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High Wind Watch 1, NWS Dodge City, KS
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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Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 15, 12:20 PM CST | High Wind Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ellis, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray and 15 more | 30 hr |
| Jan 15, 12:22 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray and 13 more | 30 hr |
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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.