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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 133, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 29, 2025Morton County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 2025, 7:42 PM CDT for Morton County, Kansas. It was in force for 15 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued
Jun 29, 2025, 7:42 PM CDT (00:42 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 2025, 7:57 PM CDT
In force
15 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Morton County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 173 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 180 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2025-06-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2120 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2025-06-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -6 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
2120 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2377 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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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 29, 6:09 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 29, 6:09 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 29, 3:52 AM CDT, 15 hours 50 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
352 AM CDT Sun Jun 29 2025

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-300900-
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-
352 AM CDT Sun Jun 29 2025 /252 AM MDT Sun Jun 29 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

Scattered to numerous thunderstorms are forecast along an
approaching cold front late This afternoon and Tonight. At this
time, it appears most storms will remain below severe levels given
the lack of appreciable atmospheric wind shear however locally
damaging wind is possible.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 29, 6:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 29, 7:03 PM CDT, 39 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 29, 7:33 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 7:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMorton42 min
Jun 29, 7:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMorton42 min
Jun 29, 9:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStanton37 min
Jun 29, 9:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKearny45 min
Jun 29, 10:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGrant43 min
Jun 29, 10:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKearny47 min
Jun 29, 10:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGrant45 min
Jun 29, 10:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKearny11 min
Jun 29, 11:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton, Kearny25 min
Jun 29, 11:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHaskell43 min
Jun 29, 11:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMeade38 min
Jun 30, 12:07 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryDDCKearny3 hr
Jun 30, 2:21 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryDDCBarber, Pratt3 hr
Jun 30, 3:10 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCBarber6 hr
Jun 30, 3:57 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEllis, Trego48 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2025Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2025

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.