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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Dodge City, KS

August 13, 2026Trego County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 2026, 9:53 PM CDT for Trego County, Kansas. It was in force for 52 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Aug 13, 2026, 9:53 PM CDT (02:53 UTC)
Expired
Aug 13, 2026, 10:45 PM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 13, 10:18 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 654 Wnw Ogallah, KS

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 131 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2026-08-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 552 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2026-08-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -1 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
552 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3475 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
4 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-36 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

905 
WUUS53 KDDC 140253
SVRDDC
KSC195-140345-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0252.260814T0253Z-260814T0345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
953 PM CDT Thu Aug 13 2026

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Trego County in west central Kansas...

* Until 1045 PM CDT.

* At 953 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Trego Center,
  moving north at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
  Wakeeney around 1010 PM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3876 9976 3879 10004 3910 10015 3913 10015
      3913 9962
TIME...MOT...LOC 0253Z 190DEG 24KT 3885 9986 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

HOVORKA
1 follow-up statement
272 
WWUS53 KDDC 140309
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1009 PM CDT Thu Aug 13 2026

KSC195-140345-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-260814T0345Z/
Trego KS-
1009 PM CDT Thu Aug 13 2026

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CDT
FOR NORTHERN TREGO COUNTY...

At 1009 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Wakeeney,
moving north at 30 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to 
         roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
  Wakeeney.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3885 9974 3887 9998 3913 10014 3913 9962
TIME...MOT...LOC 0309Z 190DEG 24KT 3896 9984 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

HOVORKA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 13, 7:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHamilton41 min
Aug 13, 7:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHamilton26 min
Aug 13, 8:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCNess, Rush32 min
Aug 13, 8:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Rush27 min
Aug 13, 8:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFinney, Lane31 min
Aug 13, 8:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Lane25 min
Aug 13, 8:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Ness, Trego34 min
Aug 13, 9:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCLane, Ness, Scott37 min
Aug 13, 9:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCScott24 min
Aug 13, 9:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCTrego30 min
Aug 13, 9:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCScott28 min
Aug 14, 3:41 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryDDCClark, Comanche, Edwards, Kiowa, Pawnee17 hr
Aug 14, 3:41 AM CDTExtreme Heat WarningDDCBarber, Pratt, Stafford17 hr
Aug 14, 4:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCClark46 min
Aug 14, 4:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCClark34 min
Aug 14, 4:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCComanche38 min
Aug 14, 5:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCClark35 min
Aug 14, 5:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCComanche30 min
Aug 14, 5:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Comanche39 min
Aug 14, 5:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCPratt31 min
Aug 14, 5:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCComanche45 min
Aug 14, 5:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord43 min
Aug 14, 5:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord18 min
Aug 14, 5:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStafford41 min
Aug 14, 5:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKiowa38 min
Aug 14, 6:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCBarber40 min
Aug 14, 6:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEdwards37 min
Aug 14, 6:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCPawnee, Stafford24 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.