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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 291, NWS Goodland, KS

August 20, 20264 counties in Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 20, 2026, 11:50 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 70 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 20, 2026, 11:50 PM CDT (04:50 UTC)
Expired
Aug 21, 2026, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
70 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Damage threat
Considerable
Hail
1.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Gove County, KS, Logan County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Thomas County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 20, 9:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatGLDDecatur, Rawlins78 min
Aug 20, 10:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatGLDDecatur, Rawlins, Sheridan, Thomas81 min
Aug 21, 12:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threatGLDGove, Logan, Sheridan, Thomas42 min
Aug 21, 1:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDLogan31 min
Aug 21, 5:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson13 min
Aug 21, 5:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson14 min
Aug 21, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Kit Carson45 min
Aug 21, 6:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Kit Carson44 min
Aug 21, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne31 min
Aug 20, 8:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatGLDRed Willow80 min

Nearby

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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.