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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 121, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 13, 2026Ford County, Kiowa County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2026, 6:51 PM CDT for Ford County, Kiowa County, Kansas. It was in force for 39 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 13, 2026, 6:51 PM CDT (23:51 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2026, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Ford County, KS, Kiowa County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:56 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
Jun 13, 5:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 331 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, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2026-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 582 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, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2026-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -61 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
582 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-109 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
774 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-69 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 13, 5:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes earlier. Its key messages:

  • Severe weather potential tonight along and east of a Liberal to Larned line
  • Cooler temperatures for Sunday and Monday
  • 100 degree weather returns for the middle of next week
Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 5:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
500 PM CDT Sat Jun 13 2026

.KEY MESSAGES...

- Severe weather potential tonight along and east of a Liberal to
Larned line

- Cooler temperatures for Sunday and Monday

- 100 degree weather returns for the middle of next week

&&

.DISCUSSION...
Issued at 1248 PM CDT Sat Jun 13 2026

18Z synopsis shows an upper level shortwave in the 500-700 mb range
extending from western Kansas into eastern Colorado and a subsequent
surface low with frontal boundaries located from around Scott City,
KS to Springfield, CO.  Ahead of the front compressional heating is
causing early afternoon temperatures to increase into the low 90s
and we should be on our way to forecast highs of near 100 by late
afternoon.

Tonight short term models and CAMs are continuing to indicate
movement of the cold front to be located along the US-56 corridor by
late afternoon and early evening and with the subsequent 700 mb
shortwave in this area we should see the lift and moisture (dew
points 60 and above) needed for thunderstorm development around 5
PM. Skew T soundings show DCAPE values over 1500 J/kg and bulk shear
values in our far east zones to be in the 30-40 kt range.  Storms
should grow upscale quickly along the front that the hail threat
will be concentrated in the first few hours and then the damaging
wind threat will take over.  With the forecast position of the front
this should line up well with the current SPC slight risk that is
located along and east of a Liberal to Larned line.  Post frontal
winds should also be breezy with a tightening pressure gradient and
subsequent runs of the HRRR have been increasing post frontal gusts
to 40-50 mph around the Dodge City area this evening.  The initial
round of storm should move into south central Kansas and northern
Oklahoma by around 10 pm and then a second wave will move through
western Kansas that could lead to another round of rain by sunrise.
With the cooler and more stable air this round of precipitation
should have much thunder with it.

Sunday and into Monday temperatures should be cooler with highs in
the 70s.  Upper level flow will be out of the northwest and boundary
layer winds will be easterly both days.  Rain chances could return
on Monday with a shortwave embedded in the northwest flow moving
into Kansas however there is low confidence in where the
precipitation will develop so I kept POPs around 10-20%.

Long term ensembles show a building ridge over the western CONUS and
the return of southwest winds near the surface starting on Tuesday.
By Wednesday the core of the hotter air should enter into southwest
Kansas with forecast 850 mb temperatures in the 30-34 (C) range. NBM
mean MaxT on Wednesday is in the 102-105 range and the 75% is in the
106-108 range.  This leads to higher confidence we will have one of
the warmest days of the year so far on Wednesday.  The heat event
should be short lived as a cold front is forecast to come in for
Thursday.

&&

.AVIATION /00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z MONDAY/...
Issued at 500 PM CDT Sat Jun 13 2026

VFR is expected through TAF pd. A cold front will move across the
terminals this evening. It has already passed through KGCK at this
point and will pass the rest of the terminals in the 00-03Z period.
TSRA will be likely along the front and have tempo and cb groups
to account for this possibility. Gusty winds of 50+ kt could be possible
if storms turn +TSRA. It is uncertain where severe storms could be
at this point. Will watch and amend if severe wind trends become
apparent. Otherwise, gusty N to NE winds around 20 kt with gusts around
30 kt are expected in the wake of the fropa. Winds will weaken through
the day on Sunday.

&&

.DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
Heat Advisory until 7 PM CDT this evening for KSZ090.

&&

DISCUSSION...Tatro
AVIATION...Sugden

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 7:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMorton24 min
Jun 12, 7:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMorton, Stanton, Stevens47 min
Jun 12, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatDDCGrant, Morton, Stanton, Stevens46 min
Jun 12, 9:25 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCMorton3 hr
Jun 12, 9:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGrant, Morton, Stevens31 min
Jun 12, 9:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCSeward, Stevens32 min
Jun 12, 10:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCSeward, Stevens31 min
Jun 12, 10:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHaskell, Meade, Seward35 min
Jun 12, 11:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCScott29 min
Jun 12, 11:20 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryDDCBarber20 hr
Jun 12, 11:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCClark, Meade29 min
Jun 12, 11:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatDDCClark, Comanche, Ford, Gray, Kiowa, Meade48 min
Jun 13, 12:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatDDCClark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Kiowa34 min
Jun 13, 12:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKiowa29 min
Jun 13, 1:05 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCBarber55 min
Jun 13, 3:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMorton29 min
Jun 13, 4:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCSeward47 min
Jun 13, 5:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCSeward26 min
Jun 13, 5:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHodgeman31 min
Jun 13, 5:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Ford, Hodgeman36 min
Jun 13, 5:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHodgeman27 min
Jun 13, 5:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee, Rush38 min
Jun 13, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee31 min
Jun 13, 6:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMeade29 min
Jun 13, 6:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Ford, Hodgeman37 min
Jun 13, 6:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCSeward35 min
Jun 13, 6:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEdwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Pawnee, Rush90 min
Jun 13, 6:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Hodgeman, Pawnee28 min
Jun 13, 6:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMeade, Seward18 min
Jun 13, 6:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee, Rush, Stafford50 min
Jun 13, 6:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Ford, Kiowa35 min
Jun 13, 6:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee34 min
Jun 13, 6:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCSeward29 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.