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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 25, 2026, 6:55 AM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 22 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 25, 2026, 6:55 AM CDT (11:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 2026, 7:17 AM CDT
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.25 in
Counties Finney County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Lane County, KS, Ness County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 60 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
- 1069 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -152 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1061 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
058
WFUS53 KDDC 251155
TORDDC
KSC055-083-101-135-251230-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0001.260625T1155Z-260625T1230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
655 AM CDT Thu Jun 25 2026
The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northeastern Finney County in southwestern Kansas...
Southwestern Ness County in west central Kansas...
Northwestern Hodgeman County in southwestern Kansas...
Southeastern Lane County in west central Kansas...
* Until 730 AM CDT.
* At 654 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 12 miles south of Alamota, moving east at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed.
Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree
damage is likely.
* This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northeastern Finney, southwestern Ness, northwestern Hodgeman and
southeastern Lane Counties.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3819 10030 3828 10034 3841 10010 3816 10004
TIME...MOT...LOC 1154Z 257DEG 17KT 3826 10031
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN
$$
FINCH2 follow-up statements
741
WWUS53 KDDC 251211
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
711 AM CDT Thu Jun 25 2026
KSC101-251220-
/O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-260625T1230Z/
Lane KS-
711 AM CDT Thu Jun 25 2026
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LANE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out
of the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
&&
LAT...LON 3816 10004 3821 10028 3826 10030 3826 10025
3831 10025 3841 10010
TIME...MOT...LOC 1210Z 269DEG 15KT 3826 10022
$$
KSC055-083-135-251230-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-260625T1230Z/
Finney KS-Ness KS-Hodgeman KS-
711 AM CDT Thu Jun 25 2026
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 AM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN FINNEY...SOUTHWESTERN NESS AND NORTHWESTERN HODGEMAN
COUNTIES...
At 710 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 12 miles south of Beeler, moving east at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northeastern Finney, southwestern Ness and northwestern Hodgeman
Counties.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3816 10004 3821 10028 3826 10030 3826 10025
3831 10025 3841 10010
TIME...MOT...LOC 1210Z 269DEG 15KT 3826 10022
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
$$
FINCH951
WWUS53 KDDC 251217
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
717 AM CDT Thu Jun 25 2026
KSC055-083-135-251227-
/O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-260625T1230Z/
Finney KS-Ness KS-Hodgeman KS-
717 AM CDT Thu Jun 25 2026
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN FINNEY...SOUTHWESTERN NESS
AND NORTHWESTERN HODGEMAN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
&&
LAT...LON 3816 10004 3821 10028 3826 10030 3826 10025
3831 10025 3841 10010
TIME...MOT...LOC 1216Z 257DEG 17KT 3827 10018
$$
FINCHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 6:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hodgeman, Lane | 49 min |
| Jun 25, 6:24 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DDC | Lane, Scott | 3 hr |
| Jun 25, 6:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Lane, Ness | 49 min |
| Jun 25, 7:05 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Lane, Scott | 3 hr |
| Jun 25, 7:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray, Hodgeman | 52 min |
| Jun 25, 8:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Hodgeman | 47 min |
| Jun 25, 8:26 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness | 3 hr |
| Jun 25, 8:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Hodgeman, Pawnee | 44 min |
| Jun 25, 8:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Kiowa | 21 min |
| Jun 25, 9:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pawnee | 38 min |
| Jun 25, 9:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Edwards | 29 min |
| Jun 25, 9:38 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Edwards, Hodgeman, Pawnee | 109 min |
| Jun 25, 9:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford | 44 min |
| Jun 25, 10:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford | 32 min |
| Jun 25, 10:28 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | Finney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness, Scott | 21 hr |
| Jun 25, 10:34 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Edwards, Kiowa | 3 hr |
| Jun 25, 10:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pratt | 35 min |
| Jun 25, 11:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Pratt | 3 hr |
| Jun 25, 11:24 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness | 3 hr |
| Jun 25, 11:27 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | Edwards, Hodgeman, Pawnee | 3 hr |
| Jun 25, 12:29 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DDC | Pratt | 21 hr |
| Jun 25, 2:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Seward | 51 min |
| Jun 25, 3:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Seward | 33 min |
| Jun 25, 6:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Grant | 35 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.