Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 1, 2014

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 1, 2014
Start: 2014-06-01T14:25
End: 2014-06-01T17:29
Location: Kansas

June 1, 2014 · NWS GLD · 12 events in 5 counties and zones

A line of thunderstorms moved southeast from Nebraska into Norton County Kansas during the afternoon. Additional storms developed south of Interstate 70.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $6,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 12

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.

What happened

The episode as NWS GLD wrote it up.

A line of thunderstorms moved southeast from Nebraska into Norton County Kansas during the afternoon. Additional storms developed south of Interstate 70. Marginally severe hail reports were received from spotters, with one report of wind damage in Gove County.

What forecasters said that day

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 1, 1:42 PM CST, 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 1:42 PM CST, 43 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
142 PM MDT SUN JUN 1 2014

.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING)
ISSUED AT 125 PM MDT SUN JUN 1 2014

LATEST WATER VAPOR IMAGERY INDICATES DRY UPPER LEVEL AIR OVER THE
SOUTHERN HALF OF THE TRI-STATE AREA. UPPER LEVEL ANALYSIS SHOWS A
500MB TROUGH MOVING IN FROM THE WEST COINCIDENT WITH THE WEST EDGE
OF THE DRY UPPER LEVEL AIR. FURTHER EAST LARGE SCALE LIFT IS PRESENT OVER
THE EASTERN HALF OF THE AREA AS THE LEFT EXIT OF THE 300MB JET IS
OVERHEAD. AT THE SURFACE A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WAS SITUATED
FROM NEAR WILD HORSE NORTHEAST TO GOODLAND AND NEAR MCCOOK. BEHIND
THE FRONT AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY WAS MOVING SOUTH INTO THE AREA.

WITH BROAD LIFT OVER THE AREA ANTICIPATE SCATTERED STORMS TO
DEVELOP AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES WITH STORMS ALSO DEVELOPING
ALONG THE AFOREMENTIONED SURFACE BOUNDARIES. AS THE AFTERNOON
PROGRESSES THE STORMS WILL MERGE INTO ONE OR MORE LINE SEGMENTS.
THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE VERY LARGE HAIL UP TO
TENNIS BALL SIZE AS WELL AS LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL DUE TO TRAINING
STORMS. SEVERE WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH ANY STORM THAT DEVELOPS
AND A TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT...ALTHOUGH THE POSSIBILITY WILL
DWINDLE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION REGARDING
THE TIMING AND SPECIFIC LOCATION OF THE CURRENT SEVERE WEATHER
THREAT CONSULT THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK. THE BEST WINDOW FOR
SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE MID AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING.

EARLY THIS EVENING A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA FROM THE
NORTH. AHEAD OF THE FRONT IS AN AREA OF HIGHER 850MB MOISTURE. AM
THINKING THIS WILL ALLOW CONVECTION TO CONTINUE AHEAD OF THE FRONT
BUT THEN CAUSE IT TO DIMINISH AS DRIER AIR MOVES IN BEHIND THE FRONT.
THE COLD FRONT WILL BE OUT OF THE TRI-STATE AREA BY LATE EVENING
ALTHOUGH A FEW LINGERING STORMS CANNOT BE RULED OUT BEFORE THE
DRIER 850MB AIR MOVES THROUGH THE REST OF THE AREA BY MIDNIGHT.

.LONG TERM...(MONDAY THROUGH SUNDAY)
ISSUED AT 123 PM MDT SUN JUN 1 2014

DISCUSSION WILL BE SHORT AS SEVERE STORMS HAVE BEGUN.

MONDAY-MONDAY NIGHT...FRONTAL BOUNDARY SOUTH OF THE AREA IN THE
MORNING WITH LIGHT NORTH TO NORTHEAST. DURING THE AFTERNOON AND
INTO THE NIGHT SFC HIGH MOVES EAST WITH WINDS BECOMING
EAST/SOUTHEAST...STRONGEST SPEEDS (15-20 MPH) GENERALLY ALONG AND
WEST OF THE CO/KS BORDER. MODELS CONTINUE TO DISAGREE ON TIMING OF
AN APPROACHING DISTURBANCE WITH THE GFS FURTHER EAST (CO/KS
BORDER) THAN THE NAM (FAR EASTERN COLORADO). WILL SPLIT THE TWO
AND HEDGE TOWARD THE NAM WITH LATE AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS. ANY
STORMS THAT DO FORM SHOULD LIFT TO THE NORTH AND EAST THROUGH
MIDNIGHT THEN GAIN A BIT OF STRENGTH THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY
MORNING. HIGHS IN THE 80S WITH LOWS MILD AGAIN IN THE 50S AND 60S.

