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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 13, 2026Morton County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Jun 13, 2026, 3:01 PM CDT for Morton County, Kansas. It was in force for 29 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: Jun 13, 2026, 3:01 PM CDT (20:01 UTC)
Expired: Jun 13, 2026, 3:30 PM CDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Hail: 0.25 in
Wind: 50

County Morton County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 186 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 456 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: 582 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -109 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 774 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -69 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jun 13, 12:49 PM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 12:49 PM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 13, 3:01 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
301 PM CDT Sat Jun 13 2026

KSZ084-132030-
Morton KS-
301 PM CDT Sat Jun 13 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN MORTON COUNTY
THROUGH 330 PM CDT...

At 301 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Elkhart, moving northeast at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea 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 southwestern Morton
County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3719 10204 3715 10177 3700 10165 3699 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2001Z 240DEG 49KT 3709 10192

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

KBJ

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 12, 7:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Morton	24 min
Jun 12, 7:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Morton, Stanton, Stevens	47 min
Jun 12, 8:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	Grant, Morton, Stanton, Stevens	46 min
Jun 12, 9:25 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	Morton	3 hr
Jun 12, 9:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Grant, Morton, Stevens	31 min
Jun 12, 9:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Seward, Stevens	32 min
Jun 12, 10:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Seward, Stevens	31 min
Jun 12, 10:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Haskell, Meade, Seward	35 min
Jun 12, 11:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Scott	29 min
Jun 12, 11:20 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	DDC	Barber	20 hr
Jun 12, 11:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Clark, Meade	29 min
Jun 12, 11:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	Clark, Comanche, Ford, Gray, Kiowa, Meade	48 min
Jun 13, 12:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DDC	Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Kiowa	34 min
Jun 13, 12:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Kiowa	29 min
Jun 13, 1:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Barber	55 min
Jun 13, 4:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Seward	47 min
Jun 13, 5:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Seward	26 min
Jun 13, 5:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hodgeman	31 min
Jun 13, 5:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman	36 min
Jun 13, 5:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hodgeman	27 min
Jun 13, 5:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pawnee, Rush	38 min
Jun 13, 5:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pawnee	31 min
Jun 13, 6:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Meade	29 min
Jun 13, 6:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman	37 min
Jun 13, 6:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Seward	35 min
Jun 13, 6:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Pawnee, Rush	90 min
Jun 13, 6:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Hodgeman, Pawnee	28 min
Jun 13, 6:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Meade, Seward	18 min
Jun 13, 6:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pawnee, Rush, Stafford	50 min
Jun 13, 6:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Ford, Kiowa	35 min
Jun 13, 6:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Pawnee	34 min
Jun 13, 6:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Seward	29 min
Jun 13, 6:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ford, Kiowa	39 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.