An intense thunderstorm moved ESE across Logan and Gove counties during the evening. Estimated winds of 90 mph destroyed a large metal building, a 200 square foot storage shed and a carport southeast of Monument.
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An intense thunderstorm moved ESE across Logan and Gove counties during the evening. Estimated winds of 90 mph destroyed a large metal building, a 200 square foot storage shed and a carport southeast of Monument. A cedar tree was snapped and other minor structural damage was reported by a spotter. A measured wind of 77 mph was clocked at a mesonet site ESE of Gove an hour after the damage occurred near Monument.
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 Sep 9, 7:34 PM CST, 6 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 734 PM MDT TUE SEP 9 2014 .UPDATE... ISSUED AT 732 PM MDT TUE SEP 9 2014 CONTINUE TO REMOVE COUNTIES FROM THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #500. WALLACE...SHERMAN...AND RAWLINS COUNTIES IN KANSAS HAVE NOW BEEN REMOVED. SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL LIKELY THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT IN THOSE COUNTIES. && .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY) ISSUED AT 150 PM MDT TUE SEP 9 2014 LATEST WATER VAPOR AND UPPER AIR ANALYSIS INDICATE A PLUME OF HIGHER MOISTURE AIR CONTINUING TO MOVE OVER THE CENTRAL ROCKIES AND OVER THE HIGH PLAINS AROUND AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE SOUTHERN CONUS. EMBEDDED WITHIN THE FLOW AROUND THE RIDGE WAS A SHORT WAVE TROUGH OVER THE CENTRAL ROCKIES. VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWED GRAVITY WAVES OVER SOUTHERN COLORADO INDICATING A VERY STABLE AIR MASS OVER THAT PART OF THE STATE. AT THE SURFACE A COLD FRONT WAS MOVING SOUTH ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO AND WESTERN NEBRASKA. BEHIND THE FRONT DRIER AIR AND GUSTY WINDS WERE REPORTED. FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON THE COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE NORTHWEST HALF OF THE AREA. TO THE WEST THE UPPER LEVEL SHORT WAVE TROUGH WILL MOVE EAST TOWARD THE TRI-STATE AREA. INSTABILITY WILL INCREASE AHEAD OF THE FRONT THIS LATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH 0-1KM MIXED LAYER CAPE OF 1500J/KG EAST OF HWY 83...DECLINING TO THE WEST. DEEP LAYER SHEAR WILL BE 35KTS WHICH WILL SUPPORT SEVERE STORMS. SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EAST OF THE COLORADO BORDER BUT MORE LIKELY EAST OF THE HWY 83. AM THINKING THE SEVERE THREAT SHOULD REMAIN SOUTH OF THE NE/KS LINE. HAIL UP TO PING-PONG BALL SIZE WILL BE LIKELY WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. THIS EVENING THE FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF THE AREA. THE SEVERE THREAT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID EVENING THEN END AS THE INSTABILITY DECLINES. STORM COVERAGE SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE BEST ALONG THE FRONT THAT IS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST. BEHIND THE FRONT INSTABILITY WILL BE MUCH LESS. MEANWHILE BEHIND THE FRONT A LINE OF STORMS WILL MOVE IN AHEAD OF AN UPPER LEVEL SHORT WAVE TROUGH...FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER ROUND OF STORMS LATE THIS EVENING/OVERNIGHT AHEAD OF THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AXIS. WITH INSTABILITY REMAINING AHEAD OF THE FRONT THESE STORMS WILL NOT BE SEVERE. STORM ACTIVITY SHOULD END FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. BEHIND THE FRONT NORTHWEST WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN AS THE COOLER AIR ALLOWS THE BREEZY LOW LEVEL JET TO MIX TO THE GROUND. WIND GUSTS MAY BRIEFLY REACH 45MPH DURING THE LATE EVENING/OVERNIGHT HOURS. WEDNESDAY THE ENVIRONMENT DRIES OUT ABOVE 700MB BUT THERE WILL BE SOME WEAK ISENTROPIC LIFT OVER THE NORTHEAST PART OF THE AREA. WILL INCLUDE A MENTION OF LIGHT RAIN/DRIZZLE AS A RESULT NORTH OF HWY 24 WHERE THE LOW LEVELS REMAIN SATURATED. WEDNESDAY MORNING WINDS WILL REMAIN BREEZY TO GUSTY AS THE LOW LEVEL JET CONTINUES TO MIX TO THE GROUND. DURING THE AFTERNOON THE ENVIRONMENT DRIES OUT SO WILL HAVE THE RAINFALL COMING TO AN END. TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOLER WITH THE COOL AIR MASS IN PLACE. .LONG TERM...(WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY) ISSUED AT 125 PM MDT TUE SEP 9 2014 MAIN WX FEATURE FOR THE FIRST HALF OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD WILL CONTINUE TO BE TO CAA INTO THE CWA BROUGHT SOUTH BY LARGE SFC RIDGE FROM CENTRAL CANADA. SFC HIGH INITIALLY OVER THE CWA WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND DOES BEGIN TO SHIFT SLOWLY EASTWARD WITH APPROACH OF 700 MB TROUGH WORKING OUT OF THE NORTH CENTRAL ROCKIES. THIS TROUGH DOES NOT PUSH SOUTH THRU THE CWA UNTIL LATE THURSDAY ON INTO FRIDAY...AIDED WITH SUPPORT FROM 500 MB TROUGH. BEHIND THIS MID- LEVEL FEATURE...