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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

August 5, 2026Rush County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Aug 5, 2026, 12:57 AM CDT for Rush County, Kansas. It was in force for 33 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 5, 2026, 12:57 AM CDT (05:57 UTC)
Expired: Aug 5, 2026, 1:30 AM CDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 50

County Rush County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 105 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 123 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -242 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2365 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 169 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 140 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Aug 5, 12:47 AM CDT, 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 5, 12:47 AM CDT, 10 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 5, 12:31 AM CDT, 26 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1231 AM CDT Wed Aug 5 2026

KSZ030-031-045-046-050600-
Rush KS-Trego KS-Ellis KS-Ness KS-
1231 AM CDT Wed Aug 5 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN NESS...SOUTHEASTERN
TREGO...NORTHERN RUSH AND SOUTHERN ELLIS COUNTIES THROUGH 100 AM
CDT...

At 1231 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Brownell, moving east at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

This strong thunderstorm will be near...
  Brownell around 1235 AM CDT.
  McCracken around 1245 AM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3852 9989 3870 9990 3875 9906 3848 9906
TIME...MOT...LOC 0531Z 269DEG 38KT 3862 9980

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

JJOHNSON

Special weather statement, Aug 5, 12:57 AM CDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
1257 AM CDT Wed Aug 5 2026

KSZ031-045-046-050630-
Rush KS-Ellis KS-Ness KS-
1257 AM CDT Wed Aug 5 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN NESS...RUSH AND
SOUTHERN ELLIS COUNTIES THROUGH 130 AM CDT...

At 1256 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
McCracken, moving east at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

This strong thunderstorm will be near...
  Liebenthal around 105 AM CDT.
  Loretta around 115 AM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3845 9903 3851 9964 3870 9964 3870 9960
      3872 9960 3879 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 0556Z 268DEG 34KT 3862 9950

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

JJOHNSON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 5, 12:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Rush	29 min
Aug 5, 3:20 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	Lane, Scott	3 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.