Heavy Rain From the Central Plains to the Mid-Atlantic; Heat Wave Begins This Weekend

Strong to severe thunderstorms and heavy rain will impact portions of the central Plains into the Upper Midwest and the Mid-Atlantic through the weekend. A stretch of unusually hot and humid weather is expected across portions of the central U.S. and the Southeast beginning this weekend and continuing through next week. The heat may reach dangerous levels, particularly mid to late next week. Read More >

Severe weather impacted many counties east of Hwy 83 Thursday evening. Sheridan, Gove and Rawlins Counties had severe thunderstorms with heavy rainfall and large hail. Graham and SW Decatur Counties had heavy rainfall.

Here is a list of Local Storm Reports from last night:

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1237 AM MDT FRI JUN 05 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0645 PM     HAIL             3 SSW LUDELL            39.81N 100.98W
06/04/2015  M1.50 INCH       RAWLINS            KS   NWS EMPLOYEE    

0655 PM     HAIL             LUDELL                  39.85N 100.96W
06/04/2015  E2.50 INCH       RAWLINS            KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT 

            RAWLINS COUNTY DISPATCH RECEIVED A REPORT OF GOLF BALL TO
            TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL. 

0701 PM     HAIL             4 SE LUDELL             39.81N 100.91W
06/04/2015  M1.75 INCH       RAWLINS            KS   STORM CHASER    

0710 PM     HAIL             4 NNW PENDENNIS         38.70N 100.36W
06/04/2015  E3.00 INCH       GOVE               KS   TRAINED SPOTTER 

            CRATERS IN THE GROUND FROM HAIL...MEASURED POST STORM BY 
            STORM CHASER. TIME IS ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

0825 PM     HAIL             GRAINFIELD              39.11N 100.47W
06/04/2015  E1.25 INCH       GOVE               KS   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

0825 PM     HAIL             6 ESE GOVE              38.93N 100.38W
06/04/2015  E2.00 INCH       GOVE               KS   TRAINED SPOTTER 

            LOTS OF NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL WITH SOME PIECES UP 
            TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER.

0843 PM     HAIL             SELDEN                  39.54N 100.57W
06/04/2015  E1.75 INCH       SHERIDAN           KS   TRAINED SPOTTER 

0846 PM     HAIL             1 NE SELDEN             39.55N 100.55W
06/04/2015  M1.00 INCH       SHERIDAN           KS   TRAINED SPOTTER 

            NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL ON ROUTE 83.

1032 PM     HAIL             5 W HOXIE               39.36N 100.53W
06/04/2015  E1.25 INCH       SHERIDAN           KS   TRAINED SPOTTER 

1046 PM     HAIL             10 S SHARON SPRINGS     38.75N 101.75W
06/04/2015  M0.88 INCH       WALLACE            KS   TRAINED SPOTTER 


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Supercell near Selden: Courtesy of Erik Fox	Storm in Southern Gove County: Courtesy of Mike Beall
Supercell in Southern Gove County: Courtesy of Mike Beall	Storm in Southern Gove County: Couresy of Mike Beall