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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 171, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 23, 2026Finney County, Haskell County, Kearny County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 2026, 5:39 AM CDT for Finney County, Haskell County, Kearny County, Kansas. It was in force for 51 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 23, 2026, 5:39 AM CDT (10:39 UTC)
Expired: Jun 23, 2026, 6:30 AM CDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

Counties Finney County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Kearny County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 95 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: 444 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -291 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 966 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 132 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 23, 1:31 AM CDT, 4 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 23, 1:31 AM CDT, 4 hours 8 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 23, 4:19 AM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 23, 4:36 AM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 23, 4:42 AM CDT, 57 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 23, 5:00 AM CDT, 39 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
500 AM CDT Tue Jun 23 2026

KSZ043-062>064-076-077-231030-
Gray KS-Finney KS-Hodgeman KS-Kearny KS-Scott KS-Haskell KS-
500 AM CDT Tue Jun 23 2026

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN KEARNY...FINNEY...
SOUTHWESTERN SCOTT...WEST CENTRAL HODGEMAN...NORTHERN GRAY AND
NORTHERN HASKELL COUNTIES THROUGH 530 AM CDT...

At 500 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 12 miles southeast of Friend to near Plymell to
8 miles north of Lakin. Movement was southeast at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 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.

Strong thunderstorms will be near...
  Lakin, Deerfield, and Plymell around 505 AM CDT.
  Pierceville around 510 AM CDT.
  Charleston around 515 AM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3826 10152 3826 10113 3828 10112 3827 10072
      3806 10014 3766 10045 3773 10109 3774 10109
      3774 10119
TIME...MOT...LOC 1000Z 311DEG 39KT 3817 10070 3789 10089 3805 10131

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

JJOHNSON

Special weather statement, Jun 23, 5:12 AM CDT, 27 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
512 AM CDT Tue Jun 23 2026

KSZ087-088-231045-
Meade KS-Clark KS-
512 AM CDT Tue Jun 23 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT EASTERN MEADE AND WESTERN CLARK
COUNTIES THROUGH 545 AM CDT...

At 512 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Meade, moving southeast at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible.

This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of eastern Meade and
western Clark Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3731 10042 3744 10027 3737 9990 3700 9987
      3700 10032
TIME...MOT...LOC 1012Z 313DEG 27KT 3729 10023

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...<30 MPH

JJOHNSON

Special weather statement, Jun 23, 5:30 AM CDT, 9 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
530 AM CDT Tue Jun 23 2026

KSZ062-063-075>077-231100-
Gray KS-Finney KS-Kearny KS-Grant KS-Haskell KS-
530 AM CDT Tue Jun 23 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN KEARNY...
SOUTHWESTERN FINNEY...NORTHEASTERN GRANT...WEST CENTRAL GRAY AND
NORTHWESTERN HASKELL COUNTIES THROUGH 600 AM CDT...

At 530 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7
miles northwest of Plymell, moving southeast at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible.

This strong thunderstorm will be near...
  Plymell around 540 AM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3798 10134 3815 10108 3785 10058 3752 10096
TIME...MOT...LOC 1030Z 313DEG 27KT 3788 10099

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...<30 MPH

JJOHNSON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 23, 3:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Meade	30 min
Jun 23, 4:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Meade	27 min
Jun 23, 4:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Scott	30 min
Jun 23, 4:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Gray	26 min
Jun 23, 4:36 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Finney, Gray, Kearny	24 min
Jun 23, 4:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Meade	33 min
Jun 23, 5:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Finney, Gray, Kearny	30 min
Jun 23, 5:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Meade	33 min
Jun 23, 5:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Kearny	30 min
Jun 23, 6:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Haskell	51 min
Jun 23, 7:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Meade	29 min
Jun 23, 7:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Gray, Haskell, Meade	40 min
Jun 23, 7:36 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Haskell	39 min
Jun 23, 7:37 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Meade	38 min
Jun 23, 7:51 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	Gray, Haskell	6 hr
Jun 23, 7:55 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	Finney, Kearny	3 hr
Jun 23, 7:57 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	Meade	3 hr
Jun 23, 8:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Scott	30 min
Jun 23, 8:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Lane, Scott	23 min
Jun 23, 1:42 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	DDC	Haskell	6 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.