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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 240, NWS Goodland, KS
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.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 3:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 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.
- 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
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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</html>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
DeSmetThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 6:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 40 min |
| Aug 1, 7:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 41 min |
| Aug 1, 7:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 24 min |
| Aug 1, 7:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 31 min |
| Aug 1, 8:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 50 min |
| Aug 1, 8:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 61 min |
| Aug 1, 9:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 53 min |
| Aug 2, 4:34 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Kit Carson | 26 min |
| Aug 2, 5:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 47 min |
| Aug 1, 10:16 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Dundy | 44 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.