No change in drought status was noted during November. Extreme northwest and west-central counties remained in Severe (D2) Drought.
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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.
No change in drought status was noted during November. Extreme northwest and west-central counties remained in Severe (D2) Drought.
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 Oct 31, 10:34 PM CST, 1 hour 26 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1034 PM MDT FRI OCT 31 2014 .UPDATE... ISSUED AT 821 PM MDT FRI OCT 31 2014 FOR THE LATEST ESTF UPDATE...CLOUD AND TEMPERATURES ADJUSTMENTS MADE FROM LATEST OBS...AND CURRENT IR SATELLITE LOOP. SCATTERED HIGH CLOUDS NOW MOVING THROUGH THE CWA...AND WILL PERSIST OVERNIGHT...SO REGION WILL SEE PARTLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS. TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE AREA NOW IN THE 30S. WARMEST SPOTS ARE IN WESTERN ZONES WHERE SURFACE WINDS REMAIN IN THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE...AND EASTERN ZONES 10 MPH OR LESS. AS A RESULT THE AFOREMENTIONED AREA WILL COOL QUICKER WITH BETTER RADIATIONAL COOLING/LESS MIXING...AND HAVE KEPT OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE 20S. && .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY) ISSUED AT 232 PM MDT FRI OCT 31 2014 A STRONG UPPER LEVEL RIDGE EXTENDED FROM CENTRAL CANADA ALONG THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE ROCKIES AND ADJACENT HIGH PLAINS INTO NORTHERN MEXICO THIS AFTERNOON. FAIRLY MERIDIONAL FLOW EXISTED EAST OF THIS RIDGE. A STRONG DISTURBANCE HAD DROPPED SOUTH THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES/OHIO VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON. A FAIRLY COOL AIRMASS HAD PUSHED INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS TODAY AS STRONG SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS SOUTH OUT OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS. TEMPERATURES AS OF 2 PM WERE ONLY IN THE MID 40S TO AROUND 50 ACROSS NORTHWEST KANSAS AND FAR NORTHEAST COLORADO. ANOTHER STRONG UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WAS IN THE EASTERN PACIFIC APPROACHING THE WEST COAST OF NORTH AMERICA THIS AFTERNOON. THIS SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND GREAT BASIN ON SATURDAY. THE SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL GRADUALLY MOVE INTO THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ON SATURDAY. FARTHER WEST, LEE SIDE TROUGHING WILL DEVELOP OVER EASTERN COLORADO LATER TONIGHT AND CONTINUE TO DEEPEN ON SATURDAY. ONLY A FEW HIGH CLOUDS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE REGION TONIGHT. WITH THE HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUING ITS GRIP ACROSS THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS TONIGHT, OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL DROP INTO THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL MAINTAIN A GUSTY COMPONENT OVERNIGHT OUT WEST OF HIGHWAY 25. SATURDAY WILL BE MOSTLY SUNNY WITH WARMER TEMPERATURES AND GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS. .LONG TERM...(SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY) ISSUED AT 232 PM MDT FRI OCT 31 2014 THROUGH THE FIRST PART OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD, THE UPPER RIDGE NOW OVER THE CENTRAL CONUS WILL MOVE EAST INTO EASTERN STATES. THE UPPER TROUGH IN THE WEST WILL CONTINUE EASTWARD ACROSS NORTH AMERICA AND WILL BE SHEARING OUT AS IT DOES. BY SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY, THE TROUGH SHOULD PUSH A COLD FRONT SOUTH THROUGH THE TRI STATE REGION. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION ALONG AND BEHIND THE FRONT MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT WITH THE BEST CHANCES TOWARD CENTRAL KANSAS. THROUGH THE MID TO LATTER PART OF NEXT WEEK, THE UPPER FLOW BECOMES NORTHWESTERLY AGAIN AS UPPER LEVEL RIDGING MOVES BACK INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. THIS WILL BRING A RETURN TO DRY CONDITIONS AND SEASONAL TEMPERATURES TO THE REGION. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z SATURDAY NIGHT) ISSUED AT 1034 PM MDT FRI OCT 31 2014 VFR CONDITIONS FOR BOTH TAF SITES WITH SKC-SCT250. WINDS FOR KGLD SSE 15-30KTS. FOR KMCK...WINDS SSE 5-15KTS WITH GUSTS NEAR 30KTS FROM 16Z SAT TO 00Z SUN. && .GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...NONE. CO...NONE. NE...NONE. && UPDATE...JN SHORT TERM...99 LONG TERM...99 AVIATION...JN
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 230 AM MDT FRI OCT 31 2014 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-011645- YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON- SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- 230 AM MDT FRI OCT 31 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL COLORADO... EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA AND NORTHWEST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... 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.
7 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
No change in status occurred in November with the county maintaining a Severe (D2) drought rating. The monthly precipitation ranged from 0.61 to 0.62 below normal for the COOP sites across the county.
No change in status occurred in November with the county maintaining a Severe (D2) drought rating. The monthly precipitation ranged from 0.60 to 0.81 below normal for the COOP sites across the county.
No change in status occurred in November with the county maintaining a Severe (D2) drought rating. The monthly precipitation ranged from 0.59 to 0.74 below normal for the COOP sites across the county.
No change in status occurred in November with the county maintaining a Severe (D2) drought rating. The monthly precipitation was 0.57 below normal for the COOP site at Leoti 1SE.
No change in status occurred in November with the county maintaining a Severe (D2) drought rating. The monthly precipitation ranged from 0.69 to 0.77 below normal for the COOP sites across the county.
No change in status occurred in November with the county maintaining a Severe (D2) drought rating. The monthly precipitation ranged from 0.62 to 0.74 below normal for the COOP sites across the county.
No change in status occurred in November with the county maintaining a Severe (D2) drought rating. The monthly precipitation was 0.34 below normal for the COOP site at 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, November 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: 550499, 550501, 550503, 550505, 550500, 550502, 550504.