Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska Severe Thunderstorm Watch | Effective 05/16/2026 14:05

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued May 16 at 3:05PM MDT until May 16 at 10:00PM MDT by NWS Goodland KS
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Urgency: 
Future
Effective: 
May 16, 2026 - 2:05pm
Expires: 
May 16, 2026 - 9:00pm
Description: 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 209 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT /11 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN COLORADO THIS WATCH INCLUDES 3 COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO CHEYENNE KIT CARSON IN NORTHEAST COLORADO YUMA IN KANSAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 11 COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST KANSAS CHEYENNE DECATUR GRAHAM NORTON RAWLINS SHERIDAN SHERMAN THOMAS IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS GOVE LOGAN WALLACE IN NEBRASKA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 3 COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA DUNDY HITCHCOCK RED WILLOW THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ARAPAHOE, ATWOOD, BENKELMAN, BIRD CITY, BURLINGTON, CHEYENNE WELLS, COLBY, CULBERTSON, GOODLAND, GRAINFIELD, GRINNELL, HILL CITY, HOXIE, MCCOOK, NORTON, OAKLEY, OBERLIN, PALISADE, QUINTER, SHARON SPRINGS, ST. FRANCIS, STRATTON NE, TRENTON, WRAY, AND YUMA.
Area Description: 
Cheyenne, CO; Kit Carson, CO; Yuma, CO; Cheyenne, KS; Decatur, KS; Gove, KS; Graham, KS; Logan, KS; Norton, KS; Rawlins, KS; Sheridan, KS; Sherman, KS; Thomas, KS; Wallace, KS; Dundy, NE; Hitchcock, NE; Red Willow, NE
Forcast Office: 
NWS Goodland KS
Sender: 
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov