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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
600 AM MDT TUE MAY 21 2013

...ON THIS DATE IN WEATHER HISTORY...

IN 1933..THE DAY TURNED BLACK WITH DUST STORMS, ONE OF THE WORST
IN THOMAS COUNTY HISTORY. VEGETATION WAS BLOWN OUT OF THE GROUND.

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
600 AM MDT MON MAY 20 2013

...ON THIS DATE IN WEATHER HISTORY...

IN 2004, SEVERAL DECAYING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED A MINOR HEAT BURST
EVENT JUST EAST OF LENORA, KANSAS. TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE AREA ROSE
FROM 64 TO 73 DEGREES BETWEEN 10:50 PM AND 12:30 AM LOCAL TIME.
GUSTY WINDS PERSISTED FOR OVER 2 HOURS WITH SOME GUSTS REACHING TO
NEAR 70 MPH.

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
600 AM MDT SUN MAY 19 2013

...ON THIS DATE IN WEATHER HISTORY...

IN 1915, GOODLAND BEGINS A STRING OF 3 CONSECUTIVE DAYS WHERE SNOW
IS RECORDED. 3 INCHES FELL AT GOODLAND ON THIS DATE, WITH 1.5
INCHES AT COLBY. THE NEXT TWO DAYS BRING A TRACE OF SNOWFALL EACH
DAY AT BOTH LOCATIONS. UNOFFICIAL REPORTS TELL OF 5 INCHES OF SNOW
FALLING IN LOCATIONS NEAR GOODLAND. THIS MARKS THE LATEST DATE THAT
SNOW HAS EVER BEEN RECORDED AT GOODLAND.

IN 1982, IN YUMA COUNTY COLORADO A TORNADO RATED F2 ON THE FUJITA
SCALE CARVED A PATH 4 MILES LONG AND 200 YARDS WIDE. NO DAMAGE OR
INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

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