TUESDAY-TUESDAY NIGHT...GRADIENT INCREASES ACROSS THE AREA DURING
THE MORNING WITH SOUTH WINDS GUSTING 35 TO PERHAPS 40 MPH. BY
AFTERNOON WINDS SHIFT TO THE WEST/SOUTHWEST AT SIMILAR SPEEDS AS
DRY LINE MOVES THROUGH. DEW POINTS BEHIND THE DRY LINE WILL DROP
CONSIDERABLY AND WHEN COMBINED WITH AFTERNOON HIGHS WELL INTO THE
90S AND PROBABLY SOME LOW 100S CREATE VERY LOW HUMIDITY VALUES.
COOLER AIR MOVES IN TUESDAY NIGHT AS WINDS SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST.
MAY SEE THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF THE DRY LINE ACROSS THE EAST AND
SOUTHEAST DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.

WEDNESDAY-WEDNESDAY NIGHT...DRY CONDITIONS EXPECTED DURING THE
DAY WITH AN INCREASE IN PRECIP CHANCES DURING THE NIGHT AS A
WEATHER DISTURBANCE MOVES THROUGH. HIGHS COOL BACK INTO THE 80S
WITH LOWS IN THE 50S TO LOW 60S.

THURSDAY-SUNDAY...WILL CONTINUE TO SEE DIURNAL LATE AFTERNOON AND
OVERNIGHT PRECIPITATION CHANCES ABOUT EVERY DAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES
GENERALLY IN THE 70S WITH LOWS GENERALLY IN THE 50S.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z MONDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 1157 AM MDT SUN JUN 1 2014

VFR TO MVFR CONDITIONS FORECAST FOR THE 18Z TAFS. SOUTHERLY WINDS
WILL GRADUALLY TURN TO THE WEST AND NORTH THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. TIMING THE START OF THUNDERSTORMS IS RATHER DIFFICULT
GIVEN THEY WILL INITIALLY BE FAIRLY SCATTERED. INCLUDED A VCTS
MENTION AS A RESULT. KGLD WILL BE ON THE FAR WEST EDGE OF THE
SEVERE WEATHER BUT KMCK COULD BE IN THE MUCH BETTER PLACEMENT.
WILL NOT PLACE A MENTION OF STRONG TO SEVERE WIND GUSTS IN THE TAF
AT THIS TIME DUE TO LOW CONFIDENCE THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL MOVE
OVER THE SITE. HOWEVER WILL AMEND THE TAF AS NEEDED.

OVERNIGHT THE COOLER AIR BEHIND THE FRONT COMBINED WITH MOIST LOW
LEVEL AIR BEHIND THE FRONT WILL ALLOW FOR STRATUS TO MOVE OVER THE
TAF SITES.

&&

.GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
KS...NONE.
CO...NONE.
NE...NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...JTL
LONG TERM...99
AVIATION...JTL

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 1, 10:32 AM CST, 3 hours 53 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1032 AM MDT SUN JUN 1 2014

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-021500-
YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-
SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-
DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW-
1032 AM MDT SUN JUN 1 2014 /1132 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST
NEBRASKA...NORTHWEST KANSAS AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EARLY THIS AFTERNOON OVER
THE TRI-STATE AREA. THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE WILL INCREASE THROUGH
THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING...MAINLY EAST OF THE COLORADO
BORDER. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA FROM THE NORTH EARLY
THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS WILL DWINDLE BEHIND THE FRONT FROM
NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST...WITH MOST OF THE STORM ACTIVITY EAST OF
THE AREA BY OR SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT.

THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL UP TO TENNIS BALL SIZE EAST
OF THE COLORADO BORDER AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 40 THROUGH EARLY
EVENING. THE OTHER PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL
MAINLY EAST OF HIGHWAY 25 EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THEN SHIFTING SOUTH
OF I-70 BY LATE AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING.

A TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT EAST OF HIGHWAY 25 THIS
AFTERNOON...BUT TORNADO DEVELOPMENT WILL BECOME LESS LIKELY AS THE
AFTERNOON PROGRESSES.

SEVERE WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY STORM THAT DEVELOPS EAST OF
THE COLORADO BORDER THROUGH EARLY EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY OVER
PARTS OF THE TRI STATE REGION...WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
POSSIBLE EACH DAY.

CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR THE AREA
TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
PRIMARILY EAST OF THE COLORADO BORDER. SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS ARE
APPRECIATED BY PHONE OR THROUGH FACEBOOK AND TWITTER.

JTL

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 1, 12:41 PM CST, 1 hour 44 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1241 PM MDT SUN JUN 1 2014

KSZ004-011900-
NORTON-
141 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN NORTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS...

AT 137 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8
MILES NORTH OF NORTON TO EDMOND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THESE STORMS.

BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND
BECOME SEVERE.

