Drought conditions in July either remained unchanged or showed slight improvement from June. The western two tiers of counties in northwest Kansas continued in Severe (D2) to Extreme (D3) Drought.
Every event with a place to put it; 8 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.
Drought conditions in July either remained unchanged or showed slight improvement from June. The western two tiers of counties in northwest Kansas continued in Severe (D2) to Extreme (D3) Drought. Rainfall reports from 30 cooperative observer sites showed all sites were below normal for July rainfall, with amounts varying from 0.25 inches below normal 1 W Tribune to 3.52 inches below normal at Quinter.
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 30, 11:12 PM CST, 48 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1112 PM MDT MON JUN 30 2014 .UPDATE... ISSUED AT 1109 PM MDT MON JUN 30 2014 UPDATE ISSUED TO REMOVE MOST MENTION OF PRECIPITATION FROM THE CWA. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING SOUTH INTO THE REGION WILL ALLOW FOR SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FOR EITHER A SHOWER/THUNDERSTORM FOR SOUTHERN CWA ZONES...TAPERING DOWN TO -RW TOWARDS 12Z. MID/HIGH CLOUD SHIELD FROM THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX OVER THE DODGE CITY REGION WILL KEEP THE CWA MOSTLY CLOUDY FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS...AND HAVE THUS TRENDED PARTLY CLOUDY IN SLOWLY FROM 06Z-09Z FROM NW TO SE. SOME ADJUSTMENTS MADE AGAIN FOR CURRENT OBS TRENDS OVER PAST COUPLE HOURS. && .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY) ISSUED AT 249 PM MDT MON JUN 30 2014 AS OF 3 PM CDT...2 PM MDT...SKIES ACROSS THE TRI-STATE AREA WERE MOSTLY CLEAR. A WEAK COLD FRONT WAS CURRENTLY MOVING THROUGH THE AREA...LOCATED ROUGHLY FROM LIMON COLORADO TO WINONA KANSAS TO JUST SOUTH OF HILL CITY KANSAS. TEMPERATURES SOUTH OF THE FRONT WERE IN THE LOW TO MID 90S WHILE TEMPERATURES BEHIND THE FRONT HAVE FALLEN INTO THE LOW TO UPPER 80S. WINDS WERE FROM THE NORTH AT 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS 35 MPH. A SURFACE HIGH WAS BUILDING IN BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. A LOW PRESSURE WAS LOCATED NEAR TRINIDAD COLORADO IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO. A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ALONG THE PALMER DIVIDE AND FRONT RANGE. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST TOWARDS EAST COLORADO. FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE WEST SHOULD CONTINUE MOVING EAST INTO AND ACROSS THE REGION. HOWEVER...THE ATMOSPHERE FARTHER BEHIND THE COLD FRONT HAS STABILIZED. WITH THE FRONT PUSHING SOUTH...CONVECTION SHOULD BE LIMITED TO LOCATIONS ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 40. THINKING THE MAJORITY OF THE ACTIVITY SHOULD BE PUSHED SOUTH BY THE FRONT. IN ADDITION...DRIER AIR AT THE SURFACE MAY BE TOUGH TO OVERCOME SO PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS SHOULD BE LIGHT IF ANY FALLS. MOST COULD EVAPORATE BEFORE HITTING THE GROUND. A FEW STORMS COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AS THE MAIN THREAT. SOME HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS CAN NOT BE RULED OUT. LOW TEMPERATURES SHOULD COOL INTO THE MID TO UPPER 50S. NOT THINKING FOG OR STRATUS WILL BE A THREAT TONIGHT AS THE DRY AIR ADVECTION PERSISTS. FOR TOMORROW...DRY WEATHER RETURNS TO THE REGION. TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE ON THE ORDER OF 5-10 DEGREES COOLER THAN TODAY. NORTH WINDS PERSIST AS A SURFACE HIGH MOVES SOUTH ALONG THE COLORADO FRONT RANGE. .LONG TERM...(TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY) ISSUED AT 304 PM MDT MON JUN 30 2014 FORECAST FOCUS IN THE LONG TERM IS ON THE SHORT WAVE TROUGH MOVING EAST OF THE ROCKIES AND THROUGH THE UPPER RIDGE FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. THE RIDGE OVER THE INTER-MOUNTAIN WEST MOVES OVER THE ROCKIES AND HIGH PLAINS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY WHILE THE COOLER AREA OF SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE MOVES FROM THE HIGH PLAINS INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS REGION. THE RIDGE FLATTENS SOMEWHAT AND SPREADS ACROSS THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES AS A SHORT WAVE TROUGH EMBEDDED IN THE WESTERLY FLOW MOVES THROUGH THE RIDGE AXIS OVER THE HIGH PLAINS AS IT MOVES SLOWLY ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. WITH THE RIDGE IN PLACE THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY...AND THE AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE