As a trough from a deep low entered the area, a line of clustered storms developed and moved into the area. One long lasting cluster moved through the northern counties producing both severe winds and hail.
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The episode as NWS DDC wrote it up.
As a trough from a deep low entered the area, a line of clustered storms developed and moved into the area. One long lasting cluster moved through the northern counties producing both severe winds and hail.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at May 19, 1:30 PM CST, 3 hours 24 minutes earlier. Its key messages:
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Dodge City KS 230 PM CDT Mon May 19 2025 ...Updated Discussion... .KEY MESSAGES... - Scattered thunderstorms are expected Monday evening, capable of producing marginally severe hail and wind gusts. - Dry, mild and quiet through much of this week. - Scattered thunderstorms will return over Memorial Day weekend. && .DISCUSSION... Issued at 230 PM CDT Mon May 19 2025 Afternoon satellite imagery indicated a cumulus field expanding across western zones, and mesoanalysis shows the strongest instability has transitioned east of SW KS. Still, residual boundary layer moisture, and cooling midlevel temperatures, will result in modest instablity through this evening as the primary trough axis passes overhead. Scattered thunderstorms will develop across SE Colorado and adjoining SW KS through 7 pm, then track eastward this evening. Multicell convection will prevail, with the strongest storms capable of hail to 1 inch and wind gusts of 50-60 mph. Strong subsidence will clear the sky rapidly through Tuesday morning. An extended period of quiet, dry and unseasonably convectively quiet weather is expected through most of this week. NWly midlevel flow will direct gulf moisture supply away from SW KS through Thursday, and the forecast is completely dry through this time period. No significant air mass exchanges are expected through Thursday, with afternoon temperatures averaging within a few degrees of late May climatology. Shower and thunderstorm coverage Friday appears minimal, as broad midlevel ridging prevails. Over the Memorial Day weekend, SWly midlevel flow will reestablish, downstream of modest troughing approaching from the Rockies. Moisture will finally increase again Saturday in response to SEly boundary layer flow. Limited severe potential is most evident on Saturday. Rain and thunderstorm increase in coverage Sunday, as the primary trough arrives, but an associated strong front will likely restrict any severe risk well south of SW KS. NBM pops Saturday through Monday are in the chance category (25-54%) and these were accepted. In general, no synoptically evident severe weather threats are evident in the guidance, for the next seven days, as we enter the climatological peak of our severe weather season. && .AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z TUESDAY/... Issued at 1100 AM CDT Mon May 19 2025 VFR is expected to prevail through this TAF period. Scattered thunderstorms are expected after 03z Tue. Confidence of impacts is highest at LBL, where -TSRA was included, but only mentioned VCTS/CB at GCK/DDC for now. Kept the HYS TAF dry. A cold front will bring an increase in north winds after 00z Tue, gusting 25-30 kts. && .DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && DISCUSSION...Turner AVIATION...Turner
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Dodge City KS 304 AM CDT Mon May 19 2025 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-200815- Trego-Ellis-Scott-Lane-Ness-Rush-Hamilton-Kearny-Finney-Hodgeman- Pawnee-Stafford-Stanton-Grant-Haskell-Gray-Ford-Edwards-Kiowa- Pratt-Morton-Stevens-Seward-Meade-Clark-Comanche-Barber- 304 AM CDT Mon May 19 2025 /204 AM MDT Mon May 19 2025/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central Kansas, south central Kansas, southwest Kansas, and west central Kansas. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight A marginal risk of severe weather after 4 pm for areas mainly along and south of highway 96. Main threats could be hail up to the size of quarters and wind gusts to 60 mph. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday No hazardous weather is expected. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated for today.
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
513 PM CDT Mon May 19 2025
KSZ043-192300-
Scott KS-
513 PM CDT Mon May 19 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN SCOTT COUNTY
THROUGH 600 PM CDT...
At 512 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 15
miles northwest of Modoc, moving east at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel 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 northwestern Scott
County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3870 10085 3848 10087 3851 10113 3870 10113
TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 271DEG 16KT 3867 10121
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
SPRINGERThe Dodge City radar (KDDC), 114 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:55 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A measured wind gust of 58 mph at the Ellis Feeders observing station.
A measured wind gust of 72 mph at the mesonet station KKSDIGHT22.
A measured wind gust of 65 mph at the mesonet station CGLK1 Cimarron.
A trained spotter reported 1 inch hail.
A public report estimated wind gusts at 60 mph. A mesonet site recorded a 56 mph gust shortly before the public report at the KKSNESSC2 observing station.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kansas in 2025Every state in 2025This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, May 2025
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1256670, 1256661, 1256662, 1256663, 1256667.