Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued June 20 at 6:11PM CDT until June 20 at 6:30PM CDT by NWS Goodland KS
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
June 20, 2026 - 4:11pm
Expires:
June 20, 2026 - 4:30pm
Description:
At 611 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 8 miles north of Selden to 8 miles north of Rexford to
6 miles south of Atwood, moving southeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 70 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect
considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to
mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
These severe thunderstorms will remain over mainly rural areas of
southern Rawlins and southwestern Decatur Counties.
Instruction:
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for northwestern
Kansas.
Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
These thunderstorms will produce strong winds resulting in areas of
near zero visibility in blowing dirt. Use extreme caution if you must
travel and be alert for rapidly changing visibility.
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.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
Area Description:
Decatur, KS; Rawlins, KS
Forcast Office:
NWS Goodland KS
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov