During the afternoon and into the evening wind gusts of 60-70 MPH were reported from a mesonet station on the west side of Hoxie. Sustained winds peaked at 58 MPH for a brief time.
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During the afternoon and into the evening wind gusts of 60-70 MPH were reported from a mesonet station on the west side of Hoxie. Sustained winds peaked at 58 MPH for a brief time.
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 3, 1:50 PM CST, 1 hour 19 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Goodland KS 150 PM MDT MON OCT 3 2016 .SHORT TERM...(This evening through Tuesday) Issued at 127 PM MDT Mon Oct 3 2016 Shortwave trough will lift out of the Great Basin this afternoon and cut off over the northern Rockies tonight. Lift associated with this system will interact with a dry line near the Kansas- Colorado border area and result in isolated to widely scattered thunderstorms. Moderate instability has develop east of the dry line with CIN quickly eroding and effective bulk shear is in the 40-45kt range. However, moisture is relatively limited with surface dew points in the low to mid 50s east of the dry line. There is a marginal risk of a severe storm or two with hail up to quarter size and maybe a bit more of a wind threat with bases around 7kft and DCAPE around 1200 near the dry line. Storms will be moving northeast at near 40kts and severe threat should end by 06z at the latest. Cold front will move through after midnight with winds diminishing and shifting to the northwest. Cooler and much dryer air will filter into the area on Tuesday. RH will plummet but winds will be relatively light so not anticipating any fire weather issues. Skies will clear and temperatures will reach the lower to middle 70s. .LONG TERM...(Tuesday night through Monday) Issued at 149 PM MDT Mon Oct 3 2016 Westerly to southwesterly upper level flow is expected over the Tri- State Area behind the low that will move over the Northern Plains and ahead of the next trough that will bring cooler weather at the end of the work week. Tuesday night drier air will continue to move into the area behind the cold front that moved through Monday night. With light winds and no cloud cover, expect good radiational cooling to occur. The coolest temperatures are expected west of Highway 25 where lows will fall into the mid to low 30s, with upper 20s very likely in low lying locations. This may lead to a hard freeze occurring for locations in low lying locations. A frost advisory will likely be needed for Tuesday night for a majority of the Tri-State Area. Wednesday dry conditions will continue despite minor disturbances moving through the upper level flow over the Tri-State Area. Highs will warm a few degrees from Tuesday due to the winds turning back to the south. Wednesday night a cold front will move through the Tri-State Area. Soundings across the Tri-State Area show a very shallow saturated layer developing along the elevated frontal zone over East Central Colorado as a short wave trough moves through. The saturated layer gradually deepens as it moves northeast across the area. By the time it moves over the northeast quadrant of the Tri-State Area there may be enough elevated CAPE for a thunderstorm to develop. Due to the shallow nature of the saturated layer, have very low chances for rainfall, with chances gradually increasing overnight over southwest Nebraska where the saturated layer will be deepest. Otherwise lows will be warmer than last night due to the expected cloud cover and stronger winds. Thursday highs will be 20 degrees cooler than Wednesday as cold air advection persists through the day. The northwest quadrant of the area may not warm much from the previous night. Meanwhile the next upper level trough will move over the Tri-State Area. Ahead of it the environment will saturate from northwest to southeast with the deepest saturation over the northwest half of the area. Large scale lift will also overspread the area through the day. Chances for rainfall will increase to the northwest toward the best lift. Thursday night rainfall chances shift to the southern part of the area as an upper level short wave trough moves through, bringing one more round of rainfall with it. Am not too enthusiastic with chances for rainfall due to the close proximity of the 500mb trough axis and associated subsidence and the drier air moving in. Otherwise lows will fall into the 30s. Current forecast has lows above freezing. This may not be cool enough if winds become light during the overnight and clouds clear. Friday through Monday will be dry and warmer as an upper level ridge builds onto the plains. && .AVIATION...(For the 18Z TAFS through 18Z Tuesday afternoon) Issued at 1129 AM MDT Mon Oct 3 2016 VFR expected at both KGLD and KMCK through the TAF period. Surface winds will gust from the south up to 40kts through the early evening ahead of a surface trough in eastern Colorado. Isolated thunderstorm will develop in the late afternoon on the trough/dry line and quickly move northeast. Due to the limited coverage, chances of directly impacting either terminal is too low to include in the TAFs at this time. Winds will subside overnight behind a cold front and shift to northwesterly. && .GLD Watches/Warnings/Advisories... KS...NONE. CO...Red Flag Warning until 7 PM MDT this evening for COZ252>254. NE...NONE. && SHORT TERM...024 LONG TERM...JTL AVIATION...024
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 155 PM MDT MON OCT 3 2016 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-042000- YUMA COUNTY-KIT CARSON COUNTY-CHEYENNE COUNTY-CHEYENNE-RAWLINS- DECATUR-NORTON-SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE- GREELEY-WICHITA-DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- 155 PM MDT MON OCT 3 2016 /255 PM CDT MON OCT 3 2016/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL COLORADO... EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA AND NORTHWEST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS FAR EASTERN COLORADO. A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON MDT THROUGH 7 PM MDT. OUTDOOR BURNING IS HIGHLY DISCOURAGED. ACROSS THE REST OF THE TRI-STATE AREA WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH THE DRY CROPS AND GRASSES MAY LEAD TO HAZARDOUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND A FEW AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70 LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING. IF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DO DEVELOP LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE FOR MUCH OF THE AREA TUESDAY. FROST IS VERY LIKELY FOR LOCATIONS WEST OF HIGHWAY 25...WITH A HARD FREEZE POSSIBLE IN LOW LYING LOCATIONS FOR THE SAME PART OF THE TRI-STATE AREA WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE RISK FOR FROST AND A HARD FREEZE EXPANDS TO THE ENTIRE TRI-STATE AREA FRIDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. JTL
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Wind gusts of 60-70 MPH were reported near Hoxie during the afternoon and into the evening, with sustained winds up to 58 MPH for a brief time.
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