Heavy rainfall during the month of June greatly improved the long-standing drought situation across southwest Nebraska. 6 inches above normal for the month.
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The episode as NWS GLD wrote it up.
Heavy rainfall during the month of June greatly improved the long-standing drought situation across southwest Nebraska. Precipitation at cooperative observer sites ranged from 1.9 to 6.6 inches above normal for the month. As a result, Severe (D2) to Extreme (D3) Drought reported at the beginning of the month improved to Moderate (D1) Drought by month's end.
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 31, 10:49 PM CST, 1 hour 11 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1049 PM MDT SAT MAY 31 2014 .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY) ISSUED AT 256 PM MDT SAT MAY 31 2014 LATEST WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS A LARGE AREA OF DRY AIR OVER EASTERN COLORADO AND WESTERN KANSAS. UPPER LEVEL ANALYSIS PLACES A SHORT WAVE TROUGH OVER THE TRI-STATE AREA WITH ANOTHER TROUGH MOVING IN FROM THE WEST. AT THE SURFACE A DRY LINE WAS LOCATED OVER EASTERN COLORADO FROM ROUGHLY LA JUNTA TO LIMON...WHICH IS ALSO WHERE THE WEST EDGE OF THE DRIER AIR ALOFT IS. THE DRY LINE AND MORE MOIST AIR WILL MOVE EAST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. MEANWHILE FURTHER EAST OVER THE EASTERN PART OF THE AREA ISOLATED TO SCATTERED STORMS HAVE BEGUN TO DEVELOP AHEAD OF A 700MB SHORT WAVE TROUGH. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE EAST THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON...AND EVENTUALLY MOVE OUT OF THE AREA BY EVENING. AM NOT ANTICIPATING THESE TO BECOME SEVERE DUE TO LACK OF INSTABILITY AND STRONG LIFT. THIS EVENING ANTICIPATE STORM COVERAGE TO INCREASE ALONG THE DRY LINE AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES. THE BEST LIFT/INSTABILITY WILL BE TIED TO THE SURFACE BOUNDARY. FURTHER EAST THE ENVIRONMENT BECOMES MORE STABLE AND DRIER WITH SUBSIDENCE IN PLACE...SO DO NOT ANTICIPATE THE STORMS LASTING LONG IF THEY MOVE VERY FAR OFF THE BOUNDARY. TOWARD MIDNIGHT THE BEST LIFT SHIFTS SOUTH AS THE 700MB TROUGH ACCOMPANYING THE DRY LINE DEEPENS. RAINFALL CHANCES THEN DECLINE THROUGH THE REST OF THE NIGHT DUE TO DRIER AIR AND SUBSIDENCE MOVING IN AS THE LIFT AND MOISTURE HEAD SOUTH. AM NOT ANTICIPATING ANY WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER THIS EVENING...BUT A FEW SEVERE STORMS ARE CERTAINLY POSSIBLE OVER THE SOUTHWEST PART OF THE AREA WHERE 0-6KM BULK SHEAR IS 35-40KTS AND SURFACE CAPE NEAR 1000 J/KG. HOWEVER STORM MOVEMENT WILL ONLY BE AROUND 10 KTS AND THE PRECIPITABLE WATER IS TWO STANDARD DEVIATIONS ABOVE NORMAL. THESE TWO FACTORS WILL ALLOW HEAVY RAINFALL TO BE VERY LIKELY FOR ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP. THE OTHER MAIN THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE. SEVERE WIND GUSTS WILL BE MORE LIKELY NORTH OF I-70 WHERE THE AIR IS DRIER AT MIDLEVELS WHICH WOULD HELP WITH EVAPORATIVE COOLING AND POSSIBLY DOWN BURSTS. THE SEVERE THREAT SHOULD END AROUND MIDNIGHT IF NOT BEFORE. SUNDAY A SURFACE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST. DUE TO A DRY STABLE ENVIRONMENT OVER THE WEST HALF OF THE AREA...DO NOT BELIEVE STORMS WILL FORM UNTIL THE TROUGH NEARS THE K-25 CORRIDOR DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON. WITH VERY LITTLE CINH...SURFACE CAPE AROUND 2000-2500 J/KG AND 0-6KM BULK SHEAR OF 40KTS...ANTICIPATE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM PRIMARILY ALONG THE TROUGH AXIS. AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES THE SURFACE TROUGH WILL GRADUALLY MOVE SOUTHEAST AND STORMS SHOULD MERGE INTO AN MCS CLUSTER. DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON STRONG 700-300MB FRONTOGENESIS DEVELOPS OVER THE EAST HALF OF THE AREA...WHICH SHOULD FURTHER AID IN HELPING STORM DEVELOPMENT. BEHIND THE