Weather Alerts For Bethune, CO

# SUMMARY -------------------- TORNADO WATCH 357 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 9 PM MDT /10 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. # DETAILS -------------------- ISSUED AT Saturday, June 20, 2026 at 2:40 PM MDT ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS HEADER WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION FOR WATCHES 357/358

Closest strike: 0.55 miles Stay Alert! Remain in a safe area until there has been no lightning within 10 miles of this location for 30 minutes. Please be aware that lightning activity can remain high even when a storm is moving away from your location. Even if rain has stopped, do not leave your safe area until WeatherBug indicates that lightning is more than 10 miles away from this selected location. IF OUTDOORS Avoid water, high ground, and open spaces. Avoid all metal objects including electric wires, fences, and machinery. Find a safe area in a building or in a fully enclosed vehicle with the windows completely shut. Unsafe places include underneath canopies, small picnic or rain shelters, convertibles, or near trees. IF INDOORS Avoid water and stay away from doors and windows. Avoid using a hard line telephone. Take off headphones. Turn off, unplug, and stay away from appliances, computers, power tools, and TV sets. Lightning may strike exterior electric and phone lines, inducing shocks to inside equipment.

There is a Slight Severe Storm Risk for your location. Continue reading for today's outlook from the National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center. -------------------- National Severe Storm Outlook THERE IS AN ENHANCED RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PARTS OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS SUMMARY Severe thunderstorms remain likely across parts of the central Plains mainly this afternoon and evening. Large to very large hail, severe winds (some 75+ mph), and a few tornadoes are possible. 20z Update WY/NE/CO/KS Scattered severe storms are likely over much of the central High Plains this afternoon and evening. Incipient convection is developing over the higher terrain/foothills and should spread eastward into a moist and destabilizing air mass. Aided by strong ascent from an upper trough and mid-level jet (observed via 18z RAOBs), supercells and organized clusters remain likely. All hazards are expected, with a focus for a few more persistent supercells and a strong tornado or two along a notable differential heating axis in southwestern NE. With time upscale growth into and MCS is likely tonight with a risk for damaging winds into the central Plains. Minor adjustments were made to the probabilities for the latest observed trends. For short term information see MCD #1212. Great Basin Scattered thunderstorms have developed over parts of NV and southern ID along a diffuse frontal zone. While moisture is limited, enough instability beneath the passing upper trough will support the potential for a few severe gusts. 5% wind probabilities were extended westward. See MCD #1213 for more info. Southeast Scattered to widespread thunderstorms continue across much of the Gulf Coast and Southeast States this afternoon. Sporadic damaging gusts remain possible with the stronger clusters across northern FL and southern LA. Weak shear will preclude much if any storm organization. 5% wind probabilities were adjusted to better match damaging wind potential.