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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 190, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 30, 2026Scott County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 2026, 7:04 PM CDT for Scott County, Kansas. It was in force for 41 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 30, 2026, 7:04 PM CDT (00:04 UTC)
Expired: Jun 30, 2026, 7:45 PM CDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Scott County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 30, 3:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 118 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: 1954 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -90 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1555 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 76 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 187 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 12.8

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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 30, 5:08 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 5:08 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 30, 5:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
412 PM MDT Tue Jun 30 2026

KSZ061-302245-
Hamilton KS-
412 PM MDT Tue Jun 30 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHERN HAMILTON COUNTY THROUGH
445 PM MDT...

At 411 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9
miles south of Coolidge, moving northeast at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

This strong thunderstorm will be near...
  Syracuse around 430 PM MDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM MDT for
southwestern Kansas.

&&

LAT...LON 3807 10204 3817 10178 3795 10162 3784 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2211Z 238DEG 27KT 3791 10200

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

TATRO

Special weather statement, Jun 30, 5:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
559 PM CDT Tue Jun 30 2026

KSZ074-084-302345-
Stanton KS-Morton KS-
559 PM CDT Tue Jun 30 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN MORTON AND
SOUTHWESTERN STANTON COUNTIES THROUGH 645 PM CDT...

At 559 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9
miles east of Stonington, or 12 miles south of The Saunders Elevator,
moving northeast at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 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.

Locations impacted include...
  Manter.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for
southwestern Kansas.

&&

LAT...LON 3747 10204 3760 10197 3746 10168 3708 10201
      3713 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2259Z 210DEG 22KT 3729 10201

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

TATRO

Local storm report, Jun 30, 6:23 PM CDT, 41 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
623 PM CDT Tue Jun 30 2026

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

0615 PM     Tstm Wnd Gst     1 N Syracuse            38.00N 101.75W
06/30/2026  M62 MPH          Hamilton           KS   AWOS

            AWOS station K3K3 Syracuse.

&&

Local storm report, Jun 30, 6:57 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
657 PM CDT Tue Jun 30 2026

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

0657 PM     Tstm Wnd Gst     22 NNW Lakin            38.25N 101.38W
06/30/2026  M59 MPH          Kearny             KS   Mesonet

&&

Local storm report, Jun 30, 6:59 PM CDT, 5 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
659 PM CDT Tue Jun 30 2026

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

0659 PM     Tstm Wnd Gst     Lakin                   37.94N 101.26W
06/30/2026  E65 MPH          Kearny             KS   Public

&&

Local storm report, Jun 30, 7:00 PM CDT, 4 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
700 PM CDT Tue Jun 30 2026

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

0658 PM     Tstm Wnd Gst     10 S Kendall            37.79N 101.53W
06/30/2026  E59 MPH          Hamilton           KS   Mesonet

&&

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 30, 7:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Gray, Lane, Scott	57 min
Jun 30, 8:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Lane, Ness, Trego	41 min
Jun 30, 8:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ellis, Ness, Rush, Trego	57 min
Jun 30, 9:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Rush	40 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.