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING A REINFORCING SHOT OF COLDER AIR ACROSS THE CWA LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. IT IS THIS SECONDARY SHOT THAT WILL GIVE MANY AREAS ACROSS THE CWA WITH POTENTIAL FOR RECORD/NEAR RECORD NUMBERS. THE CORE OF THE COLDER AIR BY 06Z-12Z FRIDAY AT 850/925 MB...DOES ACCOMPANY BACKSIDE OF PRECIP ASSOCIATED WITH TROUGH. TROUGH DOES SWING THRU THE CWA LATE IN THE DAY FRIDAY...ALLOWING FOR HIGH PRESSURE TO SET UP JUST EAST OF THE CWA...BRINGING IN WARMER AIR GOING INTO THE UPCOMING WEEKEND INTO THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK. TEMPERATURES FOR THE FIRST HALF OF THE EXTENDED WILL BE ON THE DOWNTREND WITH COLD AIR SURGE DOWN THE PLAINS...THEN WARMUP IS EXPECTED FOR THE LATTER PORTION AS WAA SETS UP WITH RIDGE TO THE EAST. OVERNIGHT LOWS/DAYTIMES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP AS MUCH AS 10-15 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL BOTTOMING OUT FRIDAY MORNING WITH MANY SPOTS NEARING THE MID/UPPER 30S RANGE...WITH NEAR 40F ALONG SOUTHERN ZONES. CLOUD COVER FROM 700 MB TROUGH WILL HAVE IMPACT ON THESE OVERNIGHT LOWS IF NO CLRING OCCURS...AS WELL AS SOME MODIFICATION DUE TO AIRMASS MOVEMENT INTO WARMER REGIME. IF CLRING DOES OCCUR DURING THIS TIME...PATCHY AREAS OF FROST ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. LOOKING FOR TEMPS TO RANGE IN THE 50S FOR HIGHS INTO FRIDAY...THEN INCREASING INTO THE 70S TO AROUND 80F THEREAFTER. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL RANGE FROM MID 40S DOWN TO THE MID 30S BY FRIDAY...THEN INCREASE INTO THE MID 50S BY NEXT MONDAY NIGHT. OVERALL FOR PRECIP...EXPECTING MAINLY -RW FOR THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY...HIGHEST CHANCES DURING THE DAY. WITH THE SECOND ROUND OF COLDER AIR AND PLACEMENT OF 850/925 TEMP CORE AFTER 06Z FRIDAY...CAN NOT RULE OUT A BRIEF MIX OF A FEW -SW IN WITH -RW FOR YUMA/DUNDEE COUNTIES IN OUR NW AREA FROM 06Z-12Z...WITH NO ACCUM. LATE IN WEEKEND MODELS DO DIFFER ON A SLIGHT CHANCE POTENTIAL FOR -TRW/RW OVER SOUTHERN/EASTERN COUNTIES BUT WILL DEPEND ON HOW MUCH SHORTWAVE TROUGH DIGS SOUTH INTO AREA. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z WEDNESDAY EVENING) ISSUED AT 548 PM MDT TUE SEP 9 2014 VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH MIDNIGHT WITH A COLD FRONT AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE REGION THIS EVENING. GUSTY NORTH NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED BEHIND THE FRONT AT MCK AND GLD AFTER BEGINNING AROUND 02Z WITH CONDITIONS TRANSITIONING TO MVFR AFTER 06Z AS CEILINGS LOWER. MVFR CONDITIONS AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH VFR CONDITIONS...A DECREASE IN WIND...AND SOME PATCHY CLEARING AFTER 18Z. && .GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...NONE. CO...NONE. NE...NONE. && UPDATE...LOCKHART SHORT TERM...JTL LONG TERM...JN AVIATION...LOCKHART
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 318 PM MDT TUE SEP 9 2014 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-NEZ079>081-101315- YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON- SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-DUNDY-HITCHCOCK- RED WILLOW- 318 PM MDT TUE SEP 9 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL COLORADO... EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA AND NORTHWEST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT/1100 PM CDT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING EAST OF THE COLORADO BORDER ALONG A COLD FRONT. STORM COVERAGE WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING AND MOVE EAST SOUTHEAST WITH THE FRONT. THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE WALNUT SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NEAR RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES CAN BE EXPECTED EARLY FRIDAY MORNING ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA WHICH MAY LEAD TO PATCHY FROST. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. KSZ041-042-101315- GREELEY-WICHITA- 318 PM MDT TUE SEP 9 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING EAST OF THE COLORADO BORDER ALONG A COLD FRONT. STORM COVERAGE WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING AND MOVE EAST SOUTHEAST WITH THE FRONT. THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE WALNUT SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NEAR RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES CAN BE EXPECTED EARLY FRIDAY MORNING ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA WHICH MAY LEAD TO PATCHY FROST. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. JN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 558 PM CDT TUE SEP 9 2014 KSZ002-NEZ080-092330- RAWLINS KS-HITCHCOCK NE- 558 PM CDT TUE SEP 9 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTH CENTRAL RAWLINS AND SOUTHWESTERN HITCHCOCK COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM CDT... AT 556 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR STRATTON...OR NEAR STRATTON NE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THE WINDS WILL PRODUCE LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WHICH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO...ESPECIALLY NEAR RECENTLY HARVESTED OR PLOWED FIELDS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... TRENTON AND STRATTON. THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 3994 10131 4019 10131 4019 10090 3993 10088 TIME...MOT...LOC 2256Z 259DEG 26KT 4006 10118 MENTZER
