A line of thunderstorms formed over northwest Kansas and extreme southwest Nebraska late in the afternoon, resulting in wind damage near Trenton.
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A line of thunderstorms formed over northwest Kansas and extreme southwest Nebraska late in the afternoon, resulting in wind damage near Trenton.
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 27, 1:31 PM CST, 3 hours 56 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 131 PM MDT FRI JUN 27 2014 .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY) ISSUED AT 131 PM MDT FRI JUN 27 2014 ACTIVE EVENING/OVERNIGHT PERIOD EXPECTED FOR THE AREA FOR CONVECTION. CURRENTLY THIS AFTERNOON...SURFACE LOW OVER SE COLORADO COMBINED WITH INVERTED TROUGH(DRYLINE) EXTENDING NORTHWARD TOWARDS SOUTHERN WYOMING. THUNDER HAS BEEN FIRING UP ALONG THIS BOUNDARY PROMPTING THE ISSUANCE OF A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR EASTERN COLORADO. THIS TROUGH WILL BEGIN TO SHIFT SLOWLY EAST THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. MODEL CONVECTIVE PARAMETERS CONTINUE TO SUGGEST SEVERE POTENTIAL THROUGH MUCH OF THE EVENING HOURS AND WITH THE MOVEMENT OF TROUGH INTO WESTERN KANSAS...THE POTENTIAL FOR TORNADO DEVELOPMENT INCREASES WITH INCREASING SHEAR ENVIRONMENT. HAVE CONTINUED MENTION OF SEVERE WORDING IN FORECAST FOR LARGE HAIL/WINDS. KANSAS ZONES COULD SEE THE ISSUANCE OF A TORNADO WATCH LATER THIS AFTERNOON WITH SPC GUIDANCE SHOWING GOOD CHANCE FOR. ALONG WITH THE CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER TONIGHT...WITH COME THE CHANCE FOR FLOODING CONDITIONS WITH EXPECTED HEAVY RAINFALL. PW/S ARE WELL OVER AN INCH AND WITH THE MOVEMENT OF STORMS WITH TROUGH...AREAS HAVE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED 1-2" AMOUNTS IN A SHORT TIME. SOME TRAINING OF STORMS COULD LEAD TO HIGHER AMOUNTS. WILL HAVE TO BE MONITORED LATER FOR ANY FLASH FLOODING POTENTIAL... ESPECIALLY IN EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA TOWARDS MORNING. TEMPERATURES IN THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD WILL CONSIST OF MOIST AND HUMID CONDITIONS FOR ALL KANSAS ZONES UNTIL THE SYSTEM SHIFTS EASTWARD. LOOKING FOR OVERNIGHT LOWS TO RANGE FROM MID 50S WEST THROUGH THE LOWER 60S EAST AND WILL BE DEPENDENT ON WHEN DRIER AIR WORKS INTO AREA(INDICATIVE OF LOW DEWPTS OVER WESTERN COLORADO). WINDS IN THE EXTENDED WILL GENERALLY REMAIN ESE OVER THE REGION UNTIL TROUGH PASSES. LOOKING FOR 5 TO 15 MPH CLOSE TO TROUGH AND INCREASING 15 TO 30 MPH TO EASTERN ZONES. AFTER TROUGH PASSAGE...SHIFT TO WNW FLOW 5-15MPH. GOING INTO SATURDAY...SLOW MOVEMENT OF BROAD UPPER TROUGH ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF KANSAS DURING THE MORNING HOURS...WILL ALLOW FOR SOME -RW/-TRW TO PERSIST BEFORE SLOWLY CLEARING OUT OVER EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA. HAVE CONTINUED A MENTION OF SLIGHT CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION THERE BEFORE EXITING BY MIDDAY. SURFACE RIDGE AND UPPER ZONAL FLOW BEHIND THIS TROUGH WILL PROVIDE AREA FOR A DECENT DAY WITH STRONG SUBSIDENCE AND NORTHWEST FLOW 10-20 MPH. WITH LINGERING CLOUD COVER POTENTIAL FOR EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA DURING THE MORNING HOURS TEMPERATURES SLOW TO INCREASE AFTER SUNRISE BUT WILL STAY JUST UNDER GUIDANCE KEEPING AREA IN MID 80S FOR HIGH TEMPERATURES. .LONG TERM...(SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY) ISSUED AT 1239 PM MDT FRI JUN 27 2014 ZONAL FLOW IS FORECAST FOR SATURDAY NIGHT WITH A POSSIBLE EMBEDDED WEAK SHORTWAVE...BUT LOW LEVELS WILL BE VERY DRY WITH DEW POINTS ONLY IN THE 40S IN THE EVENING...THOUGH THEY DO INCREASE AFTER MIDNIGHT ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTHEAST. A WEAK LLJ OF AROUND 30KTS IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP ON 315K SURFACE OVERNIGHT WITH RESULTANT MOISTURE ADVECTION. DESPITE SOME DECENT ELEVATED CAPE UP TO 2000 J/KG...CIN IS FORECAST TO BE 50-100 J/KG FOR PARCELS ORIGINATING AROUND 800MB WHICH WOULD BE SUFFICIENT TO CAP ELEVATED CONVECTION. MODELS ARE DRY SO WILL KEEP IT THAT WAY FOR NOW. ZONAL FLOW CONTINUES ON SUNDAY AROUND BROAD BASE OF THE MAIN TROUGH IN THE NORTHERN PLAINS. A DISTURBANCE ROTATING THROUGH THE FLOW SUNDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING WILL HAVE PLENTY OF MOISTURE TO WORK WITH IN THE EASTERN FORECAST AREA...WITH VERY UNSTABLE CONDITIONS AND DEEP LAYER SHEAR ON THE ORDER OF 40KTS. ONLY THE NAM PAINTS ANY PRECIPITATION AT THIS POINT...BUT IF ANYTHING GETS GOING PARAMETERS SUGGEST SUPERCELLS WOULD BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY EAST OF A MCCOOK TO TRIBUNE LINE. AFOREMENTIONED SYSTEM WILL WORKS ITS WAY EASTWARD ALONG THE US/CANADA BORDER EARLY NEXT WEEK AS RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE NORTHERN ROCKIES. THE LOCAL AREA WILL BE UNDER NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT EARLY IN THE WEEK BETWEEN THOSE TWO FEATURES. A SURFACE FRONT WILL SETTLE INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS ON MONDAY WITH POST FRONTAL UPSLOPE REGIME IN THE HIGH PLAINS. ANY WEAK DISTURBANCE IN THE NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT SHOULD BE ENOUGH FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP IN THIS PATTERN...SLIGHTLY FAVORING THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE AREA WHERE THE SURFACE FRONT COULD BE LURKING...ESPECIALLY ON TUESDAY AS IT TRIES TO RETURN NORTH AS A WARM FRONT. HOWEVER...THAT FRONT WASHES OUT BY MID WEEK WITH PRECIPITATION CHANCES BECOMING TIED TO WEAK DISTURBANCES ROTATING OUT OF THE CENTRAL ROCKIES OVER THE TOP OF THE RIDGE AND MOIST SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW AT THE SURFACE. THE RIDGE IS FORECAST TO GRADUALLY BUILD NORTHWARD TOWARDS THE END OF THE LONG TERM PERIOD AND MAY EVENTUALLY GET CLOSE ENOUGH TO CAP CONVECTION. TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOVE NORMAL ON SUNDAY...NEAR NORMAL ON MONDAY...BELOW NORMAL TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY BEHIND THE FRONT...THEN GRADUALLY WARM BACK TO NEAR AND ABOVE NORMAL TOWARDS THE END OF THE WEEK UNDER THE RIDGE. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z SATURDAY AFTERNOON) ISSUED AT 1103 AM MDT FRI JUN 27 2014 FOR KGLD...MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS THRU FORECAST PERIOD WITH GENERAL SCT025 SCT200. FROM 20Z THIS AFTERNOON THRU 03Z SAT...TRW WILL BE DEVELOPING IN THE VICINITY W/ BEST CHANCES LIKELY AFT 00Z SAT...WITH CEILINGS AROUND BKN050. VRB05KT THROUGH 20Z...THEN BECOMING SSE 15-30KTS. WINDS DO SHIFT TO WNW 10-15KTS BY 03Z SATURDAY. FOR KMCK...LOOKING FOR MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS THRU FORECAST PERIOD WITH GENERAL SCT025 SCT200. SOME MVFR CEILINGS AROUND BKN015 THROUGH 20Z. FROM 21Z THIS AFTERNOON THRU 04Z SAT...TRW WILL BE DEVELOPING IN THE VICINITY W/ BEST CHANCES LIKELY AFT 01Z SAT...WITH CEILINGS AROUND BKN050. VRB05KT THROUGH 21Z...THEN BECOMING SSE 15-25KTS. WINDS DO SHIFT TO WNW 10-15KTS BY 04Z SATURDAY. && .GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...NONE. CO...NONE. NE...NONE. && SHORT TERM...JN LONG TERM...024 AVIATION...JN
