June 19th 2018 Severe Weather

Areas of Excessive Rainfall and Severe Thunderstorms for Friday

Heavy to excessive rainfall may produce areas of flooding Friday and Friday night from central Texas into the lower Mississippi Valley. Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms are expected from central Texas to middle Tennessee and central Kentucky Friday afternoon into early Friday night. Large hail and damaging winds are the main threats. Read More >

...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 06/19/18 THUNDERSTORM WIND EVENT... .OVERVIEW...A significant severe thunderstorm moved across southern Yuma County Colorado and Cheyenne County Kansas during the evening hours of June 19th. This supercell thunderstorm produced widespread wind and hail damage across the counties. .Cheyenne County Severe Thunderstorm Winds... Peak wind /E/: 70-90 mph Path length /Statute/: Unknown Path width /Maximum/: Unknown Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0 Start date: June 19, 2018 Start time: Approximately 5:45 pm CDT/4:45 pm MDT Start location: Abarr, Colorado End date: June 19, 2018 End time: Approximately 7:30 pm CDT/6:45 pm MDT End location: 6 miles southwest of Bird City, Kansas Only portion of the storm surveyed was in Cheyenne County from the state line to HWY 27, along and south of HWY 36. In these locations, a combination of significant straight-line winds and large hail led widespread damage. Miles of agricultural fields were shredded with farm animals also killed. Many homes sustained damage to siding...windows...and roofs from windblown hail. One barn south of HWY 36 in western Cheyenne County was flattened due to the strong winds. These winds were estimated at 90 mph. Additional sporadic damage to trees were observed with a few trees snapped but many others losing significant branches...more than 6 inches in diameter. While the entire track was not surveyed, significant agricultural and some structural damage likely occurred from Abarr, Colorado to near Bird City, Kansas. Reports of wind-driven hail damage were received from Yuma County Emergency Management in the Armel, Colorado and Beecher Island, Colorado areas. Hail to the size of baseballs and tree limbs were reported earlier near Abarr, Colorado. Thank you to Yuma County Emergency Management, Cheyenne County Emergency Management, and Cheyenne County EMS for their help in gathering the information and assistance with the storm survey. NOTE: The information in this statement is PRELIMINARY and subject to change pending final review of the event and publication in NWS Storm Data.