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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 240, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 6, 2026, 9:55 PM CDT for Ford County, Gray County, Meade County, Kansas. It was in force for 50 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
- Aug 6, 2026, 9:55 PM CDT (02:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2026, 10:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Damage threat
- Considerable
- Hail
- 1.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS, Meade County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:57 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 9:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 38 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2581 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2100 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 275 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 23.9
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 Aug 6, 1:58 PM CDT, 7 hours 57 minutes earlier. Its key messages:
- Extremely hot weather will return for the weekend and early next week.
- A cold front mid next week is expected to bring cooler temperatures and moderate to high chances (up to 60%) for rain for the Wednesday night through Friday time frame.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 1:58 PM CDT, 7 hours 57 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Dodge City KS 158 PM CDT Thu Aug 6 2026 .KEY MESSAGES... - Extremely hot weather will return for the weekend and early next week. - A cold front mid next week is expected to bring cooler temperatures and moderate to high chances (up to 60%) for rain for the Wednesday night through Friday time frame. && .DISCUSSION... Issued at 116 PM CDT Thu Aug 6 2026 A stationary front will remain just south of Kansas through Friday. There is a very small chance of a t-storm this evening along the front near the KS/OK state line and any storm that manages to form could become severe with large hail. Later tonight some elevated convection may form across parts of central Kansas along a low to mid level baroclinic zone and then move eastward. However, the latest model guidance favors eastern Kansas. Chances for rain across southwest Kansas are very low this evening and tonight (20% or less), with highest chances (30-40%) across central Kansas. Upper level ridging will expand across the plains through the weekend and then persist into early next week. This will lead to very hot weather, with highs from 100-105 degrees Saturday and 102 to 107 by Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. However, given that the warm front will have shifted north of I-70, resulting in deep mixing and dilution of the moisture in the vertical, heat indices will stay a little below the actual temperature. Nevertheless, heat headlines may be required as we get closer to the weekend. The upper level ridge will begin to flatten out by mid next week. The biggest forecast problem is the amplitude of an upper level trough progressing from southwest Canada into the Great Lakes region that will push a cold front through Kansas. There is uncertainty among the various ensemble means and clusters about the strength and timing of the front. Wednesday should be cooler along I-70; but 100 degree heat may persist along the KS/OK state line, especially if the front is slow. T-storms are also a possibility by Wednesday as weak upper level impulses move across the Rockies and approach the high plains along the southern extremity of the westerlies. High temperatures in the 80s are strongly suggested by the ensemble means by Thursday, with the Grand Ensemble showing 60-70% chances for .5" or greater of rain across central and western Kansas during the Wednesday to Friday time frame. Keep in mind that the frontal location will make a large difference in rainfall patterns and the highest chances of heavier rains could shift southward if the frontal surge is stronger. The potential for locally heavier rain is expressed by the 75th/90th percentiles, which indicate 1" and even 2" rains. && .AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z FRIDAY/... Issued at 1225 PM CDT Thu Aug 6 2026 A nearly stationary front will be situated just south of Kansas through the period. This will result in light south to southeast winds at 12 kts or less through the period. MVFR CIGS (OVC012) at KHYS will gradually rise early in the period with daytime heating while scattering out. With daytime heating, scattered fair weather cumulus may develop at KGCK and KDDC, with bases rising from 3kft to 5kft. && .DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && DISCUSSION...Finch AVIATION...Finch
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 6, 9:22 PM CDT, 33 minutes before
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Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Dodge City KS 939 PM CDT Thu Aug 6 2026 KSZ078-070315- Ford KS- 939 PM CDT Thu Aug 6 2026 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN FORD COUNTY THROUGH 1015 PM CDT... At 939 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Wright, moving east at 20 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 northeastern Ford County. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 400 AM CDT for southwestern Kansas. && LAT...LON 3763 9994 3783 9985 3782 9957 3755 9956 TIME...MOT...LOC 0239Z 282DEG 17KT 3774 9983 MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN MAX WIND GUST...<30 MPH RBURG
Local storm report, Aug 6, 9:41 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
941 PM CDT Thu Aug 6 2026
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0930 PM Hail 4 NNW Montezuma 37.65N 100.48W
08/06/2026 E1.00 Inch Gray KS Public
&&
ASLocal storm report, Aug 6, 9:42 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
942 PM CDT Thu Aug 6 2026
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0942 PM Hail 4 NNW Montezuma 37.65N 100.48W
08/06/2026 E1.25 Inch Gray KS Public
&&
ASSpecial weather statement, Aug 6, 9:50 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
950 PM CDT Thu Aug 6 2026
KSZ077-087-070330-
Gray KS-Meade KS-
950 PM CDT Thu Aug 6 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTH CENTRAL MEADE AND
SOUTHWESTERN GRAY COUNTIES THROUGH 1030 PM CDT...
At 950 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Montezuma, moving southeast 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 storm will remain over mainly rural areas of north central Meade
and southwestern Gray Counties.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 400 AM CDT for
southwestern Kansas.
&&
LAT...LON 3750 10065 3764 10060 3745 10032 3737 10042
TIME...MOT...LOC 0250Z 294DEG 12KT 3757 10051
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
RBURGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark | 47 min |
| Aug 6, 7:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Clark | 44 min |
| Aug 6, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark | 38 min |
| Aug 6, 8:26 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DDC | Clark | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark | 17 min |
| Aug 6, 8:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Gray | 47 min |
| Aug 6, 9:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 40 min |
| Aug 6, 9:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 33 min |
| Aug 6, 9:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray | 43 min |
| Aug 6, 9:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton | 38 min |
| Aug 6, 9:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 36 min |
| Aug 6, 9:46 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DDC | Gray | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 9:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Gray | 40 min |
| Aug 6, 10:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Meade, Seward | 50 min |
| Aug 6, 11:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Seward | 37 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.