Alert archive / Kansas / Special Weather Statements in 2026

Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

August 6, 2026Grant County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2026, 1:32 AM CDT for Grant County, Kansas. It was in force for 43 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 6, 2026, 1:32 AM CDT (06:32 UTC)
Expired: Aug 6, 2026, 2:15 AM CDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Hail: 0.88 in
Wind: 30

County Grant County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The text

As transmitted.

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

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, 6:14 PM CDT, 7 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 5, 6:14 PM CDT, 7 hours 18 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
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, 12:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hodgeman	37 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, 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

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Kansas, 2026 Every special weather statement in 2026

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.