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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 178, NWS Goodland, KS

June 24, 2026Yuma County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 2026, 10:15 PM MDT for Yuma County, Colorado. It was in force for 60 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 24, 2026, 10:15 PM MDT (04:15 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 2026, 11:15 PM MDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Damage threat
Destructive
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
80.0 mph

County Yuma County, CO

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:18 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
Jun 24, 3:50 PM MDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr
Jun 24, 6:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 199 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2026-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 688 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2026-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -57 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
688 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-58 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1325 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
206 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
6.4

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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 24, 6:09 PM MDT, 4 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 24, 6:09 PM MDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 24, 6:07 PM MDT, 4 hours 8 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Goodland KS
607 PM MDT Wed Jun 24 2026

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-260015-
Yuma-Kit Carson-Cheyenne CO-Cheyenne KS-Rawlins-Decatur-Norton-
Sherman-Thomas-Sheridan-Graham-Wallace-Logan-Gove-Greeley-Wichita-
Dundy-Hitchcock-Red Willow-
607 PM MDT Wed Jun 24 2026 /707 PM CDT Wed Jun 24 2026/

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT...

A Flash Flood Watch is in effect today and tonight for most of the
area north of Highway 40. Additional rainfall may lead to flooding
in low lying and poor drainage area.

A Tornado Watch has been issued for eastern Colorado until 11PM
tonight, and A Severe Thunderstorm Watch has bee issued for the rest
of the area until 1AM MT. Large hail up to 3 inches, wind gusts up
to 80 mph, a maybe a tornado or two.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...

Severe storms remain possible each day through at least Thursday.
The likely time for severe storms should be during the afternoon and
evening hours. Large hail, damaging winds, and maybe a tornado would
be possible with severe storms.

The Flash Flood Watch remains in effect through Thursday evening.
Flash flooding threat will persist through the week as additional
rounds of efficient rain producing storms move through the area.
Driving through flooded roadways is dangerous.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 24, 6:34 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne22 min
Jun 24, 11:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne58 min
Jun 25, 12:25 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGLDDecatur15 min
Jun 25, 12:40 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDDecatur3 hr
Jun 25, 2:18 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDLogan12 min
Jun 25, 2:37 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGLDThomas8 hr
Jun 25, 2:42 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDLogan18 min
Jun 25, 3:29 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGLDGove, Logan, Thomas6 hr
Jun 25, 4:05 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDLogan25 min
Jun 25, 4:09 AM MDTAreal Flood WarningGLDDecatur7 hr
Jun 25, 4:30 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDGove, Sheridan2 hr
Jun 25, 5:06 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGove24 min
Jun 25, 5:12 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGLDGove, Logan, Wallace, Wichita3 hr
Jun 25, 6:39 AM MDTAreal Flood WarningGLDGove, Sheridan10 hr
Jun 25, 7:00 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGLDSherman, Thomas4 hr
Jun 25, 7:52 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDLogan, Sheridan, Thomas23 min
Jun 25, 8:14 AM MDTAreal Flood WarningGLDGove, Logan, Wichita9 hr
Jun 25, 8:15 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDLogan30 min
Jun 24, 6:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatGLDYuma23 min
Jun 24, 7:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatGLDYuma43 min
Jun 24, 10:43 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGLDYuma3 hr
Jun 24, 11:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma59 min
Jun 24, 11:23 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDYuma3 hr
Jun 25, 2:15 AM MDTAreal Flood WarningGLDYuma9 hr
Jun 24, 8:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDundy, Hitchcock45 min
Jun 24, 10:48 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDundy40 min
Jun 24, 11:00 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDDundy, Hitchcock4 hr
Jun 25, 2:57 AM MDTAreal Flood WarningGLDDundy, Hitchcock8 hr

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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.