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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS  
557 PM CDT SUN MAY 18 2025  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...  
EASTERN FORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...  
NORTHWESTERN KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...  
SOUTHWESTERN EDWARDS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...  
 
* UNTIL 645 PM CDT.  
 
* AT 557 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BUCKLIN,  
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL  
DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, WINDOWS, AND VEHICLES. EXPECT  
WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.  
 
* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF  
EASTERN FORD, NORTHWESTERN KIOWA AND SOUTHWESTERN EDWARDS COUNTIES.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY  
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO GO AT ONCE INTO THE  
BASEMENT OR SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE.  
 
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A  
BUILDING.  
 
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL  
AND SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3748 9959 3751 9980 3785 9976 3782 9920  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2257Z 209DEG 27KT 3756 9967  
 
TORNADO...POSSIBLE  
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH  
 

 
 
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