WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER THE TOP OF THE RIDGE KEEPING IT FAIRLY FLAT OVERALL. THIS MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO ASSESS TIMING OF PRECIPITATION. ALL GUIDANCE IS SUGGESTING AN ACTIVE FLOW REGIME WILL CONTINUE WITH SLIGHT CHANCE TO CHANCE POPS EVERY DAY. RIGHT NOW THE MOST ACTIVE PERIODS FOR PRECIPITATION LOOK TO BE THURSDAY NIGHT AND AGAIN SATURDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE SEASONAL WITH HIGHS MOSTLY IN THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S AND LOWS IN THE 60S. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON) ISSUED AT 1146 AM MDT TUE JUL 30 2013 VFR CONDITIONS SHOULD PERSIST THROUGH THIS EVENING AT BOTH KGLD AND KMCK THROUGH THE VALID TAF PERIOD. WITH SURFACE TROUGH AXIS NEAR BOTH TERMINALS WINDS WILL BE SOMEWHAT ERRATIC...THOUGH THEY SHOULD REMAIN BELOW 12KT AT THE SURFACE GENERALLY OUT OF THE EAST- SOUTHEAST. THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF TROUGH AXIS ALONG KS/CO STATE LINE...HOWEVER WITH COVERAGE ISOLATED I DECIDED AGAINST MENTION AT EITHER TAF SITE. FOG WILL ONCE AGAIN BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT AFTER 09Z WITH MOIST SURFACE LAYER STILL IN PLACE. MET/MAV GUIDANCE SHOWING CONDITIONS DROPPING TO IFR/LIFR...HOWEVER WITH BL WINDS INCREASING TONIGHT (ESPECIALLY OVER KGLD) I AM SKEPTICAL OF CONDITIONS MUCH LOWER THAN MVFR. AT THIS TIME IF WE SAW LOWER CONDITIONS I THINK IT WOULD BE AT KMCK WHERE SURFACE WINDS MAY REMAIN VARIABLE ALONG REPUBLICAN RIVER VALLEY. A W-SW DRAINAGE WIND AROUND 10KT MAY HELP KEEP CONDITIONS VFR AT KGLD. ANY FOG SHOULD DISSIPATE BY 15Z AS DIURNAL HEATING MIXES OUT OF THE LOWER LEVELS. && .GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...NONE. CO...NONE. NE...NONE. && SHORT TERM...DR LONG TERM...DLF AVIATION...DR
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1040 AM MDT TUE JUL 30 2013 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-311400- 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 TUE JUL 30 2013 /1140 AM CDT TUE JUL 30 2013/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...NORTHWEST KANSAS AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ALONG THE COLORADO STATE LINE AND SLOWLY MOVE EAST. THIS ACTIVITY WILL QUICKLY DISSIPATE AFTER SUNSET. A FEW STORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY STRONG WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS REGION EACH DAY FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. A MORE WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER EVENT IS POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. DR
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 23 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:03 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds broke a few 4-inch diameter live tree branches.
Barn destroyed with other damage to shingles and gutters. Hail to one-half inch and rainfall of 1.5 also occurred with the storm. Corn crop was laid down and likely a total loss but no crop damage estimates are available.
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