&&

LAT...LON 3956 9982 3957 9986 3999 10001 4001 9998
      4001 9963 4000 9962 3966 9962
TIME...MOT...LOC 1839Z 238DEG 38KT 3995 9988 3968 9978

LUNDQUIST

Local storm report, Jun 1, 1:01 PM CST, 1 hour 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
101 PM MDT SUN JUN 01 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0100 PM     HAIL             6 N WILD HORSE          38.91N 103.00W
06/01/2014  E0.75 INCH       CHEYENNE           CO   CO-OP OBSERVER

            PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL JUST STARTED FALLING.

&&

ALW

Special weather statement, Jun 1, 1:35 PM CST, 50 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
135 PM MDT SUN JUN 1 2014

KSZ002-003-012000-
DECATUR-RAWLINS-
235 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR RAWLINS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS AND DECATUR
COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS...

AT 233 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ATWOOD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
40 MPH.

PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM.

BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND
BECOME SEVERE.

&&

LAT...LON 3999 10058 3979 10044 3958 10100 3974 10111
TIME...MOT...LOC 1935Z 241DEG 33KT 3970 10095

THEDE

Local storm report, Jun 1, 1:37 PM CST, 48 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
137 PM MDT SUN JUN 01 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0136 PM     HAIL             4 E KIT CARSON          38.76N 102.72W
06/01/2014  E0.88 INCH       CHEYENNE           CO   PUBLIC

            MOSTLY PEA TO PENNY SIZE HAIL. LARGER STONES WERE AROUND
            NICKEL SIZE.

&&

ALW

Special weather statement, Jun 1, 1:53 PM CST, 32 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
153 PM MDT SUN JUN 1 2014

KSZ027-028-012010-
LOGAN-WALLACE-
253 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WEST CENTRAL LOGAN COUNTY AND EAST CENTRAL
WALLACE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...

AT 251 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WALLACE...
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THESE STORMS.

BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND
BECOME SEVERE.

&&

LAT...LON 3895 10135 3879 10135 3877 10161 3895 10160
TIME...MOT...LOC 1953Z 262DEG 26KT 3888 10146

LUNDQUIST

Local storm report, Jun 1, 2:22 PM CST, 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
222 PM MDT SUN JUN 01 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0218 PM     HAIL             6 S CHEYENNE WELLS      38.73N 102.35W
06/01/2014  E1.00 INCH       CHEYENNE           CO   STORM CHASER

&&

ALW

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 138 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:24 UTC.

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Event by event

10 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Norton

When: June 1, 2:25 PM CST
Where: Norton County, 2.53 mi WSW of Norton
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: Storm Chaser
Coordinates: 39.810, -99.920

Nickel-size hail was reported at Norton Dam.

Hail, Norton

When: June 1, 2:27 PM CST
Where: Norton County, 1.59 mi E of Dellvale
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 39.770, -100.000

Hail, Norton

When: June 1, 2:27 PM CST
Where: Norton County, 1.73 mi WSW of Norton Muni Arpt
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 39.840, -99.930

Hail, Norton

When: June 1, 2:37 PM CST
Where: Norton County, 0.87 mi SE of Norton Muni Arpt
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 39.840, -99.890

A report of heavy rain and nickel-sized hail in Norton was received via social media.

Hail, Logan

When: June 1, 2:53 PM CST
Where: Logan County, 10.2 mi SSW of Russell Spgs
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 38.790, -101.260

Hail, Greeley

When: June 1, 2:15 PM MST
Where: Greeley County, 1 mi SSW of Horace
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: NWS Employee
Coordinates: 38.467, -101.787

Near zero visibility also reported.

Hail, Greeley

When: June 1, 2:21 PM MST
Where: Greeley County, 5.76 mi NNE of Horace
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: NWS Employee
Coordinates: 38.560, -101.750

Hail, Logan

When: June 1, 3:50 PM CST
Where: Logan County, 2.34 mi NNE of Elkader
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: NWS Employee
Coordinates: 38.810, -100.850

Thunderstorm Wind, Gove

When: June 1, 4:00 PM CST
Where: Gove County, 3 mi SE of Gove
Measured: 70 kt (81 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $6,000
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 38.919, -100.441

Thunderstorm outflow brought down six power poles.

Thunderstorm Wind, Gove

When: June 1, 4:10 PM CST
Where: Gove County, Quinter
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: Storm Chaser
Coordinates: 39.070, -100.230

Storm chaser estimated peak winds to be 60 mph.

Hail, Gove

When: June 1, 4:55 PM CST
Where: Gove County, 0.69 mi S of Grainfield
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 39.110, -100.470

Quarter-sized hail covered the ground.

Hail, Graham

When: June 1, 5:26 PM CST to 5:29 PM CST
Where: Graham County, 0.53 mi E of Morland
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 39.350, -100.070

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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Sources

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: 528038, 528025, 528026, 528027, 528028, 528036, 528023, 528029, 528037, 528031, 528032, 528033.