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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 172, NWS Goodland, KS

July 6, 2025Hitchcock County, Red Willow County, Nebraska

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2025, 4:13 PM CDT for Hitchcock County, Red Willow County, Nebraska. It was in force for 47 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 6, 2025, 4:13 PM CDT (21:13 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 2025, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Hitchcock County, NE, Red Willow County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 278 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2025-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 11 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2025-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 11 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
11 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-426 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1870 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, 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 this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 6, 2:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 2:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 6, 3:42 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 6, 4:01 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 8:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Sherman, Wallace47 min
Jul 5, 9:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley, Logan, Wallace, Wichita49 min
Jul 5, 10:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley, Logan, Wallace, Wichita31 min
Jul 5, 10:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley, Logan, Wallace, Wichita61 min
Jul 6, 4:28 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGLDNorton3 hr
Jul 6, 4:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDNorton43 min
Jul 6, 5:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRawlins56 min
Jul 6, 5:05 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGLDDecatur, Rawlins3 hr
Jul 6, 5:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGraham, Norton54 min
Jul 6, 6:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRawlins, Thomas53 min
Jul 6, 6:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove, Logan, Sheridan, Thomas59 min
Jul 5, 7:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne31 min
Jul 5, 7:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson29 min
Jul 5, 7:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma47 min
Jul 5, 8:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne30 min
Jul 5, 8:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson16 min
Jul 5, 8:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne34 min
Jul 5, 8:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson30 min
Jul 5, 9:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne26 min
Jul 6, 12:44 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne31 min
Jul 6, 1:05 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGLDCheyenne5 hr
Jul 6, 5:59 PM CDTDust Storm AdvisoryGLDYuma61 min
Jul 6, 6:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma54 min
Jul 6, 3:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDRed Willow18 min
Jul 6, 4:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDHitchcock14 min
Jul 6, 4:34 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGLDHitchcock, Red Willow3 hr

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.