Drought conditions worsened for Northwest Kansas during November. Specifically D2 Severe Drought and D3 Extreme Drought coverage increased for Graham County, with D2 expanding into the surrounding 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.
Drought conditions worsened for Northwest Kansas during November. Specifically D2 Severe Drought and D3 Extreme Drought coverage increased for Graham County, with D2 expanding into the surrounding counties.
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 31, 9:10 PM CST, 2 hours 50 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Goodland KS 910 PM MDT Tue Oct 31 2023 .SHORT TERM...(This evening through Friday) Issued at 200 PM MDT Tue Oct 31 2023 The upper ridge in the west will gradually weaken, resulting in a northwest flow early transitioning to a zonal flow late in the week. No precipitation is expected due to lack of forcing or moisture. After a cool day today, temperatures will rebound into the 60s tomorrow and Thursday followed by 70s on Friday. Lows will be in the 20s and 30s. With afternoon relative humidity minimums remaining above 20 percent and light winds through the period, not expecting any fire weather concerns. .LONG TERM...(Saturday through Tuesday) Issued at 200 PM MDT Tue Oct 31 2023 The dry pattern continues with a progressive upper pattern. A couple of weak shortwaves move through, one on Saturday and a second on Sunday, but models not producing any precipitation with either system. Upper ridge builds for Monday and Tuesday. So the only concerns will be temperatures, which remain slightly above normal. Highs will be mostly in the 60s, with perhaps a slight cool down on Monday with highs in the upper 50s to lower 60s. Lows will be in the 30s. RH values remain well above thresholds and not expecting any fire weather concerns. && .AVIATION...(For the 06Z TAFS through 06Z Wednesday night) Issued at 900 PM MDT Tue Oct 31 2023 ..Benign Aviation Weather.. VFR conditions will rule through the TAF period at both terminals. Clear skies will prevail through sunrise. Increasing upper level cloud cover (cirrus ~22,000 ft AGL) will follow, during the day on Wednesday. Light (7-13 knot) S to SE winds will persist through sunrise.. veering to the SW by mid-late morning (GLD) and early afternoon (MCK). Winds may become variable by the end of the TAF period /00-06Z Thu/ as a broad, ill-defined lee cyclone in Colorado extends east and northeastward over adjacent portions of Kansas and Nebraska. && .GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...NONE. CO...NONE. NE...NONE. && SHORT TERM...024 LONG TERM...024 AVIATION...Vincent
Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED National Weather Service Goodland KS 1021 PM MDT Tue Oct 31 2023 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-020430- Yuma-Kit Carson-Cheyenne-Rawlins-Decatur-Norton-Sherman-Thomas- Sheridan-Graham-Wallace-Logan-Gove-Greeley-Wichita-Dundy-Hitchcock- Red Willow- 1021 PM MDT Tue Oct 31 2023 /1121 PM CDT Tue Oct 31 2023/ This hazardous weather outlook is for extreme southwest Nebraska... northwest Kansas and east central Colorado. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed. Vincent
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Precipitation for the month ranged from 0.10 to 0.50, with the higher amounts in the eastern part of the county. This was near normal, to an inch below the normal amount of a half inch to one inch of precipitation.
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: 1143895.