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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2026, 12:23 AM CDT for Hodgeman County, Kansas. It was in force for 37 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
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The facts
- Issued
- Aug 6, 2026, 12:23 AM CDT (05:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2026, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 30
County Hodgeman County, KS
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NWS Dodge City, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 5, 11:43 PM CDT, 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 5, 11:43 PM CDT, 40 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 5, 11:41 PM CDT, 42 minutes before
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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
Special weather statement, Aug 6, 12:23 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Dodge City KS 1223 AM CDT Thu Aug 6 2026 KSZ063-064-060600- Finney KS-Hodgeman KS- 1223 AM CDT Thu Aug 6 2026 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN FINNEY AND WESTERN HODGEMAN COUNTIES THROUGH 100 AM CDT... At 1223 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 13 miles northwest of Jetmore, moving east at 30 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 Finney and western Hodgeman Counties. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. && LAT...LON 3816 10045 3826 10043 3826 9971 3797 9988 TIME...MOT...LOC 0523Z 287DEG 26KT 3821 10008 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 |
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| Aug 5, 11:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney | 34 min |
| Aug 6, 12:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hamilton | 39 min |
| Aug 6, 12:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Edwards | 40 min |
| Aug 6, 1:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kearny | 35 min |
| Aug 6, 1:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Grant | 43 min |
| Aug 6, 2:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hodgeman | 50 min |
| Aug 6, 2:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman | 23 min |
| Aug 6, 3:26 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | Ellis, Lane, Ness, Rush, Scott, Trego | 5 hr |
| Aug 6, 3:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kiowa | 47 min |
| Aug 6, 6:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Clark | 48 min |
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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.