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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 4, 2025, 11:56 PM CDT for Lane County, Scott County, Kansas. It was in force for 49 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 4, 2025, 11:56 PM CDT (04:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 5, 2025, 12:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Lane County, KS, Scott County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 105 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1013 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -361 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1628 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 170 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
460 WUUS53 KDDC 050456 SVRDDC KSC101-171-050545- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0252.250905T0456Z-250905T0545Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Dodge City KS 1156 PM CDT Thu Sep 4 2025 The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southeastern Scott County in west central Kansas... Southwestern Lane County in west central Kansas... * Until 1245 AM CDT. * At 1156 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Shallow Water, moving east at 20 mph. HAZARD...Quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. * This severe thunderstorm will be near... Grigston around 1215 AM CDT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 3835 10092 3842 10094 3851 10063 3830 10061 TIME...MOT...LOC 0456Z 262DEG 16KT 3840 10085 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...<50 MPH $$ RBURG
2 follow-up statements
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WWUS53 KDDC 050504
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1204 AM CDT Fri Sep 5 2025
KSC101-171-050545-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-250905T0545Z/
Scott KS-Lane KS-
1204 AM CDT Fri Sep 5 2025
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN SCOTT AND SOUTHWESTERN LANE COUNTIES...
At 1204 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Grigston,
moving east at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind
damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
This severe storm will be near...
Grigston around 1215 AM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3836 10089 3842 10092 3851 10063 3830 10061
TIME...MOT...LOC 0504Z 262DEG 16KT 3841 10080
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
RBURG721
WWUS53 KDDC 050527
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1227 AM CDT Fri Sep 5 2025
KSC101-171-050545-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-250905T0545Z/
Scott KS-Lane KS-
1227 AM CDT Fri Sep 5 2025
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN SCOTT AND SOUTHWESTERN LANE COUNTIES...
At 1226 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Grigston,
moving east at 10 mph.
HAZARD...Two inch hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind
damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
southeastern Scott and southwestern Lane Counties.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3834 10080 3842 10082 3851 10063 3830 10061
TIME...MOT...LOC 0526Z 268DEG 11KT 3838 10075
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
RBURGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 11:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Clark | 33 min |
| Sep 4, 11:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Scott | 38 min |
| Sep 5, 12:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Lane, Scott | 50 min |
| Sep 5, 1:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Scott | 17 min |
| Sep 5, 1:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness | 33 min |
| Sep 5, 4:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney | 32 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.