High Winds & Hail Impact Goodland, KS NWS Office

Severe weather impacted a large part of the central plains yesterday, especially northern Kansas and southern Nebraska. Supercells congealed into a line over western Kansas and the National Weather Service office in Goodland, Kansas took a direct hit. As storms rolled over their office they reported wind gusts of 60mph and baseball sized hail right in their own backyard.

0721 PM     HAIL             GOODLAND                39.35N 101.71W
06/14/2014  E2.75 INCH       SHERMAN            KS   OFFICIAL NWS OBS

BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AT THE NWS OFFICE.

0724 PM     TSTM WND GST     13 N EDSON              39.52N 101.54W
06/14/2014  E60.00 MPH       SHERMAN            KS   NWS EMPLOYEE

60 MPH WIND GUST WITH VISIBILITY DOWN TO ABOUT 1 MILE IN
BLOWING DUST.

Here is a picture of the hail that was collected at the NWS office:

The meteorologists there worked hard all night and dealt with much more severe weather across their forecast area. Today they will be busy with damage surveys and making repairs to observing equipment at their office.

For a more detailed write-up on the event across their county warning area click here.