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WWUS53 KGLD 090135
SVSGLD

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
735 PM MDT Sat Jun 8 2024

COC017-063-KSC181-199-090145-
/O.CON.KGLD.SV.W.0182.000000T0000Z-240609T0145Z/
Cheyenne CO-Kit Carson CO-Wallace KS-Sherman KS-
735 PM MDT Sat Jun 8 2024

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM MDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN CHEYENNE AND SOUTHEASTERN KIT CARSON COUNTIES IN
EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...NORTHWESTERN WALLACE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL
KANSAS AND SOUTHWESTERN SHERMAN COUNTIES IN NORTHWESTERN KANSAS...

At 734 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 12 miles northwest
of Sharon Springs, moving southeast at 35 mph.

THIS IS A DESTRUCTIVE STORM FOR Southeastern Kit Carson County,
Northeast Cheyenne County, southwestern Sherman County, and
Northwest Wallace

HAZARD...100 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Trained weather spotters. At 721 PM MDT, estimated 100 mph
         wind gust was reported 12 miles south of Peconic.

IMPACT...You are in a life-threatening situation. Flying debris may
         be deadly to those caught without shelter. Mobile homes
         will be destroyed. Expect considerable damage to homes and
         businesses. Expect extensive tree damage and power outages.

This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northeastern Cheyenne and southeastern Kit Carson Counties in east
central Colorado, northwestern Wallace County in west central Kansas
and southwestern Sherman Counties in northwestern Kansas.

This includes Highway 385 between mile markers 167 and 181.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

This is an EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION with tornado like wind
speeds expected. Mobile homes and high profile vehicles are
especially susceptible to winds of this magnitude and may be
overturned. For your protection move to an interior room on the
lowest floor of a building. This storm has the potential to cause
serious injury and significant property damage.

This is a potentially deadly storm. Seek shelter in an interior room
on the lowest floor of a well-built structure. Abandon vehicles in
search of a more substantial permanent structure. Stay away from
windows.

Continuous cloud to ground lightning is 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3903 10235 3928 10225 3932 10182 3920 10150
      3881 10181
TIME...MOT...LOC 0134Z 305DEG 31KT 3905 10187

THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...DESTRUCTIVE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...OBSERVED
MAX WIND GUST...100 MPH

$$

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