During the late evening thunderstorms producing heavy rainfall moved over Dundy county. 5-2.
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During the late evening thunderstorms producing heavy rainfall moved over Dundy county. Rainfall amounts in the county around Benkelman ranged from 1.5-2. Law enforcement had to close old Highway 34 on the northeast side of Benkelman due to water running over the highway making it impassable.
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 5, 7:29 PM MST, 41 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
829 PM MDT FRI JUN 5 2015
.UPDATE...
ISSUED AT 829 PM MDT FRI JUN 5 2015
UPDATED TO TRIM SOME OF THE TORNADO AND FLASH FLOOD THREATS.
THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES.
UPDATE ISSUED AT 542 PM MDT FRI JUN 5 2015
UPDATED THE FORECAST FOR THE ISSUANCE OF TORNADO WATCH 260 AND THE
FLASH FLOOD WATCH. CONCERN IS GROWING OVER EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINS
WITH SLOW MOVING...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS. SUPERCELLS SHOULD MORPH
INTO A MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE COMPLEX AND CONTINUE ITS SLOW MOVEMENT
TO THE NORTHEAST. EXTREMELY ANOMALOUS PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES
INDICATE A HIGH THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN SO A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WAS
NEEDED.
&&
.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY)
ISSUED AT 220 PM MDT FRI JUN 5 2015
PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL INCREASE LATER THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE
EVENING/EARLY OVERNIGHT HOURS AS A PLUME OF INCREASING MID LEVEL
MOISTURE MOVES IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST. AFTER MIDNIGHT THIS PLUME
GENERALLY LIFTS NORTHEAST BUT SOME LINGERING MOISTURE REMAINS ALONG
AND EAST OF THE CO/KS BORDER. ON SATURDAY THIS AXIS OF MOISTURE
MOVES EAST AND OUT OF THE AREA AT THE END OF THE DAY ONLY TO BE
REPLACED BY ANOTHER MOVING INTO FAR EASTERN COLORADO WHICH WILL
BRING AN INCREASING CHANCE FOR LATE AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS.
VERY IMPRESSIVE PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES EXIST ACROSS THE AREA THIS
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING WITH 1.5-1.8 INCHES GENERALLY ALONG AND
NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE. THESE VALUES ARE EXTREMELY HIGH FOR THIS
TIME OF YEAR AND ARE PRETTY RARE DURING OUR MONSOON SEASON AT THE
END OF JULY. ONCE THE STORMS REACH THIS AIRMASS AM EXPECTING VERY
HIGH RAINFALL RATES AND AN INCREASED THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING.
SEVERE WEATHER ALSO LIKELY.
LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT IN THE MID 50S WEST TO MID 60S EAST. HIGHS
ON SATURDAY WILL RANGE FROM THE LOW 80S WEST TO LOW 90S
EAST/NORTHEAST.
.LONG TERM...(SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY)
ISSUED AT 235 PM MDT FRI JUN 5 2015
SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT WILL HAVE A SIMILAR WEATHER
PATTERN WILL UNFOLD. AN UPPER LEVEL SHORT WAVE TROUGH WILL MOVE
ACROSS THE AREA FROM THE WEST...WITH THE BEST CHANCES FOR RAINFALL
DURING THE EVENING.
SATURDAY NIGHT THE STRONGEST LIFT WILL BE CENTERED OVER
THE 850MB TROUGH AND THE SURFACE FRONT. WANTED TO HAVE HIGHER
CHANCES FOR RAINFALL THAN CURRENTLY FORECAST...BUT DUE TO THE
UNCERTAINTY OF WHERE THE FRONT WILL BE DECIDED TO KEEP RAINFALL
CHANCES A BIT CONSERVATIVE FOR NOW. A COLD FRONT WILL BEGIN TO MOVE
THROUGH THE AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST DURING THE MID TO LATE
EVENING...EXITING THE AREA AROUND SUNRISE. BEHIND THE FRONT THE
ENVIRONMENT WILL BECOME MORE STABLE AND DRIER. THEREFORE WILL HAVE
CHANCES FOR RAIN DECLINE OVERNIGHT. LOOKING AT THE SEVERE POTENTIAL
FOR SATURDAY NIGHT...LOOKS LIKE THE BEST CHANCE WILL BE IN THE
EVENING NORTH OF THE KS/NE BORDER AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 83 OR
BASICALLY AHEAD OF THE WARM FRONT. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE
DUE TO PRECIPITABLE WATER AMOUNTS NEAR THE HIGHEST RECORDED FOR THIS
TIME OF YEAR ACCORDING TO SOUNDING CLIMATOLOGY FROM SURROUNDING
UPPER AIR SITES.
