In the late afternoon of the 2nd, a cluster of storms formed in far western Kansas and proceeded to the north-northeast into southwestern Nebraska. Across southwestern Nebraska, these storm produced winds up to 64 MPH.
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The episode as NWS GLD wrote it up.
In the late afternoon of the 2nd, a cluster of storms formed in far western Kansas and proceeded to the north-northeast into southwestern Nebraska. Across southwestern Nebraska, these storm produced winds up to 64 MPH. The strongest winds were associated with an outflow coming from the cluster that also produced a haboob (wall of dust) that reduced visibility down to zero. This was a unique storm system because the overall storm system and wall of dust generally moved from south to north.
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 2, 4:22 PM MST, 1 hour 43 minutes earlier. Its key messages:
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Goodland KS 522 PM MDT Mon Jun 2 2025 .KEY MESSAGES... - Warm and breezy today with highs around 90 and winds from the south around 15-30 mph. - Severe storms remain forecast this afternoon and evening. Hail is forecast to be the initial threat, followed by damaging wind gusts. A tornado may be possible early in the event. - There is a concern of flooding in the northeastern CWA late this evening into Tuesday morning. - May see scattered storms each afternoon/evening after Tuesday with the better chances being Thursday and Saturday evenings. && .SHORT TERM /THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/... Issued at 1139 AM MDT Mon Jun 2 2025 Currently, a dryline has set up over our Colorado counties with the western portions of Kit Carson and Cheyenne counties seeing dew points in the mid 50s while at the CO/KS state line, dewpoints are around 60. This dryline stretches to the north, west of Yuma proper and then angles to the northeast through LBF's area. The cold front and low are making their way down from the northern Rockies. We will continue to see south-southwesterly winds. Due to the moving over the southern Rockies, this will be moist warm air, making today feel more muggy than the High Plains usually is. High temperatures are expected to warm into the low to mid 90s with heat indices mirroring the air temperatures. Starting around 21-23Z today, two areas of convection are expected to start firing. The southern area, according to CAMs, look to be more disorganized as they fire off the dryline. The southern section looks to fire in far eastern Colorado south of I-70. Competing updrafts look to limit the severe potential as much as can be expected with 4,500+ J/kg of MUCAPE. Without competing updrafts, 1.5- 2" hail would be briefly possible as the storms are fairly young near the KS/CO state line. There is a slim (~1%) chance a tornado would form, but hodographs are not very supportive of tornadogenesis. If there are competing updraft (65% chance), and as storms mature and use up their initial CAPE, the hail threat will wane, but not disappear, and winds would become the main threat. CAMs are showing the southern storms will eventually develop into a QLCS, which is where the main wind threat will come from. There is a 30-50% chance this line will form in the southeastern portions of the CWA, where the SPC enhanced risk is, in which case winds around 80 kts would be possible. The northern sector of storms will fire along the dryline along and north of Yuma county. This sector of storms is expected to fire about an hour or so after the southern storms fire. By this time, the dryline is expected to be more northeast oriented. For a visual representation, see out DSS packet. Similar to the southern sector, 2" hail is possible early in the line's life- cycle, with wind and flooding becoming the hazards as the storm matures. Worst case scenario (~5% chance), a supercell near the Tri-State border fires 30-45 minutes before the rest of the line and could produce 2.5 inch hail. There is a 60% chance this line of storms will mature mostly north of the GLD CWA. Around 1-3Z, the aforementioned cold front will push in from the northwest and shove the line of storms into the northeastern portions of the CWA. There is a 10% chance this line forms across our Nebraska counties, which could lead to 2-3+ inches of rain falling very quickly causing flash flooding issues early on in the event. For a glimpse at some of the environmental parameters that support flooding, we look to have PWATS around 1.5 inch, with mid/low RHs ranging from 50-70% ahead of the storms, with a moist, deep melting layer. The moist, deep melting layer will be found across all of the area, which supports a SPLASHy (Storms Producing Large Amounts of Small Hail) environment, so be aware for accumulating small hail. The severe threat looks to end around 3-4Z as the main forcing leaves the CWA. However, efficient rain producing storms are expected to continue all night, into Tuesday morning. This increases the potential for flooding overnight Monday. Tomorrow morning, as the low leaves the area to the southeast, the rain is expected to wane in the mid-day to mid-afternoon. Cloud cover will slowly clear out as the northwesterly winds assist. Temperatures look to be capped in the mid 60s tomorrow. Winds in the morning could gust up around 35 kts, and gradually slow to around 25 kts in the afternoon. We could see some light showers Tuesday evening over the southern half of the CWA. Overnight, partly cloudy skies will keep our temperatures in the upper 40s. