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Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 14, 2025Trego County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 14, 2025, 4:53 AM CDT for Trego County, Kansas. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jun 14, 2025, 4:53 AM CDT (09:53 UTC)
Expired: Jun 14, 2025, 8:00 AM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 14, 8:00 AM CDT	RAIN 2.34	8 Wsw Trego Center, KS

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this flash flood warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 109 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 2111 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -80 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1551 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 308 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 7.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

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WGUS53 KDDC 140953
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
453 AM CDT Sat Jun 14 2025

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Southwestern Trego County in west central Kansas...

* Until 800 AM CDT.

* At 453 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 3 inches of rain 
  have fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin 
  shortly.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

  SOURCE...Radar.

  IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
           areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
           other poor drainage and low-lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Trego Center.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 
deaths occur in vehicles.

&&

LAT...LON 3870 9986 3870 9990 3870 9994 3870 9997
      3870 10000 3870 10001 3870 10004 3870 10006
      3870 10015 3876 10015 3878 10015 3883 10015
      3888 10015 3893 9983 3870 9983

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

JJOHNSON

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Dodge City, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jun 14, 2:05 AM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes earlier. Its key messages:

Another round of thunderstorm chances (20-30%) tonight.
Warming trend continues into early next week.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 2:05 AM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
205 AM CDT Sat Jun 14 2025

.KEY MESSAGES...

- Another round of thunderstorm chances (20-30%) tonight.

- Warming trend continues into early next week.

&&

.DISCUSSION...
Issued at 200 AM CDT Sat Jun 14 2025

WV imagery indicates weak ridging aloft building slowly northeast
through the Four Corners Region. Near the surface, a lee side trough
of low pressure remains anchored in extreme southeast Colorado.

Minimal thunderstorm chances (20-30%) pick back up tonight as the
SREF indicates another series of H5 vort maxima ejecting off an
amplifying ridge axis across the northern Colorado Rockies into the
high plains of northeast Colorado/western Nebraska this evening.
Near the surface, deep level moisture continues to pool ahead of the
anchored lee side trough axis in eastern Colorado with surface
dewpoints well up into mid/upper 60s(F) to the lower 70s(F), providing
more than ample instability with MLCAPE values in excess of 3500 to
4000 J/kg. Combined with steepening mid-level lapse rates associated
with peak daytime heating, thunderstorms are once again forecast to
develop in eastern/northeast Colorado late this afternoon/early evening,
then spread east-southeast into northwest Kansas/southwest Nebraska
overnight, and potentially into central Kansas early Sunday morning.
However, the magnitude of any thunderstorms looks to be more limited
as suggested by the HREF, only showing a 10-20% probability of 6-hr
QPF exceeding even 0.1 of an inch across portions of west central
and central Kansas. Similar conditions are expected Sunday with the
upper level ridge axis shifting only slightly easterward. Limited
thunderstorm chances (mainly in coverage) exist Monday as the upper
level ridge shifts farther east into the Central Plains.

The ongoing warming trend continues today as prevailing southeasterlies
reinforce a warming airmass across the region, pushing H85 temperatures
up around 25C in central Kansas to near 30C in extreme southwest Kansas.
With the HREF showing a 70-90% probability of temperatures topping
85F in central/south central Kansas to a better than an 80-90% probablity
of temperatures exceeding 90F in extreme southwest Kansas, expect
afternoon highs generally up into the upper 80s(F) in central Kansas
to widespread 90s(F) farther west/southwest. A little more widespread
lower/mid 90s(F) are likely Sunday and Monday as the upper level ridge
moves out of the Rockies into the Central Plains.

&&

.AVIATION /06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z SUNDAY/...
Issued at 1203 AM CDT Sat Jun 14 2025

A line of thunderstorms will continue to drift southeast through
northwest and portions of west central Kansas early this morning,
potentially affecting KHYS toward daybreak. Otherwise, primarily
VFR conditions are likely to prevail in vicinity of all TAF sites
through late afternoon. Light south-southeast winds are expected
to persist through much of the period as a lee side trough of low
pressure remains anchored in eastern Colorado.

&&

.DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
None.

&&

DISCUSSION...JJohnson
AVIATION...JJohnson

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 14, 3:24 AM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
324 AM CDT Sat Jun 14 2025

KSZ065-079-140900-
Pawnee KS-Edwards KS-
324 AM CDT Sat Jun 14 2025

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL PAWNEE AND NORTH CENTRAL
EDWARDS COUNTIES THROUGH 400 AM CDT...

At 324 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Sanford, moving north at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

This strong thunderstorm will be near...
  Sanford around 330 AM CDT.
  Rozel around 340 AM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3797 9928 3798 9941 3823 9946 3823 9921
TIME...MOT...LOC 0824Z 183DEG 18KT 3810 9934

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

KBJ

Special weather statement, Jun 14, 3:38 AM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
338 AM CDT Sat Jun 14 2025

KSZ043-044-061>063-074>077-140915-
Gray KS-Finney KS-Stanton KS-Lane KS-Kearny KS-Hamilton KS-Grant KS-
Scott KS-Haskell KS-
338 AM CDT Sat Jun 14 2025

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN HAMILTON...
KEARNY...FINNEY...SCOTT...GRANT...LANE...NORTHEASTERN STANTON...
NORTHWESTERN GRAY AND NORTHERN HASKELL COUNTIES THROUGH 415 AM
CDT/315 AM MDT/...