TROUGH STORMS SHOULD DIMINISH FAIRLY QUICKLY DUE TO A DRIER MORE STABLE ENVIRONMENT IN PLACE. AHEAD OF THE SURFACE TROUGH THE STRONG LOW LEVEL JET WILL BE ABLE TO MIX TO THE GROUND...ALLOWING WINDS TO GUST TO 40 MPH OR SO. GIVEN THE ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN WAS NOT ABLE TO DEVOTE MUCH ATTENTION TO THE NEED FOR A WIND ADVISORY. GIVEN THE FAIRLY WIDE SPREAD SEVERE WEATHER EXPECTED FOR THE AFTERNOON DO NOT BELIEVE A WIND ADVISORY WILL RECEIVE MUCH NOTICE ANYWAY AND WOULD BE HARD TO DISTINGUISH FROM THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOWS. MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREATS FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON WILL BE VERY LARGE HAIL UP TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER AND HEAVY RAINFALL DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS TRAINING ALONG THE TROUGH AXIS. A SECONDARY THREAT WILL BE SEVERE WIND GUSTS AND THE POSSIBILITY OF A TORNADO SINCE STORMS WILL REMAIN CLOSE TO THE TROUGH FOR A LONG TIME DUE TO STORM MOTION BEING PARALLEL TO THE TROUGH. CONSIDERED ISSUING A WATCH FOR FLOODING FOR THE EASTERN COUNTIES...BUT DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH CONFIDENCE AT THIS TIME THE FLOODING WOULD BE WIDESPREAD ENOUGH TO JUSTIFY A WATCH. .LONG TERM...(SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY) ISSUED AT 256 PM MDT SAT MAY 31 2014 SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...PRECIPITATION CHANCES COME TO AN END SUNDAY NIGHT FROM WEST TO EAST AS UPPER WAVE RESPONSIBLE FROM THEM EXITS THE AREA. PRECIPITATION CHANCES INCREASE AGAIN MONDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS FAR EASTERN COLORADO THEN ACROSS MUCH OF THE REST OF THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT AS ANOTHER WAVE MOVES NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA. EXPECT ANOTHER LULL IN ACTIVITY TUESDAY MORNING WITH YET ANOTHER CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE NORTHERN 1/2 OF THE AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON AS ANOTHER DISTURBANCE MOVES THROUGH WITHIN SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. LOWS THROUGH THE PERIOD ABOVE NORMAL IN THE 50S TO LOW 60S. HIGHS MONDAY GENERALLY LOW TO MID 80S. A BIT MORE COMPLICATED ON TUESDAY WITH LOW 80S NORTH AND LOW TO MID 90S ACROSS THE SOUTH. IF THE NAM IS CORRECT READINGS ACROSS THE SOUTH COULD BE EVEN HOTTER BY SEVERAL DEGREES. TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...FORECAST AREA WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE MODEST CHANCES FOR AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT THUNDERSTORMS. THE BEST CHANCE AT PRESENT TIME APPEARS TO BE LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THE DAY THURSDAY AS A WEATHER DISTURBANCE MOVES IN FROM THE NORTHWEST WITH ANOTHER GOOD CHANGE FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING AS A WEATHER DISTURBANCE MOVES IN FROM THE WEST. LOWS THROUGH THE PERIOD A BIT ABOVE NORMAL WITH 50S TO LOW 60S. HIGHS WEDNESDAY IN THE 80S THEN COOLING SEVERAL DEGREES FOR THURSDAY. LITTLE CHANGE FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WITH MID 70S TO LOW 80S. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z SUNDAY NIGHT) ISSUED AT 1048 PM MDT SAT MAY 31 2014 CONVECTION CONTINUES OVER PARTS OF EASTERN COLORADO/WESTERN KANSAS. BASED ON LATEST RADAR AND MODEL TRENDS...WILL NOT MENTION THUNDERSTORMS THE REST OF TONIGHT AT KGLD/KMCK. A DRY LINE WILL INTERACT WITH AN UNSTABLE AIR MASS TO PRODUCE THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY AFTERNOON...MAINLY AFTER 20Z. DRY AIR MAY ARRIVE EARLY ENOUGH AT KGLD TO INHIBIT CONVECTION...BUT THERE IS ENOUGH UNCERTAINTY TO MENTION A CHANCE OF STORMS. THERE IS A BETTER CHANCE OF STORMS AT KMCK. WITH DECENT LOW TO MID LEVEL SHEAR...INDICATED GUSTY SURFACE WINDS AND HAIL WITH THE STORMS THERE. && .GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...NONE. CO...NONE. NE...NONE. && SHORT TERM...JTL LONG TERM...99 AVIATION...MENTZER
