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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 221, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 2026, 1:31 AM MDT for Kit Carson County, Yuma County, Colorado. It was in force for 44 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
- Jul 4, 2026, 1:31 AM MDT (07:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 2026, 2:15 AM MDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Damage threat
- Considerable
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Kit Carson County, CO, Yuma County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:33 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 12:38 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 231 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
- 1785 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -88 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1714 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -1.3
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 Jul 4, 12:14 AM MDT, 1 hour 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 12:14 AM MDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
122 AM CDT Sat Jul 4 2026
KSZ003-004-040645-
Norton KS-Decatur KS-
122 AM CDT Sat Jul 4 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN NORTON AND SOUTHEASTERN
DECATUR COUNTIES THROUGH 145 AM CDT...
At 122 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 5
miles north of Jennings, or 12 miles east of Oberlin, moving east at
45 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel 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.
This strong thunderstorm will be near...
Clayton around 125 AM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3957 9979 3957 9992 3968 10042 3986 10037
3980 9973
TIME...MOT...LOC 0622Z 281DEG 39KT 3976 10031
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jul 3, 8:02 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Graham | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 11:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Rawlins | 27 min |
| Jul 3, 11:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Logan | 26 min |
| Jul 4, 12:09 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Logan, Sheridan, Thomas | 51 min |
| Jul 4, 12:16 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Rawlins | 29 min |
| Jul 4, 12:22 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Norton | 23 min |
| Jul 4, 12:22 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Norton | 23 min |
| Jul 4, 2:12 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Sherman | 48 min |
| Jul 4, 3:15 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Gove | 30 min |
| Jul 4, 3:43 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Gove | 47 min |
| Jul 4, 3:59 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 31 min |
| Jul 4, 4:30 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Rawlins | 30 min |
| Jul 3, 7:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 35 min |
| Jul 3, 11:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 53 min |
| Jul 4, 12:28 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 3 hr |
| Jul 4, 12:44 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 46 min |
| Jul 4, 1:07 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 38 min |
| Jul 4, 5:10 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Phillips | 20 min |
| Jul 4, 5:43 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Yuma | 32 min |
| Jul 4, 5:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 62 min |
| Jul 3, 7:59 PM MDT | Flood Watch | GLD | Dundy, Hitchcock, Red Willow | 9 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.