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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 14, 2026Barber County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at May 14, 2026, 10:10 PM CDT for Barber County, Kansas. It was in force for 35 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 14, 2026, 10:10 PM CDT (03:10 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 2026, 10:45 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Hail
0.00 in
Wind
55

County Barber County, KS

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 139 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 2026-05-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2026-05-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3846 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
65 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

091 
WWUS83 KDDC 150310
SPSDDC

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1010 PM CDT Thu May 14 2026
 
KSZ090-150345-
Barber KS-
1010 PM CDT Thu May 14 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN BARBER COUNTY
THROUGH 1045 PM CDT...

At 1009 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Hazelton, moving southeast at 40 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...
  Hazelton around 1015 PM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

&&

LAT...LON 3700 9877 3730 9854 3727 9835 3700 9835
TIME...MOT...LOC 0309Z 307DEG 33KT 3713 9843 

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

$$

RBURG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 7:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord16 min
May 14, 8:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHaskell30 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.