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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 128, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 23, 2025Ford County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 2025, 5:49 PM CDT for Ford County, Kansas. It was in force for 56 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 23, 2025, 5:49 PM CDT (22:49 UTC)
Expired: Jun 23, 2025, 6:45 PM CDT
In force: 56 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Ford County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 10 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 9 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: 521 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -323 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1256 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -80 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 221 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.9

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 23, 3:18 PM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 23, 3:18 PM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 23, 3:11 AM CDT, 14 hours 38 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
311 AM CDT Mon Jun 23 2025

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-240815-
Trego-Ellis-Scott-Lane-Ness-Rush-Hamilton-Kearny-Finney-Hodgeman-
Pawnee-Stafford-Stanton-Grant-Haskell-Gray-Ford-Edwards-Kiowa-
Pratt-Morton-Stevens-Seward-Meade-Clark-Comanche-Barber-
311 AM CDT Mon Jun 23 2025 /211 AM MDT Mon Jun 23 2025/

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central Kansas,
south central Kansas, southwest Kansas, and west central Kansas.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Thunderstorms will be likely late today and early tonight. The
main hazards from the strongest storms will be heavy rainfall,
wind gusts up to 60 mph and possibly isolated hail up to the size
of a quarter.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday

A slight chance for strong thunderstorms will be possible on
Tuesday, mainly across west central and north central Kansas.
Heavy rainfall and gusty winds will be the main hazards from these
storms.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed but rainfall reports are
encouraged.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 23, 3:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 23, 3:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 23, 4:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 23, 5:10 PM CDT, 39 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 23, 5:23 PM CDT, 26 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
523 PM CDT Mon Jun 23 2025

KSZ077-078-087-088-232315-
Gray KS-Meade KS-Clark KS-Ford KS-
523 PM CDT Mon Jun 23 2025

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN FORD...NORTHERN
MEADE...SOUTHEASTERN GRAY AND NORTHWESTERN CLARK COUNTIES THROUGH 615
PM CDT...

At 523 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong
thunderstorms along a line extending from near Meade to near Fowler.
Movement was north at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and nickel 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...
  Meade, Fowler, and Missler around 530 PM CDT.

Other locations in the path of these storms include Ensign and The
Haggard Elev.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

These storms may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.

&&

LAT...LON 3761 10055 3772 9971 3719 10008 3726 10054
TIME...MOT...LOC 2223Z 191DEG 29KT 3725 10040 3737 10014

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

UMSCHEID

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 23, 3:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Haskell, Hodgeman	90 min
Jun 23, 3:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Kiowa, Pratt	47 min
Jun 23, 4:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Gray, Hodgeman	53 min
Jun 23, 4:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Haskell	88 min
Jun 23, 4:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Meade	54 min
Jun 23, 5:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hodgeman, Pawnee	50 min
Jun 23, 5:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ford, Meade	52 min
Jun 23, 5:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pawnee, Rush	37 min
Jun 23, 6:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Pawnee	43 min
Jun 23, 6:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Rush	40 min
Jun 23, 6:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hodgeman	47 min
Jun 23, 6:38 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	DDC	Hodgeman, Pawnee	3 hr
Jun 23, 6:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney	26 min
Jun 23, 6:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hodgeman, Pawnee	57 min
Jun 23, 6:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Morton, Stevens	56 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.