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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Goodland, KS

August 28, 2026Gove County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 28, 2026, 12:15 AM CDT for Gove County, Kansas. 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 outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 28, 2026, 12:15 AM CDT (05:15 UTC)
Expired: Aug 28, 2026, 1:15 AM CDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Gove County, KS

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Aug 27, 8:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 134 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: 1173 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2053 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 52 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

889 
WUUS53 KGLD 280515
SVRGLD
KSC063-280615-
/O.NEW.KGLD.SV.W.0310.260828T0515Z-260828T0615Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Goodland KS
1215 AM CDT Fri Aug 28 2026

The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Gove County in west central Kansas...

* Until 115 AM CDT.

* At 1214 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 5 miles north of Grinnell to near Grainfield to near
  Quinter to 7 miles north of Voda to 4 miles south of Hill City,
  moving south at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Severe thunderstorms will be near...
  Quinter, Grainfield, and Grinnell around 1220 AM CDT.
  Gove around 1230 AM CDT.

This includes Interstate 70 in Kansas between mile markers 76 and
112.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms. 
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading 
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to 
be struck by lightning.

&&

LAT...LON 3870 10016 3880 10064 3890 10082 3913 10081
      3913 10015
TIME...MOT...LOC 0514Z 359DEG 31KT 3921 10066 3914 10049 3907 10026
3915 10001 3930 9982

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Vincent

4 follow-up statements

064 
WWUS53 KGLD 280536
SVSGLD

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
1236 AM CDT Fri Aug 28 2026

KSC063-280615-
/O.CON.KGLD.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-260828T0615Z/
Gove KS-
1236 AM CDT Fri Aug 28 2026

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 AM CDT
FOR GOVE COUNTY...

At 1236 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 4 miles southeast of Grinnell to near Gove to 10 miles
southwest of Collyer to 3 miles southeast of Voda to 9 miles
northeast of Wakeeney, moving south at 30 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

These severe storms will be near...
  Gove around 1240 AM CDT.

This includes Interstate 70 in Kansas between mile markers 76 and
112.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.

&&

LAT...LON 3870 10016 3880 10064 3890 10082 3913 10081
      3913 10015
TIME...MOT...LOC 0536Z 356DEG 25KT 3907 10058 3898 10046 3891 10023
3899 9998 3914 9979

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Vincent

163 
WWUS53 KGLD 280552
SVSGLD

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
1252 AM CDT Fri Aug 28 2026

KSC063-280615-
/O.CON.KGLD.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-260828T0615Z/
Gove KS-
1252 AM CDT Fri Aug 28 2026

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 AM CDT
FOR CENTRAL GOVE COUNTY...

At 1252 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 6 miles southeast of Gove to 14 miles north of
Pendennis to 10 miles north of Utica to near Trego Center to 3 miles
northeast of Ogallah, moving south at 30 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

These severe thunderstorms will remain over mainly rural areas of
central Gove County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.

&&

LAT...LON 3905 10081 3906 10081 3899 10061 3895 10046
      3892 10032 3890 10016 3870 10016 3880 10064
      3890 10082
TIME...MOT...LOC 0552Z 353DEG 28KT 3887 10043 3886 10035 3878 10012
3886 9987 3901 9968

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Vincent

574 
WWUS53 KGLD 280601
SVSGLD

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
101 AM CDT Fri Aug 28 2026

KSC063-280615-
/O.CON.KGLD.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-260828T0615Z/
Gove KS-
101 AM CDT Fri Aug 28 2026

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 AM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN GOVE COUNTY...

At 1259 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 10 miles southeast of Gove to 10 miles north of
Pendennis to 7 miles northeast of Utica to 5 miles southeast of Trego
Center to near Riga, moving south at 40 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

These severe thunderstorms will remain over mainly rural areas of
southeastern Gove County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.

&&

LAT...LON 3890 10036 3892 10035 3890 10016 3870 10016
      3875 10039 3881 10037
TIME...MOT...LOC 0559Z 348DEG 35KT 3882 10040 3880 10033 3873 10010
3881 9985 3896 9966

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Vincent

515 
WWUS53 KGLD 280606
SVSGLD

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
106 AM CDT Fri Aug 28 2026

KSC063-280616-
/O.EXP.KGLD.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-260828T0615Z/
Gove KS-
106 AM CDT Fri Aug 28 2026

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN GOVE COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 115 AM CDT...

The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

&&

LAT...LON 3890 10036 3892 10035 3890 10016 3870 10016
      3875 10039 3881 10037
TIME...MOT...LOC 0606Z 359DEG 31KT 3877 10040 3875 10033 3868 10010
3876 9985 3891 9966

$$

Vincent

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 27, 7:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Sheridan	28 min
Aug 27, 10:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	GLD	Decatur, Norton	72 min
Aug 27, 10:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Rawlins	76 min
Aug 27, 11:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Decatur, Graham, Norton, Sheridan	74 min
Aug 28, 1:49 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Wichita	26 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.