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1008 AM MDT FRI JUN 27 2014 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-281530- YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON- SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- 1008 AM MDT FRI JUN 27 2014 /1108 AM CDT FRI JUN 27 2014/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...NORTHWEST KANSAS AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AN OUTBREAK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS LIKELY BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON EAST OF THE COLORADO BORDER AS A VOLATILE ENVIRONMENT SETS UP. SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF SIGNIFICANT HAIL TO THE SIZE OF BASEBALLS...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH AND TORNADOES ARE EXPECTED. FOR EAST COLORADO...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL EXPECTED WITH LARGE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF PING PONG BALLS AND DAMAGING WINDS TO 60 MPH AS THE MAIN THREATS. STORMS CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING AND SHOULD EXIT THE REGION EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER... SLOW STORM MOVEMENTS MAY LEAD TO VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY FOR LOCATIONS THAT HAVE RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN RECENTLY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY NORTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM BENKELMAN NEBRASKA TO HOXIE KANSAS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
458 PM MDT FRI JUN 27 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0458 PM HAIL BREWSTER 39.36N 101.38W
06/27/2014 E0.88 INCH THOMAS KS TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
JJMSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
511 PM MDT FRI JUN 27 2014
COZ090-280000-
YUMA COUNTY-
511 PM MDT FRI JUN 27 2014
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR YUMA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO...
AT 509 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTH OF ECKLEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15
MPH.
PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM.
&&
LAT...LON 3986 10205 3987 10280 4035 10280 4036 10279
4044 10279 4045 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 2311Z 231DEG 13KT 4022 10244
LOCKHARTPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
519 PM MDT FRI JUN 27 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0448 PM TORNADO 2 SSE EDSON 39.31N 101.52W
06/27/2014 SHERMAN KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
LAW ENFORCEMENT FOUND DAMAGE TO CORN FIELD FROM
PREVIOUSLY REPORTED TORNADO. NO INJURIES. NO KNOWN
STRUCTURE DAMAGE. TIME ESTIMATED FROM PREVIOUS REPORTS.
&&
JJMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
520 PM MDT FRI JUN 27 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0519 PM HAIL 6 N YUMA 40.21N 102.72W
06/27/2014 M1.00 INCH YUMA CO TRAINED SPOTTER
A FEW QUARTER SIZE STONES FALL NOW.
&&
JJMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
523 PM MDT FRI JUN 27 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0505 PM TSTM WND GST 10 NNE MCDONALD 39.92N 101.30W
06/27/2014 E60.00 MPH RAWLINS KS TRAINED SPOTTER
REPORTED ROUGHLY 10 N OF MCDONALD AND 2 EAST ON ROAD D.
LASTED ABOUT 10 MINUTES
0505 PM HAIL 10 NNE MCDONALD 39.92N 101.30W
06/27/2014 E0.75 INCH RAWLINS KS TRAINED SPOTTER
REPORTED ROUGHLY 10 N OF MCDONALD AND 2 E ON ROAD D.
&&
LUNDQUISTPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
525 PM MDT FRI JUN 27 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0520 PM TSTM WND GST 4 N ATWOOD 39.87N 101.04W
06/27/2014 M63 MPH RAWLINS KS MESONET
&&
024The Goodland radar (KGLD), 108 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:25 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
An enclosed metal building had a roughly 10 by 12 foot section of roof ripped off at the airport. In addition, an old farm windmill nearby was twisted and bent.
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