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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 195, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 21, 20254 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 21, 2025, 8:08 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 52 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: Jul 21, 2025, 8:08 PM CDT (01:08 UTC)
Expired: Jul 21, 2025, 9:00 PM CDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.88 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Ellis County, KS, Ness County, KS, Rush County, KS, Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 21, 7:08 PM CDT, 1 hour before

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Local storm report, Jul 21, 7:31 PM CDT, 37 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
731 PM CDT Mon Jul 21 2025

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

0713 PM     Tstm Wnd Gst     9 NNE Ellis             39.05N 99.47W
07/21/2025  M65 MPH          Ellis              KS   Public

            A mesonet station reported 65 mph gusts.

&&

MR

Local storm report, Jul 21, 8:07 PM CDT, 1 minute before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
807 PM CDT Mon Jul 21 2025

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

0802 PM     Tstm Wnd Gst     6 E Pfeifer             38.72N 99.06W
07/21/2025  M65 MPH          Ellis              KS   Public

&&

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 21, 7:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	Barber, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt	50 min
Jul 21, 7:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Trego	32 min
Jul 21, 7:16 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	Comanche	6 hr
Jul 21, 7:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Trego	50 min
Jul 21, 7:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Pratt	43 min
Jul 21, 7:57 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	Ellis, Trego	5 hr
Jul 21, 8:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ness, Trego	35 min
Jul 21, 8:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Barber	63 min
Jul 21, 8:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Pawnee, Stafford	42 min
Jul 21, 9:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	Edwards, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford	41 min
Jul 21, 9:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Barber, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt	61 min
Jul 21, 10:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Kiowa	16 min
Jul 21, 11:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Comanche	43 min
Jul 22, 12:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Pratt	28 min
Jul 22, 2:04 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	DDC	Barber	5 hr
Jul 22, 6:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Trego	28 min
Jul 22, 6:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Trego	27 min

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.