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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Aug 5, 2026, 11:21 PM MDT for Hamilton County, Kansas. It was in force for 39 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, 11:21 PM MDT (05:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2026, 12:00 AM MDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 30
County Hamilton County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 152 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 756 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -362 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1410 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 156 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 450 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.3
The text
As transmitted.
194 WWUS83 KDDC 060521 SPSDDC Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Dodge City KS 1221 AM CDT Thu Aug 6 2026 KSZ061-062-060600- Kearny KS-Hamilton KS- 1221 AM CDT Thu Aug 6 2026 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN HAMILTON AND WESTERN KEARNY COUNTIES THROUGH 100 AM CDT/MIDNIGHT MDT/... At 1221 AM CDT/1121 PM MDT/, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8 miles north of Syracuse, moving east at 25 mph. HAZARD...Nickel size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of northeastern Hamilton and western Kearny Counties. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. && LAT...LON 3789 10168 3825 10186 3823 10144 3780 10134 TIME...MOT...LOC 0521Z 279DEG 21KT 3810 10175 MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN MAX WIND GUST...<30 MPH $$ UMSCHEID
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 10:41 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney | 34 min |
| Aug 5, 11:23 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hodgeman | 37 min |
| Aug 5, 11:50 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Edwards | 40 min |
| Aug 6, 12:10 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kearny | 35 min |
| Aug 6, 12:32 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Grant | 43 min |
| Aug 6, 1:25 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hodgeman | 50 min |
| Aug 6, 1:58 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman | 23 min |
| Aug 6, 2:26 AM MDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | Ellis, Lane, Ness, Rush, Scott, Trego | 5 hr |
| Aug 6, 2:58 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kiowa | 47 min |
| Aug 6, 5:57 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Clark | 48 min |
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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.