A small cluster of thunderstorms northwest of Limon intensified and expanded as they moved southeast into Kit Carson and Cheyenne Counties overnight. Hail to the size of golf balls and strong winds were reported.
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A small cluster of thunderstorms northwest of Limon intensified and expanded as they moved southeast into Kit Carson and Cheyenne Counties overnight. Hail to the size of golf balls and strong winds were reported.
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 4, 4:40 PM MST, 4 hours 29 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 540 PM MDT WED JUN 4 2014 .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY) ISSUED AT 226 PM MDT WED JUN 4 2014 A SHORT WAVE TROUGH EMBEDDED IN THE ZONAL UPPER FLOW MOVES EAST OF THE ROCKIES AND ACROSS THE NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS AND THEN NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS REGION TONIGHT. SOME CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK FEATURES ARE SHOWING UP IN ADVANCE OF THE UPPER TROUGH ACROSS THE NORTHWEST TO NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA BETWEEN 00Z-06Z THIS EVENING...WHICH MATCHES UP REASONABLY WELL WITH THE HIGHER QPF FIELDS DEPICTED ACROSS THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA OVERNIGHT. EXTENDING FROM SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS TO EASTERN NEW MEXICO THERE IS A NEARLY STATIONARY BOUNDARY THAT REMAINS IN PLACE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE SLIDES OFF TO THE EAST AND THE SURFACE LOW REMAINS GENERALLY IN PLACE OVER EASTERN NEW MEXICO. A PORTION OF THE SURFACE LOW EXTENDS NORTHWARDS AS A WEAK INVERTED TROUGH/LEE TROUGH. AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO FIRE ALONG AND NORTH OF THE BOUNDARY BY 06Z...WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME STORM REACHING ACROSS THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA. ADDITIONAL STORMS MAY ALSO DEVELOP IN THE CONVERGENCE ZONE ALONG THE LEE SURFACE TROUGH/INVERTED TROUGH OVER EASTERN COLORADO. IF THAT HAPPENS...THE STORMS ACROSS THE NORTH MAY EVENTUALLY PHASE IN WITH THE STORMS ACROSS THE SOUTH AS WINDS TURN EAST/SOUTHEAST OVERNIGHT WITH AN INCREASING LOW LEVEL JET WITH LOCALIZED INTENSIFICATION OF STORMS BETWEEN 05-09Z AND ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT ALONG OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES WHICH WILL BE FOLLOWED AFTER 09Z BY MORE WIDESPREAD RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AS THE SWATH OF STORMS MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. CURRENT FEELING BEST CHANCE WILL BE ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHEAST REACHES OF THE FORECAST AREA. WITH PRECIPITATION EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA WITH EARLY MORNING RH VALUES NEARING SATURATION...COULD SEE SOME AREAS OF FOG BETWEEN 09-13Z IN THE WAKE OF THE STORMS ACROSS THE CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. CONFIDENCE IS NOT HIGH ON THIS...SO HAVE LEFT IT OUT FOR NOW. .LONG TERM...(THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY) ISSUED AT 226 PM MDT WED JUN 4 2014 UPPER FLOW WILL BE WESTERLY FROM THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA SATURDAY MORNING WITH ANOTHER SURGE OF HIGH PRESSURE FOLLOWING. THE NAM BRINGS SEVERAL SHORTWAVES THROUGH THE FLOW AND ACROSS THE FA FROM THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. SATURDAY DOES NOT APPEAR TO HAVE ANY SHORTWAVE ENERGY. THERE IS 1000-2000 J/KG OF CAPE AVAILABLE EACH DAY. WIND SHEAR OF 35 TO 45KTS SHOULD SUPPORT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. PLAN TO TIE HIGHER POPS NEAR THE FRONT FOR THURSDAY NIGHT. 