Thunderstorm Wind — Hodgeman, Kansas

2025-07-16 · near Gray, Hodgeman, Kansas

Event narrative

The wind was estimated to be gusting from 50 to 60 mph. Time estimated from radar.

Wider weather episode

A cold front was the impetus for surface based thunderstorm development that afternoon. An initial, single supercell developed over Rush county around 5 pm, before uncommonly moving southwest through Dodge city and Meade through 10 PM. Additional organized thunderstorms were lifted by the cold front, in an northeast to southwest line and swept across southwest and central Kansas between about 10 pm and 2 am.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1273509. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.