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High Wind Watch 1, NWS Dodge City, KS

January 15, 202614 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this high wind watch at Jan 15, 2026, 1:43 AM CST for 14 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Jan 16, 2026, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 15, 2026, 1:43 AM CST (07:43 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 16, 2026, 9:00 AM CST
Expired
Jan 15, 2026, 12:20 PM CST
In force
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS

Counties Edwards County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Lane County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Rush County, KS, Scott County, KS, Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high wind watch went out, 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 this high wind watch went out at Jan 14, 11:20 PM CST, 2 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 14, 11:20 PM CST, 2 hours 23 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 15, 12:20 PM CSTHigh Wind WarningDDCEdwards, Ellis, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray and 15 more30 hr
Jan 15, 12:22 PM CSTRed Flag WarningDDCClark, Comanche, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray and 13 more30 hr

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.