30-40 PERCENT POPS WILL BE OVER THE SOUTHWEST FA NEAR THE FRONT WITH SLIGHT CHANCE POPS IN THE NORTHEAST. PLAN TO KEEP POPS AT SLIGHT SLIGHT CHANCE FRIDAY MORNING AND THEN INCREASE THEM TO HIGHER CHANCE POPS IN THE AFTERNOON WHEN THE SHORTWAVE MOVES INTO THE AREA AND THE WARM FRONT MOVES BACK NORTH ACROSS THE FA. LIKELY POPS LOOK GOOD FOR FRIDAY NIGHT WHEN THERE IS GOOD MOISTURE AND DYNAMICS. CHANCES WILL START TO DECREASE FROM WEST TO EAST AFTER MIDNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT AS THE SHORTWAVE MOVES EAST. SATURDAY WILL START WITH CHANCE POPS IN THE EAST WITH THE EXITING SHORTWAVE DECREASING TO SLIGHT CHANCE POPS IN THE SOUTHWEST. LOW CHANCE POPS WILL BE PLACED NORTH OF THE FRONT SATURDAY AFTERNOON WITH HIGHER CHANCE POPS NEAR THE FRONT IN THE SOUTHEAST ZONES. MIN TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN IN THE UPPER 50S/LOWER 60S THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY NIGHTS. MAX TEMPERATURES FRIDAY WILL BE IN THE UPPER 70S. MAX TEMPERATURES SATURDAY WILL BE COOLER BEHIND THE FRONT WITH READINGS IN THE LOWER TO MID 70S. IN THE EXTENDED...(SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)... WESTERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS PART OF THE FORECAST AS WELL. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY. A SURFACE TROUGH WILL MOVE INTO EASTERN COLORADO TUESDAY AND THEN MOVE SOUTH OF THE AREA WEDNESDAY. NUMEROUS SHORTWAVES WILL PROVIDE THE FORCING FOR AT LEAST A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. MAX TEMPERATURES WILL WARM FROM THE LOWER 70S TO THE MID 80S BY WEDNESDAY. MIN TEMPERATURES WILL VARY IN THE 50S WITH SOME LOWER 60S IN THE EAST BY TUESDAY NIGHT. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z THURSDAY EVENING) ISSUED AT 539 PM MDT WED JUN 4 2014 VFR CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST AT GLD AND MCK INTO THE EVENING WITH MVFR TO VFR CONDITIONS DEVELOPING LATE TONIGHT AT BOTH TERMINALS. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER EASTERN COLORADO AND WILL MOVE EAST. CURRENT THINKING IS BOTH TERMINALS WILL NOT BE IMPACTED UNTIL AROUND OR AFTER 06Z. AMENDMENTS WILL LIKELY BE NECESSARY BASED ON RADAR TRENDS THIS EVENING. MVFR TO IFR CEILINGS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP IN THE PREDAWN HOURS IN THE WAKE OF STORMS AND PERSIST THROUGH EARLY MORNING. VFR CONDITIONS SHOULD RETURN BY LATE MORNING. && .GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...NONE. CO...NONE. NE...NONE. && SHORT TERM...LOCKHART LONG TERM...FS AVIATION...BRB
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 306 PM MDT WED JUN 4 2014 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-051245- 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 WED JUN 4 2014 /406 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2014/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...NORTHWEST KANSAS AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS FAR EASTERN COLORADO AFTER 5 PM. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA AND NORTHWEST KANSAS OVERNIGHT. ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH LARGE HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY FROM THURSDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE TRI STATE AREA FROM SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
827 PM MDT WED JUN 4 2014
COZ091-050300-
KIT CARSON COUNTY-
827 PM MDT WED JUN 4 2014
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR KIT CARSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...
AT 926 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF ARRIBA...OR 26 MILES
NORTHWEST OF FLAGLER...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
BASEBALL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 TO 75 MPH ARE EXPECTED
WITH THIS STORM.
PEOPLE IN NORTHWESTERN KIT CARSON COUNTY...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER
SITUATION CLOSELY. A WARNING MAY BE NEEDED IF THE STORMS MOVE INTO
THE AREA. BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER IF SEVERE WEATHER THREATENS.
&&
LAT...LON 3956 10316 3957 10315 3958 10290 3957 10282
3955 10282 3920 10284 3919 10316 3944 10316
TIME...MOT...LOC 0227Z 285DEG 28KT 3945 10351
HUSTED/JJMThe Goodland radar (KGLD), 51 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:08 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Blowing dust and a local power outage was also reported.
Time of report estimated from Doppler radar. Rainfall of 1.8 inches fell in 15 minutes. Hail also broke some windows in the house.
Time estimated from Doppler radar. Two inches of rain fell in 15 minutes.
Spotter reported estimated peak wind gusts of 60 mph.
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: 528152, 528153, 528156, 528159.