A line of strong thunderstorms moved from Washington County east across Yuma County during the afternoon. Small tree limbs were broken off trees in Yuma as a result of the thunderstorm outflow.
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A line of strong thunderstorms moved from Washington County east across Yuma County during the afternoon. Small tree limbs were broken off trees in Yuma as a result of the thunderstorm outflow.
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 Aug 7, 12:00 PM MST, 2 hours 53 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 100 PM MDT THU AUG 7 2014 .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY) ISSUED AT 1251 PM MDT THU AUG 7 2014 SHORTWAVE TROUGH EVIDENT ON WATER VAPOR IN UTAH/WESTERN COLORADO WILL TRANSLATE OVER THE RIDGE AND INTO THE AREA TONIGHT. LOW LEVEL UPSLOPE HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED IN THE WAKE OF OVERNIGHT CONVECTION/BACK DOOR FRONT WITH UPPER 50 DEW POINTS WELL INTO EASTERN COLORADO. MODEL SIGNALS ARE FAIRLY CONSISTENT THAT THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN MERGE INTO A CLUSTER OR LINE AND MOVE ACROSS THE CWA THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. DEEP LAYER SHEAR AND INSTABILITY WILL BE SUFFICIENT FOR A FEW SEVERE STORMS...BUT MAIN THREAT WILL BE HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS AS LINE ORGANIZES. POTENTIAL FOR 1-2 INCHES EXISTS IN CENTRAL AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. RAIN WILL END WEST TO EAST AFTER MIDNIGHT. SOME RAIN MAY LINGER INTO FRIDAY MORNING BEFORE A LULL IN PRECIPITATION AROUND MID DAY. RIDGE AXIS WILL BE OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND WITH ANOTHER DISTURBANCE COMING OVER THE TOP EXPECT ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...BEST CHANCES IN THE AFTERNOON WILL BE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70. TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR TO SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL WITH CLOUDS AND PRECIPITATION HOLDING THEM DOWN A BIT. .LONG TERM...(FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY) ISSUED AT 1247 PM MDT THU AUG 7 2014 FRIDAY NIGHT-SUNDAY...WEST/NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT THROUGH THE PERIOD. MODELS HAVE VARYING SOLUTIONS ON MOISTURE AVAILABILITY AND TIMING BUT IT LOOKS LIKE WEATHER DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY NIGHT. BASICALLY WILL KEEP SLIGHT CHANCE/CHANCE POPS GOING FOR THE FORECAST. LOW TEMPERATURES FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY NIGHT IN THE LOW TO MID 60S WITH HIGHS OVER THE WEEKEND IN THE 80S. SUNDAY NIGHT-THURSDAY...FORECAST AREA REMAINS UNDER NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT THROUGH TUESDAY AS UPPER HIGH EXTENDS FROM TEXAS INTO THE FOUR CORNERS AREA WITH LOW PRESSURE OVER THE WEST COAST AND NORTHEAST. FOR TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY THE RIDGE AXIS SHIFTS EAST OVER THE AREA BEFORE FLATTENING A BIT THURSDAY. WITH MODEST DISCREPANCIES TIED TO MOISTURE AVAILABILITY AND TIMING OF WEATHER DISTURBANCES THAT MAY OR MAY NOT IMPACT THE AREA MINIMAL CHANGES MADE TO POP/WX FORECAST. BASED ON GFS/ECMWF 850MB TEMPERATURES A SLOW WARMING TREND IS EXPECTED. SHOULD SEE HIGHS IN THE 80S TO LOW 90S WITH LOWS IN THE 60S. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z FRIDAY AFTERNOON) ISSUED AT 1123 AM MDT THU AUG 7 2014 LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT BOTH KGLD AND KMCK. DISTURBANCE COMING OUT OF COLORADO WILL LEAD TO SCATTERED DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON...AND STORMS WILL LIKELY MERGE INTO A LINE OR CLUSTER AS THEY MOVE ACROSS THE REGION IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS...WITH LOW CEILINGS...REDUCED VISIBILITY AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. GUSTY SURFACE WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH OUTFLOW WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. OVERNIGHT...LOW CLOUDS AND FOG WILL REDEVELOP WITH ANOTHER PERIOD OF FLIGHT CATEGORY RESTRICTIONS POSSIBLE AROUND SUNRISE FRIDAY MORNING. && .GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...NONE. CO...NONE. NE...NONE. && SHORT TERM...024 LONG TERM...99 AVIATION...024
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 143 PM MDT THU AUG 7 2014 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-081815- YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON- SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- 143 PM MDT THU AUG 7 2014 /243 PM CDT THU AUG 7 2014/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...NORTHWEST KANSAS AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE TRI STATE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE DUE TO SLOW MOVING STORMS. A FEW STORMS MAY BE SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING DUST. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM FRIDAY THROUGH NEXT WEDNESDAY. AT THIS TIME...THE THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 121 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:53 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tree limbs one and a half inches in diameter were downed from the thunderstorm outflow.
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