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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 175, NWS Goodland, KS

July 6, 2025Graham County, Norton County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2025, 5:21 PM CDT for Graham County, Norton County, Kansas. It was in force for 54 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, 5:21 PM CDT (22:21 UTC)
Expired: Jul 6, 2025, 6:15 PM CDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Graham County, KS, Norton County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 6, 4:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 200 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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, 2 hours 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 2:39 PM CDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 6, 4:49 PM CDT, 32 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Goodland KS
349 PM MDT Sun Jul 6 2025

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-072200-
Yuma-Kit Carson-Cheyenne-Rawlins-Decatur-Norton-Sherman-Thomas-
Sheridan-Graham-Wallace-Logan-Gove-Greeley-Wichita-Dundy-Hitchcock-
Red Willow-
349 PM MDT Sun Jul 6 2025 /449 PM CDT Sun Jul 6 2025/

This hazardous weather outlook is for extreme southwest Nebraska...
northwest Kansas and east central Colorado.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

Severe thunderstorms capable of producing very large hail are
possible in northwest Kansas this afternoon, mainly along and east of
Highway 83. Due to the slow movement of these storms, torrential
rainfall and flash flooding are also a concern.

Thunderstorms in the lee of the Colorado Front Range will move
eastward across portions of northeast Colorado, northwest Kansas and
southwest Nebraska later this afternoon and evening. Damaging winds
appear to be the primary hazard with these storms. Gusts in excess of
75 mph are possible, especially along and north of Highway 36.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...

Another round of severe storms is likely late Monday afternoon and
evening. Damaging winds will continue to be the primary hazard. Large
hail, an isolated tornado and flash flooding are also possible.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter reports are encouraged and appreciated!

Vincent

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 6, 3:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 6, 4:01 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 6, 4:54 PM CDT, 27 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 6, 5:15 PM CDT, 6 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 5, 8:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Sherman, Wallace	47 min
Jul 5, 9:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Greeley, Logan, Wallace, Wichita	49 min
Jul 5, 10:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Greeley, Logan, Wallace, Wichita	31 min
Jul 5, 10:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Greeley, Logan, Wallace, Wichita	61 min
Jul 6, 4:28 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GLD	Norton	3 hr
Jul 6, 4:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Norton	43 min
Jul 6, 5:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Rawlins	56 min
Jul 6, 5:05 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GLD	Decatur, Rawlins	3 hr
Jul 6, 6:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Rawlins, Thomas	53 min
Jul 6, 6:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Gove, Logan, Sheridan, Thomas	59 min
Jul 5, 7:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Cheyenne	31 min
Jul 5, 7:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Kit Carson	29 min
Jul 5, 7:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Yuma	47 min
Jul 5, 8:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Cheyenne	30 min
Jul 5, 8:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Kit Carson	16 min
Jul 5, 8:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Cheyenne	34 min
Jul 5, 8:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Kit Carson	30 min
Jul 5, 9:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Cheyenne	26 min
Jul 6, 12:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Cheyenne	31 min
Jul 6, 1:05 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GLD	Cheyenne	5 hr
Jul 6, 5:59 PM CDT	Dust Storm Advisory	GLD	Yuma	61 min
Jul 6, 6:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Yuma	54 min
Jul 6, 3:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Red Willow	18 min
Jul 6, 4:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Hitchcock	14 min
Jul 6, 4:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Hitchcock, Red Willow	47 min
Jul 6, 4:34 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GLD	Hitchcock, Red Willow	3 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.