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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 135, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 29, 2025Hamilton County, Kearny County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 2025, 10:05 PM MDT for Hamilton County, Kearny County, Kansas. It was in force for 25 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 29, 2025, 10:05 PM MDT (04:05 UTC)
Expired: Jun 29, 2025, 10:30 PM MDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Hamilton County, KS, Kearny County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 148 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: 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, 5:09 PM MDT, 4 hours 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 29, 5:09 PM MDT, 4 hours 56 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 29, 2:52 AM MDT, 19 hours 13 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

Local storm report, Jun 29, 8:44 PM MDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 29, 8:45 PM MDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 29, 9:17 PM MDT, 48 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 29, 9:28 PM MDT, 37 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1028 PM CDT Sun Jun 29 2025

KSZ062-063-300415-
Finney KS-Kearny KS-
1028 PM CDT Sun Jun 29 2025

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN KEARNY AND SOUTHWESTERN
FINNEY COUNTIES THROUGH 1115 PM CDT...

At 1028 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Lakin. This thunderstorm was nearly stationary.

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.

This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of southern Kearny and
southwestern Finney Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3803 10101 3774 10107 3774 10153 3802 10154
TIME...MOT...LOC 0328Z 108DEG 2KT 3789 10121

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

TATRO

Special weather statement, Jun 29, 9:45 PM MDT, 20 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 29, 9:57 PM MDT, 8 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1057 PM CDT Sun Jun 29 2025

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1051 PM     Hail             Lakin                   37.94N 101.26W
06/29/2025  M1.50 Inch       Kearny             KS   Public

            social media post.

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GT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 29, 6:03 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Morton	42 min
Jun 29, 6:33 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Morton	42 min
Jun 29, 6:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Morton	15 min
Jun 29, 8:38 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Stanton	37 min
Jun 29, 8:45 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Kearny	45 min
Jun 29, 9:17 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Grant	43 min
Jun 29, 9:28 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Kearny	47 min
Jun 29, 9:45 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Grant	45 min
Jun 29, 9:55 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Kearny	11 min
Jun 29, 10:17 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Haskell	43 min
Jun 29, 10:52 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Meade	38 min
Jun 29, 11:07 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	DDC	Kearny	3 hr
Jun 30, 1:21 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	DDC	Barber, Pratt	3 hr
Jun 30, 2:10 AM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	Barber	6 hr
Jun 30, 2:57 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ellis, Trego	48 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.