Above normal precipitation during the month helped improve the drought status for Northwest Kansas. Many COOP sites reported above normal precipitation for the month.
Every event with a place to put it; 6 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS GLD wrote it up.
Above normal precipitation during the month helped improve the drought status for Northwest Kansas. Many COOP sites reported above normal precipitation for the month. However the D2 category drought persisted, but did decreased in area to include counties east from Sherman to Thomas, and south from Sherman to Greeley.
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 Nov 30, 11:59 PM CST, 1 minute earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1059 PM MST SUN NOV 30 2014 .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY) ISSUED AT 200 PM MST SUN NOV 30 2014 WEATHER DISTURBANCE AND POCKET OF 850-500MB MOISTURE CURRENTLY MOVING OFF THE COLORADO FRONT RANGE AND PARTS OF SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA FORECAST TO QUICKLY MOVE EAST ALONG/NORTH OF THE KS/NE BORDER TONIGHT EXITING THE AREA FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE DAY MONDAY. WILL CONTINUE WITH SLIGHT CHANCE/LOW CHANCE POPS GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE KS/NE BORDER TONIGHT. LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO WITH WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS -10F IN A FEW PLACES. MONDAY...AS THE SFC HIGH MOVES EAST AND LEE TROUGH DEVELOPS TO THE WEST PRESSURE GRADIENT INCREASES ALONG AND WEST OF THE CO/KS BORDER WHERE 15 TO 20 MPH WINDS WITH HIGHER GUSTS DEVELOP BY LATE MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. LOTS OF SUN BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOW 30S. WIND CHILLS WILL MAKE IT FEEL COLDER WITH MID TEENS TO AROUND 20. .LONG TERM...(MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY) ISSUED AT 226 PM MST SUN NOV 30 2014 OVERALL QUIET LONG-TERM FORECAST PERIOD FORECAST. HOWEVER...LARGE SHIFT IN THE UPPER LEVEL PATTERN MAY LEAD TO A STRONG WEATHER DISTURBANCE MOVING THROUGH THIS WEEKEND. FORECAST PERIOD STARTS QUITE COLD ON MONDAY NIGHT. LIGHT SOUTH WINDS DEVELOP OVER EASTERN COLORADO AND SPREAD EAST THROUGH THE NIGHT. HOWEVER...MAV/MEX/ECE GUIDANCE...AMONG OTHERS...SUGGEST THAT TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE REGION UNDER CLEAR SKIES. FELT THAT THERE WAS A LARGE ENOUGH WINDOW OF LIGHT WINDS UNDER CLEAR SKIES THAT WOULD LEAD TO A SHARP DROP IN TEMPS FOLLOWED BY A STEADY INCREASE OVERNIGHT. WARM WEATHER RETURNS FOR TUESDAY AND ONCE AGAIN THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. DID NOT INCLUDE WEDNESDAY AS MODELS HAVE BEEN FAIRLY CONSISTENT IN BRINGING ANOTHER COLD FRONT SOUTH THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA. LOW STRATUS/FOG MAY BE POSSIBLE ONCE AGAIN BEHIND THE COLD FRONT PASSAGE BUT WAS NOT CONFIDENT ENOUGH TO PLACE IN THE GRIDS AT THIS TIME. MAJOR WEATHER PATTERN SHIFT APPEARS MORE LIKELY THIS WEEKEND. A LEAD PACIFIC DISTURBANCE BREAKS THE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE DOWN THAT PLAGUED OUR PRECIPITATION CHANCES RECENTLY. THEN...A SECOND...MUCH STRONGER LOW PRESSURE MOVES ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST AND EJECTS OVER THE PLAINS SATURDAY NIGHT. IT IS THIS SYSTEM THAT COULD BRING HIGH PRECIPITATION CHANCES. THERE ARE STILL PLENTY OF DETAILS TO BE RESOLVED WITH THIS POTENTIAL SYSTEM. GUIDANCE HINTS THAT COOLER AIR MAY ADVECT IN FROM THE NORTH PRIOR TO THIS DISTURBANCE...LEADING TO A CHANCE FOR SOME WINTER PRECIPITATION. MENTIONED A RAIN/SNOW MIX FOR PRECIPITATION TYPE FOR NOW. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z MONDAY NIGHT) ISSUED AT 1053 PM MST SUN NOV 30 2014 VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT MCK AND GLD THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD WITH LIGHT NORTHEAST WINDS TURNING SOUTHEAST AND INCREASING DURING THE AFTERNOON AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE MOVES INTO THE PLAINS STATES AND THE PRESSURE GRADIENT INCREASES ACROSS THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS REGION. CLOUD COVER WILL ALSO DIMINISH THROUGH THE DAY WITH SKIES BECOMING MOSTLY CLEAR AFTER 22Z. && .GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...NONE. CO...NONE. NE...NONE. && SHORT TERM...99 LONG TERM...RRH AVIATION...LOCKHART
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 200 PM MST SUN NOV 30 2014 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-011200- YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON- SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- 200 PM MST SUN NOV 30 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL COLORADO... EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA AND NORTHWEST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... WIND CHILL READINGS WILL DROP INTO THE ZERO TO 10 DEGREE BELOW ZERO RANGE EARLY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MID MORNING MONDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
6 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Category D2 severe drought continued across the county. The monthly precipitation ranged from 0.41 to 0.68 above normal for COOP sites across the county.
Category D2 severe drought continued across the county. The monthly precipitation ranged from 0.30 below normal to 0.95 above normal for COOP sites across the county.
Category D2 severe drought continued across the county.
Category D2 severe drought continued across the county. The monthly precipitation ranged from 0.97 to 1.02 above normal for COOP sites across the county.
Category D2 severe drought continued across the county. The monthly precipitation ranged from 0.03 below normal to 0.36 above normal for the COOP sites across the county.
Category D2 severe drought continued across the county. The monthly precipitation was 0.35 above normal for Tribune 1W.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kansas in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, December 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: 550930, 550932, 550936, 550928, 550931, 550934.