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 637 PM CDT TUE SEP 9 2014 KSZ002-003-NEZ080-081-100000- DECATUR KS-RAWLINS KS-HITCHCOCK NE-RED WILLOW NE- 637 PM CDT TUE SEP 9 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN RAWLINS... NORTHWESTERN DECATUR...SOUTHEASTERN HITCHCOCK AND SOUTHWESTERN RED WILLOW COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM CDT... AT 635 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTH OF LUDELL...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WILL RESTRICT VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO NEAR RECENTLY PLOWED FIELDS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HERNDON...CEDAR BLUFFS AND TRAER. THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 3987 10048 3985 10107 4013 10104 4013 10051 TIME...MOT...LOC 2335Z 275DEG 34KT 3997 10093 MENTZER
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 551 PM MDT TUE SEP 9 2014 COZ091-KSZ013-100015- KIT CARSON COUNTY CO-SHERMAN KS- 551 PM MDT TUE SEP 9 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN KIT CARSON AND SOUTHWESTERN SHERMAN COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM MDT... AT 550 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BURLINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WILL RESTRICT VISIBILITIES TO ONE MILE... ESPECIALLY NEAR RECENTLY PLOWED FIELDS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... GOODLAND...BURLINGTON...KANORADO AND RULETON. LAT...LON 3940 10220 3941 10158 3916 10156 3914 10235 TIME...MOT...LOC 2350Z 263DEG 20KT 3931 10215 MENTZER
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 603 PM MDT TUE SEP 9 2014 KSZ013-027-100045- WALLACE KS-SHERMAN KS- 603 PM MDT TUE SEP 9 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN KIT CARSON... SOUTHWESTERN SHERMAN AND NORTHWESTERN WALLACE COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM MDT... AT 601 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 16 MILES SOUTH OF KANORADO...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WILL OCCUR WITH THIS STORM...ESPECIALLY NEAR RECENTLY PLOWED FIELDS. VISIBILITIES MAY OCCASIONALLY BE LIMITED TO LESS THAN ONE MILE. THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN KIT CARSON...SOUTHWESTERN SHERMAN...AND NORTHWESTERN WALLACE COUNTIES. LAT...LON 3917 10205 3919 10165 3900 10164 3900 10205 TIME...MOT...LOC 0001Z 268DEG 40KT 3910 10201 MENTZER
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 632 PM MDT TUE SEP 9 2014 KSZ013-014-100115- THOMAS KS-SHERMAN KS- 632 PM MDT TUE SEP 9 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN SHERMAN AND SOUTHWESTERN THOMAS COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM MDT/815 PM CDT/... AT 631 PM MDT /731 PM CDT/...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR GOODLAND...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WILL OCCASIONALLY RESTRICT VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE MILE...INCLUDING ON INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN GOODLAND AND BREWSTER. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... GOODLAND...BREWSTER AND EDSON. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 IN KANSAS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 15 AND 42. LAT...LON 3916 10128 3914 10177 3941 10177 3949 10127 TIME...MOT...LOC 0031Z 259DEG 49KT 3934 10165 MENTZER
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 656 PM MDT TUE SEP 9 2014 KSZ013-014-028-100130- LOGAN KS-THOMAS KS-SHERMAN KS- 656 PM MDT TUE SEP 9 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN SHERMAN... SOUTHWESTERN THOMAS AND NORTHWESTERN LOGAN COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM MDT/830 PM CDT/... AT 654 PM MDT /754 PM CDT/...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF WINONA...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WILL RESTRICT VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE MILE NEAR RECENTLY PLOWED FIELDS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WINONA. THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 3902 10147 3929 10147 3930 10108 3904 10108 TIME...MOT...LOC 0054Z 269DEG 38KT 3919 10135 MENTZER
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 77 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:41 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A metal building, a 20 by 10 foot storage shed and a carport were destroyed at a residence southeast of Monument. Time of report estimated from Doppler radar. A 7 x 20 foot trailer was moved approximately 100 feet.
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