438  
WWUS53 KDDC 040009  
SVSDDC  
 
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS  
709 PM CDT SUN AUG 3 2025  
 
KSC057-083-040045-  
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FORD KS-HODGEMAN KS-  
709 PM CDT SUN AUG 3 2025  
 
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT  
FOR NORTHWESTERN FORD AND SOUTHWESTERN HODGEMAN COUNTIES...  
 
AT 709 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DODGE CITY,  
MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.  
 
THIS IS A DESTRUCTIVE STORM FOR DODGE CITY.  
 
HAZARD...90 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS MAY  
BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES  
WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. HOMES AND BUSINESSES  
WILL HAVE SUBSTANTIAL ROOF AND WINDOW DAMAGE. EXPECT  
EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES.  
 
THIS SEVERE STORM WILL BE NEAR...  
DODGE CITY AROUND 715 PM CDT.  
 
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE FT.  
DODGE.  
 
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.  
 
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION WITH TORNADO LIKE WIND  
SPEEDS EXPECTED. MOBILE HOMES AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ARE  
ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE AND MAY BE  
OVERTURNED. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE  
LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE  
SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT PROPERTY DAMAGE.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3796 10015 3799 9998 3763 9983 3763 10020  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0009Z 001DEG 17KT 3785 9998  
 
TORNADO...POSSIBLE  
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...DESTRUCTIVE  
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...90 MPH  
 
 
 
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