SUNDAY THE NEXT ROUND OF STORMS WILL FIRE DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON
AS AN UPPER LEVEL SHORT WAVE TROUGH MOVES IN FROM THE WEST. THIS
TROUGH APPEARS TO MOVE FAIRLY QUICKLY AND THE CONDENSATION PRESSURE
DEFICITS ARE 20+MB...WHICH WILL LIMIT STORM COVERAGE. REGARDING
TEMPERATURES...WARMER AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA AS THE WARM FRONT
MOVES OVER THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE AREA. MODELS DISAGREE HOW FAR
NORTH THE FRONT WILL MOVE...BUT THE CONSENSUS HAS IT OVER
GREELEY/WICHITA COUNTIES.
LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY EVENING A SECOND STRONGER UPPER
LEVEL SHORT WAVE TROUGH WILL MOVE OVER THE AREA FROM THE WEST. LIFT
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS TROUGH WILL BE MORE FOCUSED AND CONDENSATION
PRESSURE DEFICITS WILL BE MUCH LOWER...UNDER 10MB OR SO. THIS
TROUGH WILL MOVE EAST THROUGH THE EVENING...FILLING AS IT MOVES
ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE AREA. STORM MOTION WILL BE AROUND 20
MPH AND PRECIPITABLE WATER IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE TO BE VERY
HIGH...RIVALING THE HIGHEST OBSERVED AMOUNTS ACCORDING TO
CLIMATOLOGY OF OBSERVED SOUNDINGS FROM SURROUNDING SITES. WITH THIS
IN MIND PLACED A MENTION OF HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE FORECAST FOR
PORTIONS OF THE AREA WHERE THE SHORT WAVE TROUGH WILL TRACK. BEST
CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE EAST OF HIGHWAY 83.
OVERNIGHT SUNDAY THE SHORT WAVE TROUGH WILL FILL BRINGING RAINFALL
TO AN END.
MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THE WET WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE AS THE
UPPER LEVEL LOW CURRENTLY OVER THE DESERT SOUTHWEST MOVES NORTHEAST
AND BECOMES ELONGATED OVER THE PLAINS AS A RIDGE BUILDS IN.
WEDNESDAY THERE WILL BE A BREAK IN THE RAINFALL AS THE TROUGH MOVES
EAST OF THE AREA AND THE RIDGE AXIS MOVE THROUGH. AFTER WEDNESDAY
ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL MOVE ACROSS THE CONUS...BRINGING
CHANCES FOR RAINFALL WITH IT THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.
TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE PERIOD WILL BE NEAR NORMAL EXCEPT FOR
FRIDAY WHEN A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z SATURDAY EVENING)
ISSUED AT 542 PM MDT FRI JUN 5 2015
STRONG/SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PUSH ACROSS THE REGION THIS
EVENING...BRINGING POOR AVIATION CONDITIONS TO BOTH TAF SITES.
NEAR-TERM THREAT NEAR KGLD WITH THREAT GRADUALLY TRANSITIONING
NORTHEAST TO KMCK. HEAVY RAIN...LOW CEILINGS AND STRONG WINDS
ANTICIPATED WITH THESE SLOW MOVING STORMS. STORMS SHOULD EXIT THE
REGION AFTER MIDNIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SOME FOG BUT
CONFIDENCE IS LOW AT THIS TIME. MOST LIKELY LOCATION TO OBSERVE
FOG IS KMCK.
&&
.GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
KS...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 2 AM MDT /3 AM CDT/ SATURDAY FOR KSZ001-
002-013.
