High wind gusts led to some blowing dust, reducing visibility down to 3 miles for some places.
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The episode as NWS GLD wrote it up.
High wind gusts led to some blowing dust, reducing visibility down to 3 miles for some places.
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.
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Goodland KS 710 PM MDT Sun Oct 20 2019 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-211200- Yuma County-Kit Carson County-Cheyenne County-Cheyenne-Rawlins- Decatur-Norton-Sherman-Thomas-Sheridan-Graham-Wallace-Logan-Gove- Greeley-Wichita-Dundy-Hitchcock-Red Willow- 710 PM MDT Sun Oct 20 2019 /810 PM CDT Sun Oct 20 2019/ This hazardous weather outlook is for extreme southwest Nebraska... northwest Kansas and east central Colorado. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... Northwest winds gusting 45 to 55 mph will continue this evening before decreasing a bit after midnight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... Near critical fire weather conditions are expected across much of the Tri-State area Monday afternoon. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be required.
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</html>The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
12 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong winds occurred behind a passing cold front with this gust being measured at the Goodland, KS ASOS station.
A cold front progressing southward produced a large area of strong winds and wind gusts including at this station 8 miles NNE of St. Francis, KS.
A cold front progressing southward produced a large area of strong winds and wind gusts including at this station in Rexford, KS.
A cold front progressing southward produced a large area of strong winds and wind gusts including at this station in St. Francis, KS.
A cold front progressing southward produced a large area of strong winds and wind gusts including at this station 2 miles ENE of Colby, KS.
A cold front progressing southward produced a large area of strong winds and wind gusts including at this station in Rexford, KS.
A cold front progressing southward produced a large area of strong winds and wind gusts including at this station in Atwood, KS.
Strong winds occurred behind a passing cold front with this gust being measured at the Oberlin, KS AWOS station.
Strong winds occurred behind a passing cold front with this gust being measured at the Oberlin, KS AWOS station.
Strong winds occurred behind a passing cold front with this gust being measured at the Oberlin, KS AWOS station.
Strong winds occurred behind a passing cold front with this gust being measured at the Hill City, KS ASOS station.
Strong winds occurred behind a passing cold front with this gust being measured at the Hill City, KS ASOS station.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kansas in 2019Every state in 2019This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, October 2019
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 862137, 862127, 862128, 862129, 862130, 862132, 862131, 862134, 862135, 862136, 862139, 862141.