The D3 Extreme and D4 Exceptional Drought Status for these counties remained unchanged. The worst drought conditions were reported over Hitchcock and Red Willow Counties.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS GLD wrote it up.
The D3 Extreme and D4 Exceptional Drought Status for these counties remained unchanged. The worst drought conditions were reported over Hitchcock and Red Willow Counties. Precipitation amounts ranged from 0.50-1.50, with the lowest amounts in Red Willow County.
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 Nov 30, 11:13 PM CST, 47 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Goodland KS 1013 PM MST Wed Nov 30 2022 .SHORT TERM...(This evening through Thursday) Issued at 143 PM MST Wed Nov 30 2022 This evening through the overnight hours a weak disturbance aloft is expected to travel across the Rockies and over the area, strengthening the lee trough along the Front Range. This and a tightening pressure gradient will bring an increase in sky cover and winds during the overnight hours. The winds are expected to be out of the southeast to south at 10-25 mph and gusts up to 40 mph through sunrise tomorrow. The strongest winds are anticipated to be along and south of I-70. Temperatures tonight will be in the upper teens to mid 20s with wind chills in the upper single digits to upper teens. On Thursday another upper disturbance will sit over the area while the lee trough broadens across the Plains ahead of Friday's strong cold front. Temperatures warm up nicely tomorrow with highs in the mid 50s to lower 60s. Thursday, southerly to southwesterly winds are expected to be around 10-20 mph with gusts up of 25-30 mph possible. Overnight lows will be in the mid 20s to upper 30s tomorrow night. .LONG TERM...(Friday through Wednesday) Issued at 250 PM MST Wed Nov 30 2022 Strong gusty winds on Friday will cause concern for increased fire weather and blowing dust threats. Model guidance for Friday is beginning to align, although there is still a decent amount of variance. The GFS and NAM are both suggesting that the surface low pressure system and associated cold front will move across the Goodland CWA earlier than previously expected. The cold front will cross the Tri-State area from the northwest to the southeast, and is expected to enter Yuma county in Colorado during the late morning hours. The FROPA will quickly cross the CWA and is expected to be clear of the area by the evening. With the earlier passage of the cold front, temperatures will top out in the 50s and 60s, and minimum RH values will be at least in the upper teens. This will help decrease the fire weather risk. However, continuing dry conditions have provided ample fuels to burn and winds will work to increase the fire weather threat. Sustained winds of 20 to 30 kts and gusts up to 44 kts are expected throughout the CWA. Strong winds are expected before and after the cold front, and the wind shift it will cause. If any fires were to start, the wind could quickly spread them and the change in wind directions (from the southwest becoming northwestern) with the FROPA could make firefighting operations challenging. Blowing dust is also a concern on Friday. The GFS and RAP are showing 0-2 km lapse rates over 9 C/km, 2-2.5 km lapse rates of 3-6 C/km, and 0.5-1 km winds over 40 kts around 18-21Z on Friday. These conditions paired with strong winds at the surface could produce blowing dust. There is a concern that the FROPA could create a wall of dust, but at this time confidence is not high that this will occur. If the cold front were to move through the area later in the day, temperatures could climb into the 60s and 70s which would lower RH values into the mid teens. If this were to happen, the risk for fire weather danger would increase substantially. Another implication of the later timing of the FROPA would be a lower chance of a wall of dust, but areas of patchy blowing dust would be more likely. After the cold front has passed, Friday night will cool into the low to mid teens and wind chills will drop into the lower and middle single digits by Saturday morning. Saturday through Monday, a warming trend will be the big news due to a high pressure system moving over the southern portion of the CWA. Monday's temperatures will max out in the upper 40s and mid 50s, a 5 to 10 degree difference from Saturday's high temperatures. Overnight low temperatures will be in the lower to mid 20s for these nights. Monday afternoon will see a weak cold front pass through the area and cause the winds to come from the north again, cooling the Tri- State area into the mid and upper teens for Tuesday and Wednesday morning. This will also cap Tuesday's high temperatures in the lower to mid 40s. Thankfully, this shift should be short lived and Wednesday will warm back up into the mid 40s, about normal for this time of year. && .AVIATION...(For the 06Z TAFS through 06Z Thursday night) Issued at 1012 PM MST Wed Nov 30 2022 Only aviation concern will be LLWS through the overnight hours at both KGLD and KMCK associated with a southwesterly nocturnal low level jet. Otherwise, VFR expected to prevail at both terminals. && .GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...NONE. CO...NONE. NE...NONE. && SHORT TERM...KMK LONG TERM...CA AVIATION...024
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Goodland KS 1044 AM MST Wed Nov 30 2022 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-011745- Yuma-Kit Carson-Cheyenne-Rawlins-Decatur-Norton-Sherman-Thomas- Sheridan-Graham-Wallace-Logan-Gove-Greeley-Wichita-Dundy-Hitchcock- Red Willow- 1044 AM MST Wed Nov 30 2022 /1144 AM CST Wed Nov 30 2022/ This hazardous weather outlook is for extreme southwest Nebraska... northwest Kansas and east central Colorado. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... Critical fire weather conditions look to develop across the area Friday. A wind shift with an associated cold front may lead to unpredictable fire behavior. Strong to potentially damaging winds are possible during the afternoon and evening hours along with potential for blowing dust along and behind the cold front. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected today or tonight.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Precipitation for the month ranged from 1.00-1.50. This was 0.50-1.00 above normal, with normal precipitation amounts of 0.25-1.00.
Precipitation for the month ranged from 0.50-1.50. This was near normal to one inch above normal, with normal precipitation amounts of 0.25-1.00.
Precipitation for the month ranged from 1.00-1.50. This was 0.50-2.00 above normal, with normal precipitation amounts of 0.25-1.00.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 1068973, 1068976, 1068972.