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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 290, NWS Dodge City, KS

September 22, 2025Finney County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 22, 2025, 9:59 PM CDT for Finney County, Kansas. It was in force for 14 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
Sep 22, 2025, 9:59 PM CDT (02:59 UTC)
Expired
Sep 22, 2025, 10:13 PM CDT
In force
14 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Finney County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 22, 8:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 80 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 2025-09-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 578 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 2025-09-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 41 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
578 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-222 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1730 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
155 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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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 Sep 22, 6:11 PM CDT, 3 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 22, 6:11 PM CDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 22, 3:49 AM CDT, 18 hours 10 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
349 AM CDT Mon Sep 22 2025

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-230900-
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-
349 AM CDT Mon Sep 22 2025 /249 AM MDT Mon Sep 22 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

Severe storms are expected Monday evening and last into the night.
All hazards are expected to be possible including flooding
potential. It is not forecast to be a higher end event, but there
is a widespread tangible severe threat.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed if Monday's event evolves and
becomes a higher end event with a serious and widespread severe
threat.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 22, 8:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 22, 8:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGrant37 min
Sep 22, 9:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCScott39 min
Sep 22, 9:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Grant, Haskell29 min
Sep 22, 9:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCSeward, Stevens39 min
Sep 22, 9:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFinney37 min
Sep 22, 10:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMeade33 min
Sep 22, 10:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMeade, Seward52 min
Sep 22, 10:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Scott26 min
Sep 22, 11:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCScott25 min
Sep 22, 11:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCClark41 min
Sep 22, 11:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCScott43 min
Sep 22, 11:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Scott36 min
Sep 22, 11:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCClark, Comanche53 min
Sep 23, 12:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCLane, Ness44 min
Sep 23, 12:24 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCBarber, Comanche, Pratt36 min
Sep 23, 12:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCPratt45 min
Sep 23, 1:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCLane45 min
Sep 23, 1:02 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCPratt43 min
Sep 23, 1:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Pratt51 min
Sep 23, 1:34 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningDDCLane, Ness, Scott8 hr

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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.