Drought continued across Cheyenne County, especially in the southern half of the county, where a Severe (D2) drought rating continued to exist through September. Near normal precipitation was observed during the month.
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The episode as NWS GLD wrote it up.
Drought continued across Cheyenne County, especially in the southern half of the county, where a Severe (D2) drought rating continued to exist through September. Near normal precipitation was observed during the month.
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 31, 11:09 PM MST, 51 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1209 AM MDT MON SEP 1 2014 .UPDATE... ISSUED AT 1210 AM MDT MON SEP 1 2014 HAVE ISSUED UPDATE TO ZONES TO REMOVE MENTION OF PRECIPITATION AS TRW/RW ASSOCIATED WITH FRONT EARLIER THIS EVENING...HAS CLEARED THE FORECAST AREA. REGION WILL SEE MOSTLY CLEAR/CLEAR CONDITIONS THRU THE REST OF TONIGHT AS DRIER AIR WORKS INTO THE REGION THRU 12Z MONDAY. REST OF FORECAST ON TRACK AT THIS TIME. && .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY) ISSUED AT 114 PM MDT SUN AUG 31 2014 18Z WATER VAPOR IMAGERY INDICATED STRONG SHORT WAVE TROUGH MOVING TOWARDS THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. AT THE SURFACE COLD FRONT HAD NEARLY COMPLETELY MOVED THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA AND AT 19Z RAN FROM A WILD HORSE TO TRIBUNE TO HILL CITY LINE. THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...AND ACCOMPANYING SEVERE THREAT WILL BE PRIMARY FORECAST CONCERN FOR TONIGHT FOLLOWED BY THE DEGREE OF COOL DOWN ON MONDAY. THINK THAT AFOREMENTIONED FRONTAL ZONE IS GOING TO BE THE PRIMARY DISCRIMINATOR FOR ANY SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER. PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEAST FORECAST AREA NEAR THE FRONT BUT TO THE EAST OF DEVELOPING DRYLINE WILL SEE THE GREATEST RISK FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SUPERCELL...WHILE COOLER AIR TO THE NORTH OF THIS FRONT WILL GREATLY DIMINISH THE OVERALL INSTABILITY AND ASSOCIATED SEVERE THREAT. AS UPPER TROUGH MOVES TO THE EAST TONIGHT...LARGE SCALE SUBSIDENCE/ISENTROPIC DOWNGLIDE WILL HELP BRING AN END TO THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 06Z. WHILE THERE WILL BE A SMALL THREAT FOR DIURNALLY DRIVE SHOWERS TOMORROW AFTERNOON...THINK OVERALL IMPACT WILL BE SMALL. .LONG TERM...(MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY) ISSUED AT 244 PM MDT SUN AUG 31 2014 THE UPPER FLOW BECOMES ZONAL ON TUESDAY AND SOUTHWEST BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY WITH A BROAD RIDGE BUILDING OVER THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES AS THE INITIAL LOW CENTER SWINGS THROUGH THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST TROUGH AND INTO SOUTH CENTRAL CANADA. THE RIDGE AXIS PUSHES EAST AS IS FLATTENED BY THE END OF THE WEEK AND NEXT WEEKEND AS ADDITIONAL SHORT WAVE TROUGHS MOVE THROUGH THE UPPER FLOW ACROSS THE NORTHERN TIER OF THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL UNITED STATES. DRY AND WARMER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK AS THE RIDGE AMPLIFIES. A RETURN OF COOLER AND WETTER CONDITIONS WILL BE FELT BY THE END OF THE WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND FOLLOWING A COLD FRONT THAT PUSHES THROUGH THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS WITH A COOLER AIRMASS REMAINING IN PLACE OVER THE PLAINS STATES. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z MONDAY NIGHT) ISSUED AT 1133 PM MDT SUN AUG 31 2014 CALM WEATHER HAS RETURNED THIS EVENING. ALL CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY IS WELL TO THE EAST OVER EAST KANSAS. COLD FRONT HAS PASSED THROUGH WITH NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS PREVAILING INTO THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES HAVE COOLED RAPIDLY THIS EVENING. WITH TEMPS NEARING THE DEWPOINTS AND LIGHT WINDS...THINK THERE COULD BE A CHANCE OF SOME FOG AT KGLD. PLACED 6SM BR GROUP INTO KGLD TO HIGHLIGHT THIS CHANCE. SOUTHEAST WINDS RETURN TOMORROW AFTERNOON AS A LEE TROUGH DEVELOPS TO THE SOUTHWEST. && .GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...NONE. CO...NONE. NE...NONE. && UPDATE...JN SHORT TERM...JRM LONG TERM...LOCKHART AVIATION...RRH
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 735 PM MDT SUN AUG 31 2014 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-010945- YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON- SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- 735 PM MDT SUN AUG 31 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL COLORADO... EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA AND NORTHWEST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM REMAINS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING... MAINLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM KIT CARSON COLORADO TO NORTON KANSAS. THE MAIN THREATS WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH. ANY THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD EXIT THE TRI-STATE REGION BY MIDNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 949 PM CDT SUN AUG 31 2014 KSZ029-010300- GOVE KS- 949 PM CDT SUN AUG 31 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN GOVE COUNTY UNTIL 1000 PM CDT... AT 949 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES NORTH OF UTICA...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN GOVE COUNTY. LAT...LON 3870 10022 3888 10028 3891 10015 3871 10015 TIME...MOT...LOC 0249Z 256DEG 37KT 3881 10016 BULLER
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Moderate (D1) Drought existed generally along and north of Highway 40, with Severe (D2) Drought conditions continuing south of Highway 40.
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