A brief landspout tornado developed along a stationary boundary over southern Wallace County. No damage was found, so the tornado has been rated an EF-Unknown.
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A brief landspout tornado developed along a stationary boundary over southern Wallace County. No damage was found, so the tornado has been rated an EF-Unknown.
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 May 8, 11:33 AM MST, 20 minutes earlier. Its key messages:
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Goodland KS 1233 PM MDT Wed May 8 2024 .KEY MESSAGES... - Briefly critical fire weather conditions are forecast 1 to 4 PM MT for locales along and south of I-70. - Precipitation chances return Thursday and then again Sat/Sun. Severe weather is not expected at this time. && .SHORT TERM /THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/... Issued at 1202 PM MDT Wed May 8 2024 Latest upper air analysis shows a closed low over the Northern Plains. Water vapor imagery indicates dry air over the Plains feeding into the low. For the rest of the afternoon the northwesterly winds will gradually decline from west to east. During this timeframe there will be a window for critical fire weather conditions over the southern part of the forecast area. However confidence is too low to issue a fire weather hazard at this time. For tonight the winds will become north and remain light. A weak cold front will move through around sunrise. Thursday will be similar to today with light northerly winds and similar temperatures to today. The upper level low currently north of the forecast area will elongate to the southwest, positioning itself over the Four Corners Region. During the late afternoon a short wave trough will round the closed low. The short wave trough may graze the western part of the forecast area during the afternoon. However most of the rainfall will be west of the forecast area. Thursday night the rainfall chances will continue to be west of the forecast area. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... Issued at 340 AM MDT Wed May 8 2024 For the weekend, warm and dry conditions will give way to more unsettled weather as the upper cut-off low advances to the east. There is some uncertainty with how quickly the upper disturbance will move east with ensembles generally shifted towards the slower tracks. Currently, some slight ridging is forecast to grip the area Friday and Saturday which would allow for warmer temperatures generally near or in the 70's. Then, as the upper low shifts east, the area will see chances for precipitation, generally starting Saturday afternoon and potentially lasting through Sunday evening. Severe weather is not expected at this time as the cut off low would weaken the winds through much of the atmosphere, keeping shear low. Instability is also forecast to be low with the different types of CAPE below 1000 J/KG. Next week has more uncertainty as there could be smaller disturbances that move through the area as the cut-off low shifts off to the east. Generally speaking, would favor near average temperatures and small chances for precipitation given the suggested pattern. There could also be a larger trough that begins to develop and move through around the mid-week, probably the next feature of interest if it forms. && .AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z THURSDAY/... Issued at 1114 AM MDT Wed May 8 2024 VFR conditions forecast for the TAFs. Northwesterly winds will gradually decline this afternoon, remaining light through the night. && .GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...None. CO...None. NE...None. && SHORT TERM...JTL LONG TERM...KAK AVIATION...JTL
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Goodland KS 1017 AM MDT Wed May 8 2024 COZ091-092-KSZ013-014-027>029-041-042-091630- Kit Carson-Cheyenne-Sherman-Thomas-Wallace-Logan-Gove-Greeley- Wichita- 1017 AM MDT Wed May 8 2024 /1117 AM CDT Wed May 8 2024/ This hazardous weather outlook is for northwest Kansas and east central Colorado. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... A few hours of critical fire conditions are possible south of Interstate 70 after 1 PM MDT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed. COZ090-KSZ001>004-015-016-NEZ079>081-091630- Yuma-Cheyenne-Rawlins-Decatur-Norton-Sheridan-Graham-Dundy-Hitchcock- Red Willow- 1017 AM MDT Wed May 8 2024 /1117 AM CDT Wed May 8 2024/ 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 TUESDAY... No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed. JTL
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 66 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:54 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Wallace County Deputies reported a landspout tornado that lasted about two minutes and produced no damage.
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