At 336 AM CDT/236 AM MDT/, Doppler radar was tracking a strong
thunderstorm 8 miles north of Garden City, moving north at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

This strong thunderstorm will be near...
  Friend around 355 AM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3827 10115 3827 10112 3870 10113 3870 10034
      3802 10050 3756 10079 3748 10156 3782 10170
TIME...MOT...LOC 0836Z 183DEG 18KT 3810 10090

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

KBJ

Special weather statement, Jun 14, 3:40 AM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
340 AM CDT Sat Jun 14 2025

KSZ030-031-044>046-064-065-079-140915-
Hodgeman KS-Rush KS-Pawnee KS-Trego KS-Lane KS-Ellis KS-Ness KS-
Edwards KS-
340 AM CDT Sat Jun 14 2025

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NESS...NORTHEASTERN HODGEMAN...
TREGO...NORTHEASTERN LANE...NORTHWESTERN PAWNEE...WESTERN RUSH...
NORTHWESTERN EDWARDS AND WESTERN ELLIS COUNTIES THROUGH 415 AM CDT...

At 339 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Bazine, moving north at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

This strong thunderstorm will be near...
  Brownell around 355 AM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3893 9961 3878 9959 3868 9939 3810 9919
      3806 9955 3844 9990 3848 10032 3870 10036
      3870 10015 3913 10015 3913 9952
TIME...MOT...LOC 0839Z 183DEG 18KT 3849 9973

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

KBJ

Special weather statement, Jun 14, 4:13 AM CDT, 40 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
413 AM CDT Sat Jun 14 2025

KSZ030-031-044>046-064-065-140945-
Hodgeman KS-Rush KS-Pawnee KS-Trego KS-Lane KS-Ellis KS-Ness KS-
413 AM CDT Sat Jun 14 2025

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NESS...NORTHEASTERN HODGEMAN...
TREGO...EAST CENTRAL LANE...NORTHWESTERN PAWNEE...RUSH AND ELLIS
COUNTIES THROUGH 445 AM CDT...

At 413 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 8 miles north of Ogallah to 6 miles south of
Trego Center to near Alamota. Movement was east at 40 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Strong thunderstorms will be near...
  Ransom, Alamota, Arnold, Beeler, Riga, and Cedar Bluff around 420
  AM CDT.
  Ellis and Brownell around 425 AM CDT.
  Ness City around 430 AM CDT.

Other locations in the path of these storms include Yocemento.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3902 9904 3857 9914 3815 9975 3849 10050
      3871 10014 3913 10015 3913 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 0913Z 290DEG 42KT 3910 9971 3878 9992 3848 10037

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

JJOHNSON

Special weather statement, Jun 14, 4:42 AM CDT, 11 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
442 AM CDT Sat Jun 14 2025

KSZ030-031-141015-
Trego KS-Ellis KS-
442 AM CDT Sat Jun 14 2025

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN TREGO AND NORTHERN
ELLIS COUNTIES THROUGH 515 AM CDT...

At 442 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9
miles north of Ellis, moving east at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of northeastern Trego
and northern Ellis Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3889 9904 3892 9962 3913 9962 3913 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 0942Z 273DEG 18KT 3906 9951

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

JJOHNSON

Special weather statement, Jun 14, 4:45 AM CDT, 8 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
445 AM CDT Sat Jun 14 2025

KSZ030-031-045-046-063>065-078-079-141015-
Finney KS-Hodgeman KS-Rush KS-Pawnee KS-Trego KS-Ellis KS-Ness KS-
Edwards KS-Ford KS-
445 AM CDT Sat Jun 14 2025

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTH CENTRAL FORD...EAST CENTRAL
FINNEY...EASTERN NESS...HODGEMAN...SOUTHEASTERN TREGO...NORTHWESTERN
PAWNEE...RUSH...NORTHWESTERN EDWARDS AND SOUTHERN ELLIS COUNTIES
THROUGH 515 AM CDT...

At 444 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Brownell to 10 miles south of Bazine to
near Kalvesta. Movement was southeast at 40 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Strong thunderstorms will be near...
  Bazine, McCracken, Alexander, and Kalvesta around 450 AM CDT.
  Gray, Jetmore, Burdett, and Hanston around 455 AM CDT.
  Nekoma and Hargrave around 500 AM CDT.

Other locations in the path of these storms include Rozel.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3877 9904 3819 9918 3784 9995 3798 10023
      3800 10023 3800 10026 3808 10041 3841 9991
      3878 9978
TIME...MOT...LOC 0944Z 298DEG 42KT 3868 9971 3829 9974 3811 10033

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

JJOHNSON

The office that day

Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 14, 1:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hamilton	12 min
Jun 14, 1:22 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hamilton	23 min
Jun 14, 1:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hamilton	31 min
Jun 14, 2:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Kearny	33 min
Jun 14, 2:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ness	36 min
Jun 14, 2:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hamilton, Kearny, Scott	33 min
Jun 14, 2:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ness	45 min
Jun 14, 3:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Kearny	35 min
Jun 14, 3:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Trego	33 min
Jun 14, 3:21 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ness	24 min
Jun 14, 3:21 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Scott	24 min
Jun 14, 3:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Pawnee	36 min
Jun 14, 3:38 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Finney, Grant, Haskell, Kearny, Lane, Scott	37 min
Jun 14, 3:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ness, Pawnee, Trego	35 min
Jun 14, 4:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ellis, Lane, Ness, Rush, Trego	32 min
Jun 14, 4:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ellis	33 min
Jun 14, 4:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hodgeman, Pawnee, Rush	30 min
Jun 14, 5:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Pawnee	32 min
Jun 14, 5:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Edwards, Kiowa, Pawnee	34 min
Jun 14, 5:56 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	Hodgeman, Ness	3 hr
Jun 14, 6:07 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Barber, Comanche, Pratt, Stafford	23 min
Jun 14, 6:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Comanche, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford	38 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.