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... Issued at 1139 AM MDT Mon Jun 2 2025 In the long-term, we can expect to see another two fairly strong lows impacting the region over the next week with a generally unsettled pattern between the lows. The first low looks to move into the area Thursday afternoon/evening. Our lofted moisture does not appear to be removed from the area before this low, and southerly winds will help keep temperatures somewhat warm. This will provide the ingredients needed for storms, and as the low sweeps through, shear will increase and give us at least a 5-10% chance of severe weather. The next best chance at severe storms looks to be over the weekend as another low, albeit much weaker than the earlier low, will move through the area. Temperatures will slowly warm through the period, by the weekend, temperatures look to warm into the mid 80s. && .AVIATION /00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z TUESDAY/... Issued at 513 PM MDT Mon Jun 2 2025 At the time of this writing (~23Z), storms have begun to move into the forecast area from the south. Thunderstorm activity is expected to continue through the evening hours and into the evening. Ceilings will fall to IFR as showers and storms continue overnight. Winds shift overnight as well, veering to be out of the north while maintaining strength of 20 knots gusting to 35. As showers finally begin to move out late morning Tuesday, ceilings will lift up to MVFR and winds will slowly die down through the afternoon and evening hours. && .GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...None. CO...None. NE...None. && SHORT TERM...CA LONG TERM...CA AVIATION...ABR
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Goodland KS 102 PM MDT Mon Jun 2 2025 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-031915- Yuma-Kit Carson-Cheyenne-Rawlins-Decatur-Norton-Sherman-Thomas- Sheridan-Graham-Wallace-Logan-Gove-Greeley-Wichita-Dundy-Hitchcock- Red Willow- 102 PM MDT Mon Jun 2 2025 /202 PM CDT Mon Jun 2 2025/ This hazardous weather outlook is for extreme southwest Nebraska... northwest Kansas and east central Colorado. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... Today, there is a 20 to 40% chance for severe storms during the afternoon and evening hours. Large hail, damaging wind gusts, and a brief tornado look to be the main threats. This afternoon through tonight, flash flooding may occur in low lying areas due to repeated rounds of moderate to heavy rainfall. Locations northeast of Benkelman, NE, Oberlin, KS, and Norton, KS are most favored for this to occur. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... Tuesday morning, flooding remains a concern if showers and storms manage to continue through the morning. There are chances for severe thunderstorms through the week, with low confidence on which days may see severe thunderstorms. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter reports are highly encouraged!
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Goodland KS
650 PM MDT Mon Jun 2 2025
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0649 PM Dust Storm Saint Francis 39.77N 101.80W
06/02/2025 Cheyenne KS Law Enforcement
reported visibility of two tenths of a mile.
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JTLPreliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Goodland KS
656 PM MDT Mon Jun 2 2025
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0650 PM Tstm Wnd Gst 7 N Bird City 39.84N 101.53W
06/02/2025 E70 MPH Cheyenne KS Trained Spotter
Trained spotter estimates 60-70 mph wind
gust.
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KAKPreliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Goodland KS
657 PM MDT Mon Jun 2 2025
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0650 PM Dust Storm 7 N Bird City 39.84N 101.53W
06/02/2025 Cheyenne KS Trained Spotter
Spotter reports near zero visibility in dust
for 3 to 5 mins.
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KAKPreliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Goodland KS
658 PM MDT Mon Jun 2 2025
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0640 PM Dust Storm Menlo 39.36N 100.72W
06/02/2025 Thomas KS Trained Spotter
visibility of a .1 of a mile.
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JTLPreliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Goodland KS
701 PM MDT Mon Jun 2 2025
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0647 PM Tstm Wnd Gst 3 NNW Wheeler 39.80N 101.74W
06/02/2025 M62 MPH Cheyenne KS Mesonet
AWN site 1730 Rd Q reports 62 mph wind gust.
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KAKPreliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Goodland KS
705 PM MDT Mon Jun 2 2025
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0656 PM Dust Storm 4 WNW Hoxie 39.38N 100.52W
06/02/2025 Sheridan KS Law Enforcement
100 yard visibility in the dust, lasting for
a tenth of a mile.
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JTLThe Goodland radar (KGLD), 90 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:07 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind, 2 dust storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Public report of haboob (wall of dust) from the public. Visibility reported down to 1/8 of a mile in the southern parts of the county.
Public report of haboob (wall of dust) from Law Enforcement. Visibility reported down to less than 1/4 of a mile in the southwestern parts of the county.
Tree uprooted and fallen on a house in town. Health of tree, or other details are unknown.
AWN site Lorens farm reported a 64 mph wind gust.
AWN site Ellis reported a 58 mph wind gust.
Weather link site Parman reported a 62 mph wind gust.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Nebraska in 2025Every state in 2025This day in weather historyWarnings in Nebraska, June 2025
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: 1265595, 1265596, 1265597, 1265600, 1265598, 1265599.