753  
NWUS53 KDDC 161300  
LSRDDC  
 
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS  
800 AM CDT FRI OCT 16 2026  
   
.TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON  
   
.DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.  
 
..REMARKS..  
 
0532 PM TORNADO 2 W HARDTNER 37.01N 98.69W  
10/13/2026 BARBER KS STORM CHASER  
 
A BRIEF, WEAK DUSTY TORNADIC CIRCULATION,  
LASTING ONE MINUTE OR LESS, DEVELOPED WITH  
THE DUST COLUMN EXTENDING TO A ROTATING  
CLOUD BASE BENEATH A SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM  
UPDRAFT. NUMEROUS VIDEO AND PICTURES OF THIS  
EVENT WERE CAPTURED BY STORM CHASERS.  
 
0547 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 W KIOWA 37.02N 98.56W  
10/13/2026 BARBER KS NWS STORM SURVEY  
 
A TREE WITH GREEN FOLIAGE WAS FOUND BLOWN  
OVER JUST WEST OF THE US-281 AND K-2 HIGHWAY  
INTERSECTION. THIS TREE WAS FOUND DURING A  
STORM DAMAGE SURVEY THE FOLLOWING AFTERNOON.  
TIME WAS ESTIMATED BY RADAR.  
 
0558 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 W HAZELTON 37.10N 98.48W  
10/13/2026 BARBER KS NWS STORM SURVEY  
 
OVER FORTY CONSECUTIVE UTILITY POLES WERE  
DOWNED ALONG WITH POWER LINES ALONG A 1.7  
MILE STRETCH OF BETHEL ROAD FROM ROUGHLY  
ONE-QUARTER MILE NORTH OF HARGIS ROAD NORTH  
TO BLACK KETTLE ROAD. TIME WAS ESTIMATED BY  
RADAR.  
 
0609 PM HAIL 2 N HAZELTON 37.11N 98.40W  
10/13/2026 E2.50 INCH BARBER KS EMERGENCY MNGR  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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