During the afternoon a severe thunderstorm developed over East Central Colorado and moved eastward intensifying. Widespread damaging winds occurred with this storm, with measured gusts up to 78 mph at the Burlington airport.
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The episode as NWS GLD wrote it up.
During the afternoon a severe thunderstorm developed over East Central Colorado and moved eastward intensifying. Widespread damaging winds occurred with this storm, with measured gusts up to 78 mph at the Burlington airport. The widespread damaging winds broke off hundreds of power poles leading to widespread power outages for Kit Carson county and produced blowing dust dropping visibilities to under a mile briefly near Stratton. A State of Emergency was declare for Kit Carson county due to the widespread power outage. The largest hail reported was golf ball size northwest of Burlington. Total damage estimates were just over $3 million for all the hail and wind events in the county, with the majority of damage resulting from loss of farm equipment and loss of crop watering equipment. This figure does not include crop loss.
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 14, 4:16 PM MST, 34 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 516 PM MDT SAT JUN 14 2014 .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY) ISSUED AT 1257 PM MDT SAT JUN 14 2014 LATEST SATELLITE AND UPPER AIR ANALYSIS SHOW LOW STRATUS OR CUMULUS OVER MOST OF NEBRASKA AHEAD OF AN UPPER LEVEL SHORT WAVE TROUGH OVER NORTHEAST COLORADO...WITH THE MAIN TROUGH OVER UTAH. AT THE SURFACE A COLD FRONT WAS SLOWLY MOVE SOUTH INTO KANSAS BEHIND A PRE-FRONTAL TROUGH THAT HAD MOVED THROUGH THE WEST HALF OF THE AREA. A DRY LINE WAS LOCATED FROM ROUGHLY LIMON TO OAKLEY THEN SOUTH TO NEAR LEOTI. AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES THE PRE-FRONTAL TROUGH WILL STALL NEAR HIGHWAY 40. MEANWHILE THE COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA...BUT REMAIN NEAR THE KS/NE STATE LINE UNTIL THE MAIN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVES THROUGH THIS EVENING. CINH DECLINES AS THE FRONT MOVES IN AND HIGHER DEW POINTS POOL ALONG THE COLD FRONT. WITH A 500MB SHORT WAVE TROUGH APPROACHING THE TRI-STATE AREA FROM THE WEST...ANTICIPATE STORMS TO FORM OVER NORTHEAST COLORADO FIRST DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON. STORM DEVELOPMENT WILL SPREAD EAST...WITH STORMS FORMING ALONG THE DRY LINE BY MID AFTERNOON. STORM COVERAGE WILL INCREASE FROM EAST TO WEST THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF THE MAIN 500MB TROUGH THAT WILL MOVE THROUGH THIS EVENING. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON WILL QUICKLY BECOME SEVERE DUE TO SURFACE BASED CAPE OF 1000-3000J/KG AND 0-6KM BULK SHEAR OF 30-50KTS. THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL...WITH LARGE HAIL OF 2 INCHES OR GREATER POSSIBLE NORTH OF I-70. TORNADOES MAY DEVELOP EAST OF HIGHWAY 83 WHERE 0-1KM BULK SHEAR IS AROUND 15KTS. THIS EVENING THE MAIN 500MB TROUGH MOVES OVER THE AREA. AS IT DOES SO STRONG/DEEP 700-300MB FRONTOGENESIS DEVELOPS OVER THE NORTH HALF OF THE AREA. AT THE SURFACE THE COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTH INTO THE AREA...WITH HIGHER DEW POINTS POOLING ALONG THE FRONT. SINCE THE BEST INSTABILITY AND MOISTURE WILL BE ALONG THE FRONT...ANTICIPATE STORMS TO DEVELOP ALONG/BEHIND IT AS THE MAIN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. STORM COVERAGE WILL PEAK BY MID EVENING AS DISCRETE STORMS MERGE INTO A LARGER SCALE CONVECTIVE COMPLEX. THE CONVECTIVE COMPLEX WILL MOVE EAST OF THE AREA AROUND MIDNIGHT. ASIDE FROM THE CONVECTIVE WEATHER...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST TO 50 MPH WITH THE INITIAL FRONTAL PASSAGE THIS EVENING DUE TO RAPID PRESSURE RISE ALONG THE FRONT AND THE COOLER AIR MIXING DOWN WINDS APPROACHING 50KTS. DUE TO THE MORE SIGNIFICANT THREAT OF VERY LARGE HAIL AND POSSIBLY WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER...WILL NOT BE ISSUING A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS EVENING. SUNDAY DRY AIR WILL REMAIN OVER THE TRI-STATE AREA BEHIND THE 500MB TROUGH. AT 850MB A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE OVER THE AREA UNTIL MID AFTERNOON WHEN IT SHIFTS EAST. ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE RIDGE WINDS WILL INCREASE SOME...BECOMING BREEZY OVER EAST CENTRAL COLORADO. .LONG TERM...(SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY) ISSUED AT 237 PM MDT SAT JUN 14 2014 SUNDAY NIGHT-TUESDAY...UPPER LEVEL TROUGH IS STILL EXPECTED TO BE IN PLACE ACROSS THE PACIFIC NW EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH BROAD RIDING AHEAD OF THIS OVER THE SOUTHEAST US. SW FLOW WILL BE IN PLACE OVER THE CENTRAL ROCKIES/FAR WESTERN PLAINS...AND THIS WILL HELP BRING VERY DRY AND HOT CONDITIONS TO THE FORECAST AREA AT LEAST THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THERE IS A WEAK EMBEDDED SHORTWAVE TROUGH WITHING THE FLOW THAT PASSES JUST NORTH OF THE CWA SUNDAY NIGHT AND COULD RESULT IN A FEW THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE NORTHERN PART OF THE CWA TRANSITION EASTWARD. THE DRY NATURE OF THE AIR MASS WITH PRECLUDE BETTER THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE AND EVENTUALLY...THUNDERSTORM CHANCES END COMPLETING AS SUBSIDENCE QUICKLY MOVES OVER THE CWA