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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 161, NWS Goodland, KS

June 21, 2026Greeley County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 2026, 5:55 PM MDT for Greeley County, Kansas. It was in force for 35 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 21, 2026, 5:55 PM MDT (23:55 UTC)
Expired: Jun 21, 2026, 6:30 PM MDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Greeley County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:55 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 21, 12:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 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.

NWS Goodland, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 21, 5:45 PM MDT, 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 21, 5:45 PM MDT, 10 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 21, 3:44 PM MDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Goodland KS
344 PM MDT Sun Jun 21 2026

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

0339 PM     Tstm Wnd Gst     1 ENE Saint Francis     39.78N 101.78W
06/21/2026  M57 MPH          Cheyenne           KS   Mesonet

            AWN station measured 57 mph gust.

&&

KAK

Local storm report, Jun 21, 3:59 PM MDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Goodland KS
359 PM MDT Sun Jun 21 2026

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

0356 PM     Hail             4 W Bird City           39.76N 101.60W
06/21/2026  M0.50 Inch       Cheyenne           KS   Public

            Text message report of half inch hail.

&&

KAK

Local storm report, Jun 21, 4:34 PM MDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Goodland KS
434 PM MDT Sun Jun 21 2026

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

0412 PM     Tornado          13 N Brewster           39.55N 101.35W
06/21/2026                   Thomas             KS   Official NWS Obs

            Possible Weak TDS: A potential weak TDS may
            have been observed off GLD radar.

&&

KAK

Local storm report, Jun 21, 4:42 PM MDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Goodland KS
442 PM MDT Sun Jun 21 2026

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

0436 PM     Hail             3 SE Kit Carson         38.73N 102.76W
06/21/2026  E0.88 Inch       Cheyenne           CO   Trained Spotter

            Trained spotter estimates nickel sized hail
            falling as of time of report.

&&

KAK

Local storm report, Jun 21, 4:54 PM MDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Goodland KS
454 PM MDT Sun Jun 21 2026

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

0449 PM     Hail             Levant                  39.38N 101.19W
06/21/2026  M1.00 Inch       Thomas             KS   Public

            Text message report with picture of quarter
            sized hail in Levant.

&&

KAK

Local storm report, Jun 21, 5:14 PM MDT, 41 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Goodland KS
514 PM MDT Sun Jun 21 2026

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

0500 PM     Tstm Wnd Gst     1 E Cheyenne Wells      38.82N 102.33W
06/21/2026  M60 MPH          Cheyenne           CO   Mesonet

            WU station KCOCHEYE2 reported a 60 mph gust.

&&

DH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 20, 6:01 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GLD	Sheridan	29 min
Jun 20, 6:16 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Sheridan	44 min
Jun 20, 6:27 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	GLD	Gove, Sheridan	63 min
Jun 20, 6:39 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Thomas	36 min
Jun 20, 6:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	GLD	Gove, Logan, Wichita	47 min
Jun 20, 6:57 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GLD	Sherman, Wallace	33 min
Jun 20, 7:02 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GLD	Gove, Logan, Sheridan, Thomas	3 hr
Jun 20, 7:10 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Logan, Thomas	20 min
Jun 20, 7:28 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GLD	Gove, Logan, Wichita	62 min
Jun 20, 7:36 PM MDT	Dust Storm Warning	GLD	Greeley, Wichita	39 min
Jun 20, 8:25 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GLD	Wichita	20 min
Jun 20, 8:57 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Sheridan, Thomas	20 min
Jun 20, 9:20 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Rawlins	25 min
Jun 20, 9:59 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GLD	Decatur, Rawlins, Sheridan, Thomas	3 hr
Jun 20, 10:06 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	GLD	Decatur, Rawlins	3 hr
Jun 20, 10:43 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Rawlins	2 hr
Jun 21, 1:10 AM MDT	Areal Flood Warning	GLD	Decatur, Rawlins	29 hr
Jun 21, 12:51 PM MDT	Areal Flood Warning	GLD	Gove, Sheridan, Thomas	18 hr
Jun 21, 3:03 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GLD	Cheyenne	42 min
Jun 21, 3:09 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	GLD	Rawlins	32 min
Jun 21, 3:26 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GLD	Cheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman	49 min
Jun 21, 4:09 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas	51 min
Jun 21, 4:12 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas	19 min
Jun 21, 4:54 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Gove, Logan, Sherman, Thomas	36 min
Jun 21, 5:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Greeley, Wallace	45 min
Jun 21, 5:22 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Logan, Thomas, Wichita	53 min
Jun 21, 5:23 PM MDT	River Flood Warning	GLD	Decatur	66 hr
Jun 21, 5:27 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Logan	48 min
Jun 21, 1:49 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Yuma	116 min
Jun 21, 2:08 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Yuma	67 min
Jun 21, 2:31 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Kit Carson	59 min
Jun 21, 2:41 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Yuma	49 min
Jun 21, 2:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Yuma	31 min
Jun 21, 3:27 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Kit Carson	63 min
Jun 21, 4:19 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne	56 min
Jun 21, 2:30 PM MDT	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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.