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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 206, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 3, 2026Morton County, Stevens County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2026, 4:23 PM CDT for Morton County, Stevens County, Kansas. It was in force for 52 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: Jul 3, 2026, 4:23 PM CDT (21:23 UTC)
Expired: Jul 3, 2026, 5:15 PM CDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Hail: 1.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Morton County, KS, Stevens County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 154 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 432 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: 595 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -125 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1145 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 4 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 53 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 Jul 3, 12:00 PM CDT, 4 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 12:00 PM CDT, 4 hours 23 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 3, 11:13 AM CDT, 5 hours 10 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 3, 3:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 3, 3:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 3, 3:47 PM CDT, 36 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 3, 4:16 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
416 PM CDT Fri Jul 3 2026

KSZ084-085-032200-
Stevens KS-Morton KS-
416 PM CDT Fri Jul 3 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN MORTON AND
NORTHWESTERN STEVENS COUNTIES THROUGH 500 PM CDT...

At 416 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 11
miles north of Feterita, moving east at 5 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.

This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of northeastern Morton
and northwestern Stevens Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3725 10162 3736 10163 3739 10137 3716 10133
TIME...MOT...LOC 2116Z 263DEG 6KT 3731 10156

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

TATRO

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 2, 7:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Gray	41 min
Jul 2, 7:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	Grant, Morton, Stanton, Stevens	48 min
Jul 2, 7:32 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	Grant, Stanton	2 hr
Jul 2, 7:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Gray	47 min
Jul 2, 8:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Morton, Stanton, Stevens	33 min
Jul 2, 8:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Gray, Hodgeman	44 min
Jul 2, 9:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Stanton	43 min
Jul 2, 9:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Gray	50 min
Jul 2, 9:52 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DDC	Grant, Stanton	4 hr
Jul 2, 11:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ellis, Rush	44 min
Jul 3, 3:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Stevens	42 min
Jul 3, 3:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Morton	25 min
Jul 3, 3:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Morton, Stevens	50 min
Jul 3, 3:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Stevens	28 min
Jul 3, 4:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Stevens	44 min
Jul 3, 5:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Seward	44 min
Jul 3, 5:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Stevens	43 min
Jul 3, 5:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Stevens	24 min
Jul 3, 5:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Stevens	43 min
Jul 3, 5:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Seward	44 min
Jul 3, 6:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ellis, Trego	49 min

Nearby

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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.