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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 213, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 9, 2026Barber County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 2026, 5:39 PM CDT for Barber 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: Jul 9, 2026, 5:39 PM CDT (22:39 UTC)
Expired: Jul 9, 2026, 6:30 PM CDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Barber County, KS

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 251 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: 182 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -328 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2016 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 241 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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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 9, 4:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 9, 4:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 9, 4:08 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
408 PM CDT Thu Jul 9 2026

KSZ078-080-092145-
Kiowa KS-Ford KS-
408 PM CDT Thu Jul 9 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT EAST CENTRAL FORD AND
NORTHWESTERN KIOWA COUNTIES THROUGH 445 PM CDT...

At 408 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Mullinville. This thunderstorm was nearly stationary.

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 storm will remain over mainly rural areas of east central Ford
and northwestern Kiowa Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3759 9964 3767 9963 3770 9934 3747 9938
TIME...MOT...LOC 2108Z 283DEG 3KT 3761 9957

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

TATRO

Special weather statement, Jul 9, 4:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
421 PM CDT Thu Jul 9 2026

KSZ080-092200-
Kiowa KS-
421 PM CDT Thu Jul 9 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY
THROUGH 500 PM CDT...

At 421 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Haviland, moving east at 15 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 strong thunderstorm will be near...
  Haviland around 425 PM CDT.
  Wellsford around 440 PM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3755 9926 3762 9926 3771 9902 3748 9902
TIME...MOT...LOC 2121Z 267DEG 13KT 3759 9918

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

TATRO

Special weather statement, Jul 9, 5:02 PM CDT, 37 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 9, 5:28 PM CDT, 11 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 8, 8:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Seward, Stevens	51 min
Jul 9, 3:24 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	DDC	Barber	5 hr
Jul 9, 4:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Kiowa	37 min
Jul 9, 4:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Kiowa	39 min
Jul 9, 4:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Kiowa	48 min
Jul 9, 5:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Kiowa	28 min
Jul 9, 5:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Finney	32 min
Jul 9, 5:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Gray	38 min
Jul 9, 6:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ford	28 min
Jul 9, 6:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hodgeman	37 min
Jul 9, 6:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Ford	27 min
Jul 9, 6:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber	16 min
Jul 9, 6:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Edwards	38 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.