Hail in Nebraska, May 25, 2013

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
523 PM MDT SAT MAY 25 2013

.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY)
ISSUED AT 212 PM MDT SAT MAY 25 2013

UPPER FLOW WILL BE SOUTHWEST THROUGH SUNDAY.  SURFACE LOW PRESSURE
WILL BE OVER EASTERN COLORADO THROUGH THE PERIOD.

A WEAK SHORTWAVE COMES THROUGH THE FLOW THIS EVENING INTO THE FA AND
A SECOND STRONGER ONE ON SUNDAY. THERE IS PLENTY OF CAPE (2000-3000
J/KG) AVAILABLE FOR STORMS THIS EVENING AND 2500 TO 3500 J/KG
SUNDAY. EXPECT STORMS TO FIRE IN EASTERN COLORADO NEAR THE DRYLINE AND
SURFACE TROUGH.  FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATE HIGH BASED STORMS WITH
LITTLE PRECIPITATION REACHING THE SURFACE.  FOR THIS REASON PLAN ON
GOING WITH SLIGHT CHANCE AND CHANCE POPS FOR TONIGHT. STORMS WILL
FIRE NEAR THE WARM FRONT SUNDAY AFTERNOON WHICH WILL FAVOR HIGHER
POPS IN THE NORTHEAST HALF OF THE FA. ONCE AGAIN STORMS WILL BE HIGH
BASED SO WILL LEAN TOWARD SLIGHT CHANCE AND LOW CHANCE POPS.

BOUNDARY LAYER RELATIVE HUMIDITY INCREASES ABOVE 90 PERCENT IN THE
FAR EASTERN FA EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. RH DECREASES AFTER 15Z SO WILL
INCLUDE SOME STRATUS AND PATCHY FOG.

850 TEMPERATURES AROUND 30C SUNDAY WILL SUPPORT TEMPERATURES RISING
TO THE MID 90S IN THE SOUTH AND AROUND 90 IN THE NORTH AND EAST. MIN
TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL COOL TO THE MID 50S TO THE LOWER 60S
EAST.

.LONG TERM...(SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY)
ISSUED AT 245 PM MDT SAT MAY 25 2013

CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO BE THE MAIN FOCUS
OF THE FORECAST. A FEW CHANGES IN THE MODEL DATA HAVE PROMPTED SOME
SLIGHT CHANGES TO PORTIONS OF THE EXTENDED FORECAST. THESE CHANGES
WILL BE DISCUSSED BELOW.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD AGAIN DEVELOP ALONG A DRY LINE
AHEAD OF THE LEE LOW PRESSURE AND CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS
TOMORROW NIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL BE STRONG TO SEVERE AS
MENTIONED IN THE SHORT TERM DISCUSSION. MOST OF THE ACTIVITY WILL
DIMINISH BY MIDNIGHT BUT SOME PRECIPITATION COULD CONTINUE PAST
MIDNIGHT DUE TO BOUNDARY INTERACTIONS AS WAS OBSERVED AROUND HILL
CITY AND NORTON KANSAS LAST NIGHT. WARM LOW TEMPERATURES ARE AGAIN
EXPECTED WITH LOWS ONLY FALLING INTO THE UPPER 50S TO MID 60S.
VARIABLE WINDS ARE FORECAST AS THE SURFACE LOW MOVES ACROSS THE
TRI-STATE AREA.

ON MONDAY...CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION CONTINUE TO LOOK LOWER THAN
PREVIOUS AND UPCOMING DAYS. THE BEST CHANCES WILL GENERALLY BE OVER
THE NORTHEAST HALF OF THE AREA AHEAD OF THE DRYLINE. STORMS COULD BE
STRONG TO SEVERE AGAIN WITH SURFACE CAPE VALUES OF 2000 J/KG...0-6KM
BULK SHEAR OF 35 TO 45 KTS AND FAVORABLE LAPSE RATES OF 8 TO 9 C/KM.
THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL AS LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE LOOKS SOMEWHAT LOW FOR A LOW TORNADO RISK TO BE MENTIONED.

ONE OF THE BIGGER CHANGES TO THE EXTENDED FORECAST WAS TO INCREASE
THE CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE DAY ON TUESDAY.
A LARGE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO HAVE AN
INFLUENCE ON OUR WEATHER STARTING ON TUESDAY. THIS IS SOMEWHAT
FASTER THAN PREVIOUS MODEL RUNS AND THE GFS...CANADIAN...EUROPEAN
AND NAM MODELS ALL SHOW THE CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION. THIS IS DUE TO
MODELS EXPECTING AN EARLIER INITIAL SHORTWAVE TO PIVOT AROUND THE
TROUGH AS WELL AS A DRYLINE FARTHER TO THE WEST THAT PREVIOUS RUNS.
HAVE INCREASED POPS INTO THE CHANCE CATEGORY BUT IF MODELS CONTINUE
TO SHOW A CONSISTENT SOLUTION...CHANCES FOR PRECIP WILL NEED TO BE
INCREASED AGAIN.

