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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 138, NWS Goodland, KS

June 20, 2026Sheridan County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 2026, 7:01 PM CDT for Sheridan County, Kansas. It was in force for 29 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: Jun 20, 2026, 7:01 PM CDT (00:01 UTC)
Expired: Jun 20, 2026, 7:30 PM CDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

County Sheridan County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:03 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
Jun 20, 2:50 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 182 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: 1502 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -177 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1559 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 107 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 335 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 5.5

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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 Jun 20, 6:45 PM CDT, 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 6:45 PM CDT, 16 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 20, 6:47 PM CDT, 14 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Goodland KS
547 PM MDT Sat Jun 20 2026

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-220000-
Yuma-Kit Carson-Cheyenne CO-Cheyenne KS-Rawlins-Decatur-Norton-
Sherman-Thomas-Sheridan-Graham-Wallace-Logan-Gove-Greeley-Wichita-
Dundy-Hitchcock-Red Willow-
547 PM MDT Sat Jun 20 2026 /647 PM CDT Sat Jun 20 2026/

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT...

A tornado watch is in effect for counties along and north of a
Cheyenne Wells, CO to Russell Springs and Gove, KS line through 9 PM
MDT or 10 PM CDT. A severe thunderstorm watch is in effect through 9
PM MDT or 10 PM CDT for Greeley and Wichita counties. Severe storms
are forecast across the entire area this afternoon and evening. 2
inch hail, 70 mph wind gusts, a few tornadoes, blowing dust and
flash flooding are all possible. These storms may pose a significant
risk to life and property. If traveling, be prepared for dramatic
changes in wind speed and rapid reductions in visibility near any
thunderstorms.

A blowing dust warning is in effect until 7 PM MDT or 8 PM CDT for
Cheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace, Logan, Sheridan, and
Gove counties. Narrow plumes of near zero visibility have been
reported in the warning area.

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

Severe storms may return Sunday and Monday afternoons. 1 inch hail
and 60 MPH winds are the primary hazards from these storms, which
pose a risk for life and property.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions.

JTL

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 20, 6:54 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 20, 6:55 PM CDT, 6 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 20, 6:56 PM CDT, 5 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 20, 6:57 PM CDT, 4 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 20, 6:58 PM CDT, 3 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 20, 6:59 PM CDT, 2 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Goodland KS
559 PM MDT Sat Jun 20 2026

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

0547 PM     Tstm Wnd Gst     9 WSW Winona            39.00N 101.39W
06/20/2026  M80 MPH          Logan              KS   Mesonet

            Mesonet station UP840 9.0 W Winona (UPR).

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KAK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 20, 7:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Sheridan	44 min
Jun 20, 7:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	GLD	Gove, Sheridan	63 min
Jun 20, 7:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Thomas	36 min
Jun 20, 7:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	GLD	Gove, Logan, Wichita	47 min
Jun 20, 7:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GLD	Sherman, Wallace	33 min
Jun 20, 8:02 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GLD	Gove, Logan, Sheridan, Thomas	3 hr
Jun 20, 8:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Logan, Thomas	20 min
Jun 20, 8:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GLD	Gove, Logan, Wichita	62 min
Jun 20, 8:36 PM CDT	Dust Storm Warning	GLD	Greeley, Wichita	39 min
Jun 20, 9:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GLD	Wichita	20 min
Jun 20, 9:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Sheridan, Thomas	20 min
Jun 20, 10:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Rawlins	25 min
Jun 20, 10:59 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GLD	Decatur, Rawlins, Sheridan, Thomas	3 hr
Jun 20, 11:06 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GLD	Decatur, Rawlins	3 hr
Jun 20, 11:43 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Rawlins	2 hr
Jun 21, 2:10 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	GLD	Decatur, Rawlins	29 hr
Jun 21, 1:51 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	GLD	Gove, Sheridan, Thomas	18 hr
Jun 21, 4:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GLD	Cheyenne	42 min
Jun 21, 4:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	GLD	Rawlins	32 min
Jun 21, 4:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GLD	Cheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman	49 min
Jun 21, 5:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas	51 min
Jun 21, 5:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas	19 min
Jun 21, 5:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Gove, Logan, Sherman, Thomas	36 min
Jun 21, 6:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Greeley, Wallace	45 min
Jun 21, 6:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Logan, Thomas, Wichita	53 min
Jun 21, 6:23 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	GLD	Decatur	66 hr
Jun 21, 6:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Logan	48 min
Jun 21, 6:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Greeley	35 min
Jun 21, 2:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Yuma	116 min
Jun 21, 3:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Yuma	67 min
Jun 21, 3:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Kit Carson	59 min
Jun 21, 3:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Yuma	49 min
Jun 21, 3:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Yuma	31 min
Jun 21, 4:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Kit Carson	63 min
Jun 21, 5:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne	56 min
Jun 21, 3:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GLD	Dundy, Hitchcock	60 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.