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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 240, NWS Goodland, KS

August 2, 2025Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 2, 2025, 4:58 PM MDT for Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Colorado. It was in force for 32 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
Aug 2, 2025, 4:58 PM MDT (22:58 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 2025, 5:30 PM MDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Cheyenne County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 2, 3:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 276 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 2025-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 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 2025-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 28 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-300 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
747 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
42 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 Aug 2, 1:45 PM MDT, 3 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 1:45 PM MDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 2, 3:14 PM MDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Goodland KS
314 PM MDT Sat Aug 2 2025

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-032115-
Yuma-Kit Carson-Cheyenne-Rawlins-Decatur-Norton-Sherman-Thomas-
Sheridan-Graham-Wallace-Logan-Gove-Greeley-Wichita-Dundy-Hitchcock-
Red Willow-
314 PM MDT Sat Aug 2 2025 /414 PM CDT Sat Aug 2 2025/

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

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

Strong to severe storms are again possible from 3pm through 11pm MT
mainly along and west of a line from Trenton to Leoti. Large to very
large hail and damaging winds appear to the primary threats.
Although unlikely a brief tornado can't be ruled out.

A severe thunderstorm watch is in effect for Eastern Colorado until
9pm.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...

Isolated strong to severe storms are possible again Sunday with
large hail and damaging winds the primary hazards at this time. The
favored time for storm activity looks to be from 2 PM MT to 9 PM MT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Any reports of severe weather are appreciated!

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 2, 4:34 PM MDT, 24 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
434 PM MDT Sat Aug 2 2025

COZ091-092-022300-
Kit Carson County CO-Cheyenne County CO-
434 PM MDT Sat Aug 2 2025

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN CHEYENNE AND WESTERN
KIT CARSON COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO THROUGH 500 PM MDT...

At 434 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 3 miles northeast of Genoa to 10 miles west of
Boyero. Movement was east at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to outdoor objects is
         possible.

These storms will remain over mainly rural areas of northwestern
Cheyenne and western Kit Carson Counties in east central Colorado,
including the following locations... Wild Horse and Aroya.

This includes Interstate 70 in Colorado between mile markers 391 and
412.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

These storms may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM MDT for
east central Colorado.

&&

LAT...LON 3945 10315 3952 10273 3880 10275 3881 10316
TIME...MOT...LOC 2234Z 263DEG 25KT 3932 10346 3889 10346

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

DeSmet

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 1, 6:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatGLDCheyenne, Kit Carson40 min
Aug 1, 7:04 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne41 min
Aug 1, 7:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne24 min
Aug 1, 7:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne31 min
Aug 1, 8:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatGLDCheyenne50 min
Aug 1, 8:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatGLDYuma61 min
Aug 1, 9:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatGLDYuma53 min
Aug 2, 4:34 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson26 min
Aug 2, 5:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma47 min
Aug 1, 10:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDDundy44 min

Nearby

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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.