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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Aug 8, 2026, 9:29 PM CDT for Morton County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 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 8, 2026, 9:29 PM CDT (02:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2026, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 55
County Morton County, KS
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The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 175 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 7:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Lane | 44 min |
| Aug 8, 7:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stanton | 49 min |
| Aug 8, 7:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Morton | 24 min |
| Aug 8, 7:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney, Kearny | 51 min |
| Aug 8, 8:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Grant, Haskell | 42 min |
| Aug 8, 8:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Morton, Stanton | 41 min |
| Aug 8, 8:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Morton | 44 min |
| Aug 9, 12:03 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more | 20 hr |
| Aug 9, 4:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hamilton | 45 min |
| Aug 9, 4:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Scott | 50 min |
| Aug 9, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Scott | 42 min |
| Aug 9, 5:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hamilton | 32 min |
| Aug 9, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Scott | 47 min |
| Aug 9, 5:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kearny | 50 min |
| Aug 9, 5:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stanton | 46 min |
| Aug 9, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Scott | 48 min |
| Aug 9, 6:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kearny | 43 min |
| Aug 9, 6:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kearny | 49 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.