BEHIND SHORTWAVE TROUGH. LOOKS LIKE ANY ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE WELL EAST OF OUR CWA MONDAY AFTERNOON AS VERY DRY CONDITIONS SETTLE IN OVER OUR CWA (TD VALUES POSSIBLY MIXING TO MID TEENS OVER EASTERN PARTS OF OUR CWA). DRY AND HOT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BOTH MONDAY AND TUESDAY WITH HIGHS POSSIBLY APPROACHING 100F. WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY NIGHT...FIRST PACIFIC NW TROUGH EJECTS ACROSS NORTHERN PLAINS WEDNESDAY/WEDNESDAY NIGHT. GOOD FORCING ALONG WITH INCREASING INSTABILITY AND SHEER COULD BRING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CHANCES BACK TO OUR CWA BOTH DAYS. BETTER COVERAGE IS CURRENTLY ANTICIPATED WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. MODELS ARE FAIRLY CONSISTENT ON THE TIMING OF THIS SYSTEM...THERE ARE JUST QUESTIONS ON THE EVOLUTION AND FINER DETAILS. FRIDAY-SATURDAY...THERE IS LESS CONSISTENCY BETWEEN MODELS ON THESE PERIODS...THOUGH OVERALL PATTERN SEEMS TO FAVOR VERY LOW PRECIP CHANCES AND ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS WITH EITHER RIDING OR A RETURN TO SW FLOW. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z SUNDAY EVENING) ISSUED AT 512 PM MDT SAT JUN 14 2014 MAIN AVIATION CONCERN WILL BE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING AT BOTH KGLD AND KMCK. LATEST RADAR TRENDS SHOW STORMS DEVELOPING IN NORTHEAST COLORADO WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST INTO NORTHWEST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA WHERE THE ENVIRONMENT IS VERY UNSTABLE. STRONG OUTFLOW WINDS WILL DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE STORMS AND COULD IMPACT BOTH TERMINALS. IF A STORM HAPPENS TO GO DIRECTLY OVER A TERMINAL IT COULD PRODUCE LARGE HAIL. STORMS WILL END AROUND MIDNIGHT. A SECONDARY CONCERN WILL BE PATCHY FOG AROUND SUNRISE SUNDAY MORNING. && .FIRE WEATHER... ISSUED AT 237 PM MDT SAT JUN 14 2014 CURRENT THOUGHTS FROM PREVIOUS COORDINATION WITH PARTNERS IS THAT FUELS ARE STILL UNFAVORABLE FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH...SO UNLESS SOMETHING CHANGES FIRE WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS ARE NOT PLANNED. AT THE SAME TIME IT IS WORTH MENTIONING THAT RH AND WIND WILL LIKELY REACH CRITICAL CRITERIA FOR AT LEAST PART OF OUR FORECAST AREA MONDAY AND TUESDAY AFTERNOONS (ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70). A VERY DRY AIR MASS IS PROGGED TO BE IN PLACE AND EVEN CONSERVATIVE MIXING WOULD RESULT IN RH VALUES AROUND 10 PERCENT AND WINDS OCCASIONALLY GUSTING TO 30 MPH. WE WILL NEED TO MONITOR FUELS...AS FORECAST CONDITIONS BOTH DAYS WOULD NORMALLY REQUIRE A FIRE WEATHER HIGHLIGHT. && .GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...NONE. CO...NONE. NE...NONE. && SHORT TERM...JTL LONG TERM...DR AVIATION...024 FIRE WEATHER...DR
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1044 AM MDT SAT JUN 14 2014 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-151215- YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON- SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- 1044 AM MDT SAT JUN 14 2014 /1144 AM CDT SAT JUN 14 2014/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...NORTHWEST KANSAS AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE TRI-STATE AREA. THE BEST CHANCE OF SEVERE STORMS WILL OCCUR FROM 3 PM TO 11 PM CDT ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70. LARGE HAIL OF 2 INCHES OR MORE IN DIAMETER AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS. A FEW TORNADOES MAY ALSO DEVELOP...MAINLY EAST OF HIGHWAY 83 THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING BEHIND A COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS ARE APPRECIATED BY PHONE OR THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA. JTL
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
518 PM MDT SAT JUN 14 2014
COZ091-142345-
KIT CARSON COUNTY-
518 PM MDT SAT JUN 14 2014
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR KIT CARSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...
AT 614 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THURMAN...OR 24 MILES
NORTHWEST OF FLAGLER...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
QUARTER 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 3956 10316 3957 10315 3958 10289 3957 10281
3956 10280 3935 10280 3935 10316
TIME...MOT...LOC 2318Z 261DEG 48KT 3949 10338
THEDEThe Goodland radar (KGLD), 119 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:50 UTC.
12 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Estimated wind gusts between 60 and 70 MPH blew small limbs down.
Pea to dime size hail covering the ground.
Many tree limbs down that are 3 inches in diameter or smaller.
A mix of small and large hail fell.
Large tree blown down, damage done to irrigation pivots, and a grain bin was destroyed.
Wind/hail damaged the corn and wheat crops.
Trees and power lines blown down. Irrigation pivots also damaged.
Reported at Highway 385 and county road 28.
Trees and power lines blown down in Wray.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Colorado in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, June 2014
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 530972, 530973, 530974, 530980, 530975, 530976, 530968, 530960, 530961, 530969, 530981, 530962, 530977, 530970, 530966, 530979, 530978, 530971, 530967.