Kansas Severe Severe Thunderstorm Warning | Effective 07/09/2026 17:39

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 9 at 7:39PM CDT until July 9 at 8:30PM CDT by NWS Goodland KS
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
July 9, 2026 - 5:39pm
Expires: 
July 9, 2026 - 6:30pm
Description: 
SVRGLD The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northeastern Cheyenne County in northwestern Kansas... Northwestern Rawlins County in northwestern Kansas... * Until 830 PM CDT. * At 739 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles northeast of McDonald, or 12 miles west of Atwood, moving east at 10 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 northeastern Cheyenne and northwestern Rawlins Counties in northwestern Kansas, including the following locations... Blakeman and Beardsley.
Instruction: 
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. This thunderstorm is producing accumulating hail, which will make driving hazardous, similar to snow or ice. If you must travel, be aware of rapidly changing road conditions. 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.
Area Description: 
Cheyenne, KS; Rawlins, KS
Forcast Office: 
NWS Goodland KS