Slow-moving thunderstorms tracked north across Norton County producing very heavy rainfall. 7 feet overnight resulting in lowland flooding nearby.
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Slow-moving thunderstorms tracked north across Norton County producing very heavy rainfall. Sappa Creek south of Hendley crested at 17.7 feet overnight resulting in lowland flooding nearby.
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 May 24, 5:55 AM CST, 3 hours 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 555 AM MDT SAT MAY 24 2014 .SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT) ISSUED AT 302 AM MDT SAT MAY 24 2014 THE UPPER LOW PRESSURE CENTER OVER THE FAR SOUTHWEST UNITED STATES REMAINS CUTOFF FROM THE MAIN UPPER FLOW AND CONTINUES TO MOVE VERY SLOWLY EASTWARD INTO THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES ON SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT AS A TROUGH APPROACHES THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. THE LOW CENTER EVENTUALLY EMERGES EAST OF THE ROCKIES OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE REGION OF THE SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS BY LATE MONDAY. WHAT THAT MEANS FOR THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS REGION IS THAT WE CAN EXPECT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY THROUGH MONDAY AS INDIVIDUAL IMPULSES ROTATE AROUND THE LOW AND ARE EJECTED OUT ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS REGION. WITH DECENT INSTABILITY IN PLACE EACH DAY...AND WITHOUT A SIGNIFICANT SURFACE BASED LIFTING MECHANISM LIKE A FRONT OR SIGNIFICANT SHEAR...DO NOT EXPECT ANY OF THE STORMS TO BECOME SEVERE...ALTHOUGH THERE MAY BE SOME MINOR FLOODING WITH THE STRONGER STORMS IF THEY MOVE OVER AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED SIGNIFICANT RAINFALLS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS. EXPECT TEMPERATURES TO REMAIN NEAR OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR. .LONG TERM...(SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY) ISSUED AT 302 AM MDT SAT MAY 24 2014 MAJOR LARGE SCALE FEATURES IN THE EXTENDED PERIOD WILL BE A WEAKENING UPPER LOW IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS ON TUESDAY WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY SOUTHEASTWARD IN THE MID/LATE WEEK TIME FRAME. AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL BUILD ACROSS THE PLAINS ON WEDNESDAY. WPC GUIDANCE SUGGESTS NEAR AVERAGE PREDICTABILITY IN THE EXTENDED PERIOD WITH A TREND TOWARD A MORE AMPLIFIED PATTERN. MEDIUM RANGE MODELS NOW HAVE A HIGHLY AMPLIFIED TROUGH DEVELOPING THURSDAY/FRIDAY OVER THE WESTERN CONUS. QPF FIELDS SHOW A DIURNAL MAXIMUM OVER A FAIRLY BROAD AREA TO OUR EAST EACH DAY IN THE EXTENDED ASSOCIATED WITH WEAKNESS IN HEIGHTS/REMNANT UPPER LOW. THE ONLY NOTABLE CHANGES IN THE EXTENDED WERE TO LINGER SLIGHT/LOW CHANCE OF CONVECTION A BIT LONGER ON TUESDAY DUE TO INFLUENCE OF UPPER LOW JUST TO OUR SOUTHEAST. ALSO...SLIGHTLY LOWER POPS ON THURSDAY AS HEIGHT FALLS FROM WESTERN CONUS TROUGH REALLY DO NOT IMPINGE ON THE AREA UNTIL LATER. ON FRIDAY... EXTENSIVE QPF IS SHOWN IN THE MOUNTAINS TO THE WEST IN RESPONSE TO A PRONOUNCED SHORTWAVE EMBEDDED WITHIN APPROACHING/DEEPENING TROUGH. MEAN WIND MAY BECOME MORE FAVORABLE FOR CONVECTION TO MOVE OFF THE ROCKIES INTO PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA IN AN ORGANIZED FASHION JUST AFTER THE EXTENDED PERIOD. UNTIL THEN MOST OF THE CONVECTION SHOULD BE FAIRLY UNORGANIZED AND RELEGATED TO THE VICINITY OF LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE WITH LEE TROUGH OVER EASTERN COLORADO. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z SUNDAY MORNING) ISSUED AT 531 AM MDT SAT MAY 24 2014 LIFR CONDITIONS DUE TO LOW CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES WILL BE OBSERVED AT MCK AND GLD FIRST THING THIS MORNING WITH DEWPOINT DEPRESSIONS OF 2 DEGREES OR LESS AND RH VALUES NEAR 100 PERCENT ACROSS THE REGION. OCCASIONAL LIFR CONDITIONS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. AFTER ABOUT 15Z...TEMPERATURES WILL RISE WITH RH VALUES DECREASING AND THE FOG AND LOW CLOUDS DISSIPATING WITH ACCOMPANYING VFR TO MVFR CONDITIONS. SEVERAL DISTURBANCES WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY...SPAWNING ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION BETWEEN 22Z-05Z. AFTER 05Z...SHOWERS WILL DISSIPATE. MCK IS EXPECTED TO HAVE MORE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IN PLACE WITH A BETTER CHANCE OF FOG DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT AT MCK THAN AT GLD. && .GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...NONE. CO...NONE. NE...NONE. && SHORT TERM...LOCKHART LONG TERM...RB AVIATION...LOCKHART
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 530 AM MDT SAT MAY 24 2014 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-251645- YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON- SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- 530 AM MDT SAT MAY 24 2014 /630 AM CDT SAT MAY 24 2014/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...NORTHWEST KANSAS AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY WHILE NO WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ANTICIPATED ACROSS THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS REGION EACH DAY THROUGH TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Lowland flooding was occurring near Sappa Creek. Sappa Creek crested at 17.7 feet at 500 am CDT, with flood stage 17 feet. No damage was reported.
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