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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 182, NWS Goodland, KS

July 6, 2025Kit Carson County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2025, 8:35 PM MDT for Kit Carson County, Colorado. It was in force for 70 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: Jul 6, 2025, 8:35 PM MDT (02:35 UTC)
Expired: Jul 6, 2025, 9:45 PM MDT
In force: 70 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Kit Carson County, CO

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:38 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, 1:17 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr

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.

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 6, 7:18 PM MDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 6, 7:43 PM MDT, 52 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 6, 8:15 PM MDT, 20 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
815 PM MDT Sun Jul 6 2025

COZ090-091-070245-
Kit Carson County CO-Yuma County CO-
815 PM MDT Sun Jul 6 2025

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN YUMA AND NORTH
CENTRAL KIT CARSON COUNTIES THROUGH 845 PM MDT...

At 815 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 10
miles east of Cope, or 21 miles north of Stratton, moving southeast
at 50 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of southwestern Yuma
and north central Kit Carson Counties, including the following
locations... Joes and Kirk.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
office in Goodland.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM MDT for
northeastern and east central Colorado.

&&

LAT...LON 3957 10293 3957 10280 3983 10280 3986 10279
      3968 10225 3938 10262 3952 10295
TIME...MOT...LOC 0215Z 335DEG 45KT 3961 10267

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

Trigg

Special weather statement, Jul 6, 8:17 PM MDT, 18 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 6, 8:27 PM MDT, 8 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 6, 8:29 PM MDT, 6 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Goodland KS
829 PM MDT Sun Jul 6 2025

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

0820 PM     Tstm Wnd Gst     3 NNW Kirk              39.66N 102.62W
07/06/2025  M58 MPH          Yuma               CO   Mesonet

            Mesonet station KRK01 3 E Joes 2.

&&

Trigg

Local storm report, Jul 6, 8:32 PM MDT, 3 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Goodland KS
832 PM MDT Sun Jul 6 2025

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

0817 PM     Tstm Wnd Gst     17 N Flagler            39.53N 103.02W
07/06/2025  M57 MPH          Kit Carson         CO   Mesonet

            Recorded via mesonet station EW7003.

&&

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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 6, 6:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Gove, Logan, Sheridan	61 min
Jul 6, 6:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne	46 min
Jul 6, 7:49 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GLD	Cheyenne	3 hr
Jul 6, 9:13 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GLD	Sherman, Wallace	77 min
Jul 6, 9:24 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Sherman	51 min
Jul 6, 9:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GLD	Greeley, Logan, Wallace, Wichita	92 min
Jul 7, 5:41 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GLD	Cheyenne	32 min
Jul 6, 7:16 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Yuma	59 min
Jul 6, 8:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Kit Carson	30 min
Jul 6, 8:17 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Cheyenne	28 min
Jul 6, 8:45 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne	45 min
Jul 6, 9:21 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne	39 min
Jul 7, 4:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Yuma	60 min
Jul 7, 4:31 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Kit Carson	59 min
Jul 7, 4:36 PM MDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	GLD	Yuma	24 min
Jul 7, 5:06 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GLD	Yuma	39 min
Jul 7, 5:28 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GLD	Yuma	17 min

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.