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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Jul 23, 2026, 8:41 PM CDT for Hodgeman County, Kansas. It was in force for 18 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
- Jul 23, 2026, 8:41 PM CDT (01:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 2026, 8:59 PM CDT
- In force
- 18 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
County Hodgeman County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 23 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
- 1952 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -110 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1937 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 409 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 16.0
The text
As transmitted.
077
WFUS53 KDDC 240141
TORDDC
KSC083-240215-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0002.260724T0141Z-260724T0215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
841 PM CDT Thu Jul 23 2026
The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Hodgeman County in southwestern Kansas...
* Until 915 PM CDT.
* At 841 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
tornado was located 5 miles north of Spearville, moving northeast
at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
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
southeastern Hodgeman County.
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.
This cluster of thunderstorms is capable of producing tornadoes and
widespread significant wind damage. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest
floor of a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3792 9982 3805 9971 3793 9959 3791 9977
3791 9978
TIME...MOT...LOC 0141Z 236DEG 25KT 3794 9976
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
$$
UMSCHEID1 follow-up statement
985
WWUS53 KDDC 240159
SVSDDC
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
859 PM CDT Thu Jul 23 2026
KSC083-240209-
/O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-260724T0215Z/
Hodgeman KS-
859 PM CDT Thu Jul 23 2026
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The tornado threat has diminished and the Tornado Warning has been
cancelled.
&&
LAT...LON 3792 9982 3805 9971 3793 9959 3791 9977
3791 9978
TIME...MOT...LOC 0158Z 236DEG 25KT 3801 9963
$$
UMSCHEIDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 7:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hodgeman | 42 min |
| Jul 23, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Comanche, Kiowa | 43 min |
| Jul 23, 7:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 37 min |
| Jul 23, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray, Hodgeman | 45 min |
| Jul 23, 7:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Meade | 24 min |
| Jul 23, 8:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kiowa | 37 min |
| Jul 23, 8:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Meade | 42 min |
| Jul 23, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Hodgeman | 35 min |
| Jul 23, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Meade | 42 min |
| Jul 23, 8:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman | 27 min |
| Jul 23, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 34 min |
| Jul 23, 9:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 29 min |
| Jul 23, 9:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Kiowa | 51 min |
| Jul 23, 9:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kiowa, Pratt | 48 min |
| Jul 23, 9:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Clark | 40 min |
| Jul 23, 10:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber, Comanche | 27 min |
| Jul 24, 11:47 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more | 3 days |
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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.