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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 261, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 7, 2025, 11:00 PM CDT for Rawlins County, Kansas. It was in force for 45 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 7, 2025, 11:00 PM CDT (04:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2025, 11:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Rawlins County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 7, 5:57 PM CDT, 5 hours 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 7, 5:57 PM CDT, 5 hours 3 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Goodland KS 206 PM MDT Thu Aug 7 2025 KSZ001>004-013>016-028-029-NEZ079>081-082015- Cheyenne-Rawlins-Decatur-Norton-Sherman-Thomas-Sheridan-Graham-Logan- Gove-Dundy-Hitchcock-Red Willow- 206 PM MDT Thu Aug 7 2025 /306 PM CDT Thu Aug 7 2025/ This hazardous weather outlook is for extreme southwest Nebraska and northwest Kansas. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... A Heat Advisory is in effect for locations along and east of Highway 25 today until 9 PM CT. Heat indices of up to 106 degrees are expected. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... A Heat Advisory has been issued from Red Willow to Gove Counties and eastward on Friday. Heat indices of up to 107 degrees are expected. Scattered thunderstorms return to the area Friday night through the weekend. Potential hazards include hail larger than 1 inch and wind gusts over 60 mph. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected through tonight. COZ090>092-KSZ027-041-042-082015- Yuma-Kit Carson-Cheyenne-Wallace-Greeley-Wichita- 206 PM MDT Thu Aug 7 2025 /306 PM CDT Thu Aug 7 2025/ This hazardous weather outlook is for northwest Kansas and east central Colorado. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... Temperatures of 100 to 105 degrees are expected today. Isolated thunderstorms are possible this afternoon and evening. Severe thunderstorms are not expected, but wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph could occur with any storms. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... Heat indices and air temperatures are expected to reach 100 to 103 degrees on Friday. Scattered areas of briefly critical fire weather are possible Friday afternoon in eastern Colorado. Scattered thunderstorms return to the area Friday night through the weekend. Potential hazards include hail larger than 1 inch and wind gusts over 60 mph. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected through tonight.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 5:22 PM CDT, 5 hours 38 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Aug 7, 7:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 43 min |
| Aug 7, 9:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 46 min |
| Aug 7, 10:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Rawlins | 26 min |
| Aug 7, 10:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Rawlins | 35 min |
| Aug 7, 11:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Decatur | 33 min |
| Aug 8, 2:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sheridan | 36 min |
| Aug 8, 3:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sheridan | 28 min |
| Aug 8, 4:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Gove | 38 min |
| Aug 8, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove | 13 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.