May 27th Severe Weather

Wednesday, May 27th, was an active severe weather day in our area. Tornadoes, large hail, and flooding were all reported. The day started early in the afternoon with a tornado report in Yuma county. Another tornado was reported about an hour later in Logan county. Several reports of hail were recevied, including hail up to the size of grapefruits which was provided by law enforcement in Benkelman, NE. Due to the heavy rainfall received from the storms, flash flooding was a major concern especially across southwest Nebraska. The flooding threat was confirmed by reports from an emergency manager including the Republican River near Stratton having overflowed its banks by a quarter to half of a mile on both sides.         

The following is a list of the storm reports we received yesterday.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
854 PM MDT WED MAY 27 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0110 PM     TORNADO          4 NW WAUNETA            40.33N 102.30W
05/27/2015                   YUMA               CO   STORM CHASER    

0130 PM     HAIL             6 NW WAUNETA            40.35N 102.34W
05/27/2015  E1.50 INCH       YUMA               CO   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTS PING PONG BALL SIZED HAIL.

0153 PM     HAIL             6 NE WINONA             39.12N 101.15W
05/27/2015  E1.75 INCH       LOGAN              KS   PUBLIC          

0200 PM     TORNADO          5 ENE WINONA            39.08N 101.16W
05/27/2015                   LOGAN              KS   EMERGENCY MNGR  

            BRIEF TORNADO HAS SINCE DISSAPATED

0203 PM     TORNADO          5 ENE WINONA            39.08N 101.15W
05/27/2015                   LOGAN              KS   STORM CHASER    

            BRIEF TORNADO, POSSIBLE SECOND FUNNEL FORMING.

0211 PM     TORNADO          6 WSW MONUMENT          39.08N 101.11W
05/27/2015                   LOGAN              KS   EMERGENCY MNGR  

            BRIEF TORNADO REPORTED. HAS DISSAPATED.

0217 PM     HAIL             5 W MONUMENT            39.10N 101.09W
05/27/2015  E1.00 INCH       LOGAN              KS   EMERGENCY MNGR  

0251 PM     HAIL             9 SE BENKELMAN          39.96N 101.41W
05/27/2015  E0.75 INCH       CHEYENNE           KS   TRAINED SPOTTER 

0253 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     10 WNW THE MONUMENT ROC 38.84N 100.93W
05/27/2015                   LOGAN              KS   STORM CHASER    

            TRUNK FUNNEL HALF WAY CONDENSED, JUST ROPED OUT AT TIME 
            OF REPORT.

0333 PM     HAIL             BENKELMAN               40.05N 101.54W
05/27/2015  M1.75 INCH       DUNDY              NE   TRAINED SPOTTER 

            HAIL APPEARS TO BE COMING IN FROM THE NORTHEAST OF TOWN. 
            NOTHING ELSE GOING ON IN BENKELMAN.

0400 PM     HAIL             BENKELMAN               40.05N 101.54W
05/27/2015  E2.50 INCH       DUNDY              NE   TRAINED SPOTTER 

0407 PM     HAIL             ENE BENKELMAN           40.05N 101.53W
05/27/2015  E1.75 INCH       DUNDY              NE   LAW ENFORCEMENT 

            LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL REPORTS GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL JUST
            NORTH OF BENKELMAN.

0407 PM     HAIL             BENKELMAN               40.05N 101.54W
05/27/2015  E4.25 INCH       DUNDY              NE   LAW ENFORCEMENT 

0410 PM     FLOOD            WINONA                  39.06N 101.25W
05/27/2015                   LOGAN              KS   EMERGENCY MNGR  

            MINOR FLOODING/PONDING OF WATER ON COUNTY ROADS EXTENDING
            EAST FROM WINONA TO THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS 40 AND 
            25. DEPTH IS UNKNOWN. NORMALLY DRY CREEKS ARE RUNNING 
            FULL.

0425 PM     HAIL             S BENKELMAN             40.05N 101.54W
05/27/2015  E2.75 INCH       DUNDY              NE   TRAINED SPOTTER 

            TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTS BASEBALL SIZED HAIL NEAR THE 
            FAIRGROUNDS IN BENKELMAN.

0430 PM     FLASH FLOOD      S BENKELMAN             40.05N 101.54W
05/27/2015                   DUNDY              NE   TRAINED SPOTTER 

            TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTS 6 PLUS INCHES OF WATER OVER THE 
            ROAD NEAR THE FAIRGROUNDS IN BENKELMAN.

0753 PM     TSTM WND GST     COLBY                   39.39N 101.05W
05/27/2015  M63.00 MPH       THOMAS             KS   AWOS

Rainfall Reports

Storm over northern Yuma County	Flooding near Benkelman, NE
Courtesy Northwest Kansas Radio Tornado near Page City	Courtesy Michelle Stoeckr Tornado in Logan County