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Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Issued: 11:23 PM Jun. 1, 2026 – National Weather Service
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM
MDT/700 PM CDT/ FOR EAST CENTRAL YUMA COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO
AND NORTHWESTERN CHEYENNE COUNTIES IN NORTHWESTERN KANSAS...

At 522 PM MDT/622 PM CDT/, a severe thunderstorm was located 12 miles
southwest of Haigler, or 16 miles northwest of St. Francis, moving
east at 20 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Beecher Island.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED;
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN;
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED;
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Issued: 11:20 PM Jun. 1, 2026 – National Weather Service
The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southeastern Yuma County in northeastern Colorado...
Northeastern Kit Carson County in east central Colorado...
Western Cheyenne County in northwestern Kansas...
Northwestern Sherman County in northwestern Kansas...

* Until 615 PM MDT/715 PM CDT/.

* At 520 PM MDT/620 PM CDT/, a severe thunderstorm was located near
Bonny Reservoir, moving north at 40 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.

* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
southeastern Yuma County in northeastern Colorado, northeastern Kit
Carson County in east central Colorado, western Cheyenne and
northwestern Sherman Counties in northwestern Kansas, including the
following locations... Wheeler, Hale, and Beecher Island.

This includes Highway 385 between mile markers 201 and 215.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED;
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN;
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED;
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Issued: 11:16 PM Jun. 1, 2026 – National Weather Service
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM
MDT/645 PM CDT/ FOR SOUTHWESTERN CHEYENNE AND NORTHWESTERN SHERMAN
COUNTIES IN NORTHWESTERN KANSAS...

At 516 PM MDT/616 PM CDT/, a severe thunderstorm was located 13 miles
north of Goodland, moving northeast at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind
damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Goodland.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

This thunderstorm 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.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

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HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED;
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN;
WIND THREAT...OBSERVED;
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Issued: 9:38 PM Jun. 1, 2026 – National Weather Service
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
265 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MDT /MIDNIGHT CDT/ THIS EVENING FOR THE
FOLLOWING AREAS

IN KANSAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 13 COUNTIES

IN NORTHWEST KANSAS

CHEYENNE              DECATUR               GRAHAM
NORTON                RAWLINS               SHERIDAN
SHERMAN               THOMAS

IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS

GOVE                  GREELEY               LOGAN
WALLACE               WICHITA

IN NEBRASKA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 3 COUNTIES

IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA

DUNDY                 HITCHCOCK             RED WILLOW

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ATWOOD, BENKELMAN, BIRD CITY, COLBY,
CULBERTSON, GOODLAND, GRAINFIELD, GRINNELL, HILL CITY, HOXIE,
LEOTI, MCCOOK, NORTON, OAKLEY, OBERLIN, PALISADE, QUINTER,
SHARON SPRINGS, ST. FRANCIS, STRATTON NE, TRENTON, AND TRIBUNE.

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