Kansas, Nebraska Severe Severe Thunderstorm Warning | Effective 06/20/2026 14:37

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued June 20 at 4:37PM CDT until June 20 at 5:00PM CDT by NWS Goodland KS
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
June 20, 2026 - 2:37pm
Expires: 
June 20, 2026 - 3:00pm
Description: 
SVRGLD The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northeastern Rawlins County in northwestern Kansas... Southeastern Hitchcock County in southwestern Nebraska... * Until 500 PM CDT. * At 436 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles north of Ludell, or 11 miles north of Atwood, moving north at 15 mph. HAZARD...Tennis 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. * This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of northeastern Rawlins and southeastern Hitchcock Counties.
Instruction: 
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Large hail, damaging wind, and continuous cloud to ground lightning are occurring with this storm. 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 this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for northwestern Kansas...and southwestern Nebraska.
Area Description: 
Rawlins, KS; Hitchcock, NE
Forcast Office: 
NWS Goodland KS