Several rounds of thunderstorms moved across northwest Kansas from mid-afternoon through early evening. Penny size hail was reported east of Monument, and several reports of flash flooding were received from Gove, Graham and Sheridan counties.
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The episode as NWS GLD wrote it up.
Several rounds of thunderstorms moved across northwest Kansas from mid-afternoon through early evening. Penny size hail was reported east of Monument, and several reports of flash flooding were received from Gove, Graham and Sheridan counties. A CoCoRaHS observer near Morland reported over three inches of rain in two hours ending around 1130 CDT. Doppler radar estimated three to four inches of rain had fallen in local areas.
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 27, 1:09 PM CST, 1 hour 21 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 109 PM MDT WED AUG 27 2014 .SHORT TERM...(THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY) ISSUED AT 1222 PM MDT WED AUG 27 2014 MESSY SITUATION WITH MOIST SOUTHEASTERLY LOW LEVEL FLOW BENEATH LARGE UPPER LOW OVER NW COLORADO WHICH WILL SEND A SERIES OF IMPULSES NORTHEAST OVER THE AREA. AS CLOUDS CONTINUE TO THIN OUT THIS AFTERNOON...SFC HEATING WILL GENERATE POCKETS OF MODERATE INSTABILITY WITH TSRA DEVELOPING BY EARLY AFTERNOON. WV SATELLITE SHOWS THE FIRST UPPER SHORT WAVE TROUGH LIFTING INTO EASTERN COLORADO AT THE MOMENT WHICH WILL ENHANCE PRECIP CHANCES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER WESTERN KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. A FEW STORMS WILL BECOME SEVERE WITH MAINLY A LARGE HAIL THREAT. A SECOND SHORT WAVE TROUGH CLOSER TO THE UPPER LOW WILL MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON WHICH WILL GENERATE A SECOND AREA OF TSRA WHICH WILL REACH EASTERN COLORADO AND WESTERN KANSAS THIS EVENING...CONTINUING TONIGHT. POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE AGAIN THIS EVENING IN WESTERN COUNTIES WITH THE SECOND ROUND OF STORMS WHICH WILL TRANSITION TO MORE OF A HEAVY RAIN THREAT OVERNIGHT. .LONG TERM...(THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY) ISSUED AT 1256 PM MDT WED AUG 27 2014 UPPER TROUGH AXIS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THURSDAY NIGHT WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. BEST MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL BE IN EASTERN AREAS...BUT DEEP LAYER SHEAR WILL BE FAIRLY LOW SO OVERALL SEVERE THREAT LOOKS LIMITED. STORMS WILL END WEST TO EAST AFTER MIDNIGHT. ISOLATED SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS MAY LINGER IN FAR EASTERN AREAS FRIDAY MORNING...OTHERWISE FRIDAY WILL BE DRY AS SHORTWAVE RIDGING DEVELOPS. THE RIDGE BREAKS DOWN RATHER QUICKLY AS NEXT TROUGH DIGS INTO THE NORTHERN ROCKIES ON SATURDAY. DISTURBANCES ROTATING AROUND THE BASE OF THE TROUGH OUT OF NORTHERN COLORADO WILL BRING SLIGHT THUNDERSTORM CHANCES SATURDAY NIGHT AND SLIGHTLY BETTER CHANCES SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY NIGHT. THAT SYSTEM WILL SLOWLY LIFT NORTHWARD EARLY NEXT WEEK...BUT WILL BE CLOSE ENOUGH ON MONDAY FOR CONTINUED LOW CHANCES OF SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS. PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL BEGIN TO DECLINE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WITH A RIDGE REBUILDING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR NORMAL ON FRIDAY...ABOVE NORMAL OVER THE WEEKEND...SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL MONDAY AND TUESDAY AND THEN NEAR NORMAL ON WEDNESDAY. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z THURSDAY AFTERNOON) ISSUED AT 1222 PM MDT WED AUG 27 2014 LARGE SLOW-MOVING UPPER LOW OVER NORTHWEST COLORADO WILL IMPACT BOTH TAF SITES WITH BROKEN TO OVERCAST SKIES AND SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD. A SURFACE LOW WILL ULTIMATELY FORM OVER SOUTHERN COLORADO THIS EVENING AND MOVE INTO WESTERN KANSAS TONIGHT. CEILINGS WILL BE FL030-040 THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH CONDITIONS DETERIORATING OVERNIGHT TO IFR AS THE LOW MOVES CLOSER. TSRA WILL BE HIT AND MISS VARIETY FROM 18Z-22Z WITH BEST CHANCES AFTER 02Z AT KGLD AND AFTER 22Z AT KMCK. && .GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...NONE. CO...NONE. NE...NONE. && SHORT TERM...DLF LONG TERM...024 AVIATION...DLF
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1045 AM MDT WED AUG 27 2014 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-281230- YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON- SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- 1045 AM MDT WED AUG 27 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL COLORADO... EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA AND NORTHWEST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT TWO ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS THE TRI-STATE REGION. THIS AFTERNOON...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AFTER 1 PM MDT ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL BECOME SEVERE WITH HAIL TO THE SIZE OF WALNUTS BEING THE MAIN THREAT AS THEY MOVE NORTHEAST AROUND 25 MPH. FURTHER WEST OVER COLORADO...STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE FRONT RANGE WHICH WILL MOVE INTO EASTERN COLORADO THIS EVENING AND INTO AND WESTERN KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS EARLY ON...WITH THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT DIMINISHING DURING THE EVENING AS STORMS TRANSITION TO MORE OF A HEAVY RAIN THREAT OVERNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY SEVERE STORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING EAST OF HIGHWAY 27. LARGE HAIL UP TO HALF DOLLAR SIZE WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA AND BY PHONE ARE APPRECIATED. DLF
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 67 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:28 UTC.
3 flash flood, 1 flood, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Beaver Creek was out of its banks with minor flooding occurring after heavy rainfall during the evening of August 26th.
One foot of water was reported flowing across Road 58, south of road Y. Doppler radar estimated 3.5 inches of rain fell in this area.
The cooperative observer also reported 1.80 inches of rain fell in about 15 minutes just after this hail report around 6:30 pm CDT.
Water was reported over county roads near Sheridan Lake.
Water up to six inches deep in Morland. Approximately three feet of water covering the road between Morland and Highway 24. Later in the evening, a CoCoRaHS observer just southwest of Morland reported 3.15 inches of rain fell in about a two hour period.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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