MOVING OFF TO THE EAST...DAYTIME HIGHS WILL INCREASE FROM THE LOWER 80S TO THE LOWER 90S BY FRIDAY. WITH RETURN FLOW AROUND THE SURFACE HIGH BRINGING DEWPOINTS INTO THE 60S...AND WITH HIGHS IN THE 90S ALONG WITH THE SHORT WAVE TROUGH MOVING ACROSS THE REGION ON FRIDAY...EXPECT AT LEAST A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE DAY AND OVERNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT. MODEL SOLUTIONS DIVERGE SOMEWHAT BY THE END OF THE WEEKEND...BUT GENERALLY SHOW CONTINUED WARM TEMPERATURES AND DRY CONDITIONS WITH THE RIDGE REMAINING OVER THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z TUESDAY NIGHT) ISSUED AT 1109 PM MDT MON JUN 30 2014 GLD/MCK WILL BOTH SEE VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD WITH A MIX OF SKC AND SCT050-150. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO MORE NORTHERLY 5-10KTS...INCREASING BY 14Z TO 15-25KTS TO THE NNW...THEN BECOMING NORTH 5-10KTS BY 00Z WED. && .GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...NONE. CO...NONE. NE...NONE. && UPDATE...JN SHORT TERM...RRH LONG TERM...LOCKHART AVIATION...JN
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1008 AM MDT MON JUN 30 2014 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-011600- YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON- SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- 1008 AM MDT MON JUN 30 2014 /1108 AM CDT MON JUN 30 2014/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...NORTHWEST KANSAS AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT GENERALLY SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 24. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AS THE PRIMARY THREATS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
626 PM MDT MON JUN 30 2014
KSZ041-010100-
GREELEY-
626 PM MDT MON JUN 30 2014
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR GREELEY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
AT 625 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SHERIDAN LAKE...OR 21 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF HORACE...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.
PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM. THIS IS ALSO PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.
BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND
BECOME SEVERE.
&&
LAT...LON 3826 10205 3848 10205 3849 10157 3826 10157
3826 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 0026Z 276DEG 51KT 3834 10212
BULLERSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
628 PM MDT MON JUN 30 2014
KSZ041-010100-
GREELEY-
628 PM MDT MON JUN 30 2014
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR GREELEY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
AT 625 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SHERIDAN LAKE...OR 21 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF HORACE...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM. THIS IS ALSO PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.
BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND
BECOME SEVERE.
&&
LAT...LON 3826 10205 3848 10205 3849 10157 3826 10157
3826 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 0026Z 276DEG 51KT 3834 10212
BULLERThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
8 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Cheyenne county showed some improvement during the month with only the extreme southern part of the county remaining in Extreme (D3) Drought while the rest of the county improved to Severe (D2) Drought.
Logan county's drought rating showed little change during the month, with the county continuing in Extreme (D3) Drought.
Rawlins county's drought rating improved during July, with the western part of the county in Severe (D2) Drought while the east improved to a Moderate (D1) Drought rating.
Thomas county's drought rating in July ranged from Extreme (D3) Drought in the west to Moderate (D1) Drought in the east.
Wichita county's drought rating in July remained unchanged from June, with the entire county rated as being in Extreme (D3) Drought.
Greeley county's drought rating showed little change during the month, with the county continuing in Severe (D2) Drought.
Sherman County continued to be rated in either Severe (D2) or Extreme (D3) Drought for the month of July.
Wallace county's drought rating in July ranged from Extreme (D3) Drought in the east to Severe (D2) Drought in the west.
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, July 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: 532250, 532252, 532253, 532255, 532257, 532251, 532254, 532256.