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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

August 8, 2026Morton County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Aug 8, 2026, 8:46 PM CDT for Morton County, Kansas. It was in force for 44 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued
Aug 8, 2026, 8:46 PM CDT (01:46 UTC)
Expired
Aug 8, 2026, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Hail
0.00 in
Wind
55

County Morton County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 173 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 179 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2026-08-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 465 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2026-08-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 45 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
465 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-85 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3840 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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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 8, 4:30 PM CDT, 4 hours 16 minutes earlier. Its key messages:

  • Heat wave continues through early next week, with afternoon temperatures well over 100 degrees. This will be a dry heat with strong south winds, increasing the risk of dehydration each afternoon. Drink plenty of water, and ensure pets and livestock have a sufficient water supply.
  • A pattern change is expected late next week, with much cooler temperatures and improved rainfall opportunities.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 8, 4:30 PM CDT, 4 hours 16 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
430 PM CDT Sat Aug 8 2026

...Updated Aviation/Key Messages...

.KEY MESSAGES...

- Heat wave continues through early next week, with afternoon
  temperatures well over 100 degrees. This will be a dry heat
  with strong south winds, increasing the risk of dehydration
  each afternoon. Drink plenty of water, and ensure pets and
  livestock have a sufficient water supply.

- A pattern change is expected late next week, with much cooler
  temperatures and improved rainfall opportunities.

&&

.DISCUSSION...
Issued at 1237 PM CDT Sat Aug 8 2026

WV imagery indicates a northwest flow aloft prevailing across
the Western High Plains downstream of a ridge centered across
the Desert Southwest. Near the surface, a lee side trough of low
pressure is slowly strengthening across eastern Colorado.

Minimal thunderstorm chances (20%) exist across west central/central
Kansas this evening as the SREF indicates a weak upper level
shortwave and associated H5 vort maxima cycling southeast off
the ridge axis in the Northern Rockies into the high plains of
western Nebraska and northeast Colorado. Near the surface,
prevailing southerlies will support pooling moisture ahead of an
advancing dryline, providing modest instability with MUCAPE
values upward of 1000 J/kg or so. Despite weaker dynamic support
aloft, steeping mid- level lapse rates in vicinity of an axis
of increased low level convergence associated with the dryline
will set the stage for potential isolated thunderstorm
development this evening as H5 vort maxima transition through.
This is suggested by a few CAMs and the HREF pointing to only a
10 to 20% probability of 6-hr QPF exceeding a mere 0.1 of an
inch in vicinity of the I-70 corridor by late evening.
Hotter/drier conditions are likely the next couple of days as
southwesterly downsloping enhances a drier air mass across the
Western High Plains.

Very warm temperatures are forecast tonight as southwesterly
downsloping reinforces a warmer air mass across southwest/central
Kansas. With the HREF painting a 70-90% probability of temperatures
dropping below 75F in west central and extreme southwest Kansas to
to only a 10-20% probability of slipping below 75F in south central
Kansas, look for lows generally down into 70s(F). Southwesterly
downsloping will further enhance drier air into southwest Kansas
Sunday, nudging H85 temperatures up from Saturday with a little
above 30C in central Kansas to near 35C near the Colorado line.
Expect widespread afternoon highs topping 100F with the HREF showing
a widespread 80-90% probability of temperatures exceeding the
century mark. Similar conditions are likely Monday.

&&

.AVIATION /00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z MONDAY/...
Issued at 430 PM CDT Sat Aug 8 2026

VFR/SKC will continue through this TAF period, with scattered
cirrus. Radar at 2130z showed high based convection well NW of
GCK, moving southeast. This activity is expected to weaken and
not reach the GCK terminal, but will be monitored. Other
thunderstorms east of HYS are expected to remain east of that
airport. Elevated southwest winds currently will trend south
and remain elevated through tonight, with a strong low level jet
keeping the boundary layer mixed. Included low level wind shear
in TAFs as appropriate. After 15z Sun, southwest winds will
increase again at all airports, gusting 25-30 kts.

&&

.DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
None.

&&

DISCUSSION...JJohnson
AVIATION...Turner
KEY MESSAGES...Turner

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 8, 7:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 8, 8:46 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 8, 7:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCLane44 min
Aug 8, 7:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStanton49 min
Aug 8, 7:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMorton24 min
Aug 8, 7:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFinney, Kearny51 min
Aug 8, 8:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGrant, Haskell42 min
Aug 8, 8:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMorton, Stanton41 min
Aug 8, 9:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMorton46 min
Aug 9, 12:03 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryDDCBarber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more20 hr
Aug 9, 4:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHamilton45 min
Aug 9, 4:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCScott50 min
Aug 9, 5:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCScott42 min
Aug 9, 5:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHamilton32 min
Aug 9, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCScott47 min
Aug 9, 5:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKearny50 min
Aug 9, 5:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStanton46 min
Aug 9, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Scott48 min
Aug 9, 6:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKearny43 min
Aug 9, 6:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKearny49 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.