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 259 PM MDT SAT MAY 31 2014 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-011215- YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON- SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- 259 PM MDT SAT MAY 31 2014 /359 PM CDT SAT MAY 31 2014/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...NORTHWEST KANSAS AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER KIT CARSON COUNTY AND CHEYENNE COUNTIES IN COLORADO MID TO LATE AFTERNOON AND INCREASE IN COVERAGE THROUGH THE EVENING AS THEY SLOWLY MOVE EASTWARD. THE MAJORITY OF THE STORM ACTIVITY SHOULD REMAIN WEST OF A YUMA TO COLBY AND OAKLEY LINE. THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND LARGE HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE. A SECONDARY THREAT WILL BE SEVERE WIND GUSTS...PRIMARILY NORTH OF I-70. THE SEVERE THREAT SHOULD END BY MIDNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SUNDAY AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP EAST OF THE COLORADO BORDER. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MORE LIKELY THAN TODAY. THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL UP 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER AND PROLONGED HEAVY RAINFALL FROM TRAINING THUNDERSTORMS. A SECONDARY THREAT WILL BE SEVERE WINDS AND POSSIBLY A TORNADO. THE MAJORITY OF THE SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE EAST OF HIGHWAY 25. MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH DAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS WELL AS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. JTL
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 703 PM MDT SAT MAY 31 2014 COZ091-KSZ013-027-010130- KIT CARSON COUNTY-SHERMAN-WALLACE- 703 PM MDT SAT MAY 31 2014 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR KIT CARSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO... SHERMAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS AND WALLACE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 658 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES SOUTH OF KANORADO...MOVING EAST AT 25 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 3934 10170 3912 10165 3908 10214 3926 10217 TIME...MOT...LOC 0103Z 261DEG 21KT 3919 10204 024
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
735 PM MDT SAT MAY 31 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0720 PM HAIL 13 SW GOODLAND 39.22N 101.88W
05/31/2014 M0.50 INCH SHERMAN KS COCORAHS
HALF INCH HAIL THAT RESULTED IN MINOR LEAF DAMAGE.
&&
ALWSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
757 PM MDT SAT MAY 31 2014
COZ092-010230-
CHEYENNE COUNTY-
757 PM MDT SAT MAY 31 2014
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CHEYENNE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...
AT 750 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KIT CARSON...MOVING EAST AT
25 MPH.
PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM.
THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE.
&&
LAT...LON 3875 10280 3889 10237 3863 10229 3861 10243
3861 10273 3861 10275
TIME...MOT...LOC 0158Z 249DEG 23KT 3868 10263
024The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Hitchcock County improved from Severe (D2) to Moderate (D1) Drought during the month of June as a result of heavy rainfall during the month.
Red Willow County improved from Extreme (D3) to Moderate (D1) Drought during the month of June as a result of heavy rainfall during the month.
Dundy County improved from Severe (D2) to Moderate (D1) Drought during the month of June as a result of heavy rainfall during the month.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Nebraska in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Nebraska, June 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: 531162, 531163, 531161.