Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued June 20 at 4:42PM CDT until June 20 at 5:00PM CDT by NWS Goodland KS
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
June 20, 2026 - 2:42pm
Expires:
June 20, 2026 - 3:00pm
Description:
SVRGLD
The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southwestern Hitchcock County in southwestern Nebraska...
* Until 500 PM CDT.
* At 441 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 4 miles southeast
of Stratton, or 9 miles southwest of Trenton, moving southeast at
15 mph.
HAZARD...Tennis ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Trained spotter report of 2.5 inch hail south of
Stratton, NE.
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
southwestern Hitchcock County.
Instruction:
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.
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:
Hitchcock, NE
Forcast Office:
NWS Goodland KS
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