CO...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 2 AM MDT SATURDAY FOR COZ090-091.
NE...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 2 AM MDT /3 AM CDT/ SATURDAY FOR NEZ079-
080.
&&
UPDATE...RRH
SHORT TERM...99
LONG TERM...JTL
AVIATION...RRHHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 549 PM MDT FRI JUN 5 2015 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-070000- YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON- SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- 549 PM MDT FRI JUN 5 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL COLORADO... EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA AND NORTHWEST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA THIS EVENING. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND A FEW TORNADOES ARE EXPECTED. THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE SLOWLY AND PRODUCE EXTREME RAINFALL RATES. FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED ALONG AND WEST OF A CHEYENNE WELLS COLORADO TO BREWSTER KANSAS TO CULBERTSON NEBRASKA LINE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE TRI-STATE AREA SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...PRIMARILY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70. ALL MODES OF SEVERE WEATHER ARE POSSIBLE INCLUDING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON SUNDAY EAST OF HIGHWAY 83...WITH A SECOND FAVORABLE AREA BEING SOUTH OF A LINE FROM FLAGLER COLORADO TO GOVE KANSAS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NEEDED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
840 PM MDT FRI JUN 5 2015
KSZ001-002-NEZ079-080-060330-
CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS KS-DUNDY NE-HITCHCOCK NE-
840 PM MDT FRI JUN 5 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN RAWLINS...NORTHEASTERN
CHEYENNE...HITCHCOCK AND SOUTHEASTERN DUNDY COUNTIES UNTIL 930 PM
MDT/1030 PM CDT/...
AT 840 PM MDT /940 PM CDT/...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF STRATTON...OR 10 MILES EAST OF
BENKELMAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TRENTON...PALISADE...STRATTON...MCDONALD...MAX AND BEARDSLEY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT/100 AM CDT/ FOR
NORTHWESTERN KANSAS AND SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA.
LAT...LON 3961 10133 3991 10155 4020 10137 4035 10132
4035 10082
TIME...MOT...LOC 0240Z 207DEG 37KT 4004 10133
BULLERPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
843 PM MDT FRI JUN 05 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0832 PM TORNADO 2 NE MONUMENT 39.12N 100.97W
06/05/2015 LOGAN KS TRAINED SPOTTER
RELAYED VIA THE SPOTTER NETWORK. LARGE STOVEPIPE TORNADO
OBSERVED.
&&
HILLPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
847 PM MDT FRI JUN 05 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0843 PM TORNADO 1 NW MONUMENT 39.11N 101.01W
06/05/2015 LOGAN KS TRAINED SPOTTER
LARGE TORNADO ON THE GROUND. RELAYED VIA THE SPOTTER
NETWORK.
&&
HILLPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
901 PM MDT FRI JUN 05 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0856 PM TORNADO 6 W MONUMENT 39.09N 101.12W
06/05/2015 LOGAN KS EMERGENCY MNGR
CONE TORNADO OBSERVED AT COUNTY ROAD 290 AND US 40.
&&
HILLPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
908 PM MDT FRI JUN 05 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0820 PM FLASH FLOOD YUMA 40.12N 102.72W
06/05/2015 YUMA CO EMERGENCY MNGR
EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED SIGNIFICANT STREET FLOODING
WITHIN THE TOWN OF YUMA. NO DEPTH WAS GIVEN.
&&
MBULLERPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
910 PM MDT FRI JUN 05 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0832 PM TORNADO 3 ENE WINONA 39.07N 101.20W
06/05/2015 LOGAN KS TRAINED SPOTTER
RELAYED VIA THE SPOTTER NETWORK. LARGE STOVEPIPE TORNADO
OBSERVED.
0843 PM TORNADO 5 E WINONA 39.07N 101.15W
06/05/2015 LOGAN KS TRAINED SPOTTER
LARGE TORNADO ON THE GROUND. RELAYED VIA THE SPOTTER
NETWORK.
&&
HILLThe Goodland radar (KGLD), 79 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:08 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Law Enforcement had to close old Highway 34 on the northeast side of Benkelman due to water running over the road making it impassable.
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