THE MAIN DAYS FOR PRECIPITATION WITH THIS UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AND
ASSOCIATED SHORTWAVES SWINGING AROUND THE EDGE WILL BE ON WEDNESDAY
AND THURSDAY. SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD
DEVELOP AHEAD OF A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE TO THE WEST AND A DRYLINE
BISECTING THE FORECAST AREA. SOME STORMS WILL AGAIN BE STRONG TO
SEVERE...HOWEVER INSTABILITY FOR THIS SYSTEM LOOKS SOMEWHAT LESS
THAN PREVIOUS FORECAST RUNS. THIS COULD BE REFLECTING A CONVECTIVE
FEEDBACK MECHANISM WITHIN THE MODELS AS MORE WIDESPREAD AND POSSIBLY
HEAVIER PRECIPITATION IS FORECAST. THE SHEAR LOOKS BETTER FOR THIS
EVENT AS STRONGER WINDS ALOFT SHOULD MOVE THROUGH IN ASSOCIATION
WITH THIS TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE. THIS LOOKS LIKE THE BEST CHANCE
FOR SOME HEAVIER...SOAKING...MUCH NEEDED RAINFALL THAT THIS AREA
DESPERATELY NEEDS.

TEMPERATURES THROUGHOUT THE FORECAST PERIOD WILL REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL
FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. A COLD FRONT WILL COOL THINGS OFF TOWARDS THE
END OF NEXT WEEK WITH NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES FORECAST.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z SUNDAY EVENING)
ISSUED AT 523 PM MDT SAT MAY 25 2013

PRIMARY AVIATION CONCERN EARLY IN THE TAF PERIOD WILL BE
THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAVE ALREADY DEVELOPED AROUND THE KGLD
TERMINAL...WITH ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY MOVING INTO THE KMCK TERMINAL
WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. THESE STORMS DO HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING
LARGE HAIL...HOWEVER FROM THIS POINT FORWARD CONFIDENCE IN
OCCURRENCE AT THE TERMINALS IS TOO LOW TO INCLUDE HAIL MENTION IN
TAF. MOST ACTIVITY SHOULD TRANSITION TO THE NORTH AND EAST THROUGH
THE EVENING POSSIBLY LINGERING AT KMCK THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT.

VFR CONDITIONS SHOULD PREVAIL AT KGLD THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD WITH
FOG/STRATUS DEVELOPING BY SUNRISE AT KMCK. CURRENTLY EXPECTING
MVFR CONDITIONS AFTER 09Z TRANSITIONING TO IFR BY 12Z. THERE IS
SOME INDICATION OF LOWER CONDITIONS...HOWEVER THIS COULD BE
DEPENDENT ON OVERNIGHT PRECIP CLEARING.

&&

.GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
KS...NONE.
CO...NONE.
NE...NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...FS
LONG TERM...RRH
AVIATION...DR

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
306 PM MDT SAT MAY 25 2013

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-261230-
YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-
SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-
DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW-
306 PM MDT SAT MAY 25 2013 /406 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST
NEBRASKA...NORTHWEST KANSAS AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON
NEAR THE COLORADO BORDER. THESE STORMS WILL THEN MOVE NORTHEAST
ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA DURING THE EVENING. A FEW OF
THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND
AS THE MAIN THREATS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY AFTERNOON
ALONG AND EAST OF A YUMA COLORADO TO RUSSELL SPRINGS KANSAS LINE.
THE MAIN THREATS WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS.

MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FROM TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
NIGHT. SOME OF THESE WILL BE STRONG TO SEVERE AS WELL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED TODAY.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
442 PM MDT SAT MAY 25 2013

KSZ002-NEZ080-252315-
HITCHCOCK-RAWLINS-
542 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR RAWLINS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS AND HITCHCOCK
COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...

AT 535 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BLAKEMAN...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.

PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM.

BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND
BECOME SEVERE.

&&

LAT...LON 3978 10095 3978 10140 4000 10136 4001 10132
      4012 10132 4012 10092
TIME...MOT...LOC 2242Z 188DEG 14KT 3989 10117

024

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
518 PM MDT SAT MAY 25 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0510 PM     HAIL             10 N BEARDSLEY          39.96N 101.21W
05/25/2013  M1.75 INCH       RAWLINS            KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            ALSO MEASURED 0.55 INCHES RAIN SO FAR

&&

JJM

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
528 PM MDT SAT MAY 25 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0518 PM     HAIL             9 S RULETON             39.21N 101.87W
05/25/2013  M1.00 INCH       SHERMAN            KS   COCORAHS

&&

JJM

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
540 PM MDT SAT MAY 25 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0540 PM     HAIL             GOODLAND                39.35N 101.71W
05/25/2013  M1.25 INCH       SHERMAN            KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

JJM

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
545 PM MDT SAT MAY 25 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0543 PM     HAIL             1 N GOODLAND            39.36N 101.71W
05/25/2013  E1.50 INCH       SHERMAN            KS   OFFICIAL NWS OBS

&&

JJM

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
550 PM MDT SAT MAY 25 2013

NEZ080-081-260015-
HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW-
650 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HITCHCOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA AND RED
WILLOW COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...

AT 642 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF
STRATTON NE TO CULBERTSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THESE STORMS.

BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND
BECOME SEVERE.

&&

LAT...LON 4009 10056 4010 10130 4035 10123 4035 10045
TIME...MOT...LOC 2350Z 209DEG 35KT 4030 10112 4029 10072

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