Tornado, Sherman
- When
- June 1, 1:06 PM MST to 1:09 PM MST
- Where
- Sherman County, 6 mi SW of Goodland
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 39.283, -101.800
Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, June 1, 2003
Three weak tornadoes were reported in Sherman county during the afternoon of June 1st. The tornadoes formed on a slow-moving surface boundary, and were part of a larger episode of landspout type tornadoes which occurred on this day.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS GLD wrote it up.
Three weak tornadoes were reported in Sherman county during the afternoon of June 1st. The tornadoes formed on a slow-moving surface boundary, and were part of a larger episode of landspout type tornadoes which occurred on this day. All tornadoes were weak and occurred over open country with minimal or no damage.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Jun 1, 12:25 PM MST, 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 12:25 PM MST, 41 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 125 PM MDT SUN JUN 01 2003 HAVE UPDATED TO RAISE AFTERNOON PRECIPITATION CHANCES TO LIKELY AND ACCOMODATE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR ENTIRE AREA. .GLD...NONE. RJC
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 1, 9:31 AM MST, 3 hours 35 minutes before
COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-021630- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1031 AM MDT SUN JUN 1 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST KANSAS...EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AN UPPER LEVEL SHORT WAVE TROUGH IS MOVING THROUGH WESTERN COLORADO TOWARDS AN AREA OF CONVERGENCE NEAR THE SURFACE TROUGH IN EASTERN COLORADO TODAY. THESE FEATURES COMBINED WITH AN INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE AS TEMPERATURES INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON WILL PROVIDE THE INGREDIENTS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE TRI-STATE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. SOME SUPERCELL STORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE FAVORABLE SHEAR ENVIRONMENT ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE SLOWLY INTO WESTERN KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA BY THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN TO THE AREA ON MONDAY NIGHT WITH A CHANCE FOR AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ON TUESDAY HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. LOCKHART
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 11:40 AM MST, 1 hour 26 minutes before
COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-020000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1240 PM MDT SUN JUN 1 2003 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF THE TRI STATE AREA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 453 FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST KANSAS...FAR EAST COLORADO AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. THE WATCH IS EFFECTIVE FROM 1230 PM MDT (130 PM CDT) UNTIL 6 PM MDT (7 PM CDT). THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH: IN FAR EAST COLORADO...YUMA...KIT CARSON AND CHEYENNE. IN KANSAS...CHEYENNE...RAWLINS...DECATUR...NORTON...SHERMAN... THOMAS...SHERIDAN...GRAHAM...WALLACE...LOGAN...GOVE...GREELEY AND WICHITA. IN NEBRASKA...DUNDY...HITCHCOCK AND RED WILLOW. HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER AND THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THIS AREAS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION SERVICE PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS DANGEROUS SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. LOCKHART
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 13 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:04 UTC.
Event by event
3 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Sherman
- When
- June 1, 1:08 PM MST to 1:10 PM MST
- Where
- Sherman County, 6 mi S of Ruleton
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 39.250, -101.883
Tornado, Sherman
- When
- June 1, 1:10 PM MST to 1:12 PM MST
- Where
- Sherman County, 6 mi S of Ruleton
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 39.250, -101.883
Thunderstorm Wind, Sherman
- When
- June 1, 1:37 PM MST
- Where
- Sherman County, Goodland
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
- Coordinates
- 39.350, -101.717
Large tree down at 10th and Broadway in Goodland.
Hail, Greeley
- When
- June 1, 3:11 PM MST
- Where
- Greeley County, 11 mi SW of Tribune
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.350, -101.900
What these are
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, June 1 to 2, 2003
- Flood in Colorado, June 1 to 2, 2003
- Wildfire in Alaska, June 1 to 7, 2003
- Lightning Strike in Texas, June 1, 2003
- Strong Wind in District of Columbia, June 1, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 1, 2003
- Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, June 1, 2003
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, June 1, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 1 to 2, 2003
- Drought in New Mexico, June 1 to 30, 2003
- Drought in Colorado, June 1 to 30, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 1, 2003
More
Every storm in Kansas in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Kansas, 2003Warnings in Kansas, June 2003
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5360425, 5360426, 5360427, 5360423, 5360424.