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Special Weather Statement, NWS Dodge City, KS

August 9, 2026Hamilton County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this special weather statement at Aug 9, 2026, 3:30 PM MDT for Hamilton County, Kansas. It was in force for 45 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 9, 2026, 3:30 PM MDT (21:30 UTC)
Expired
Aug 9, 2026, 4:15 PM MDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Hail
0.00 in
Wind
55

County Hamilton County, KS

The radar

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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 9, 11:34 AM MDT, 3 hours 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 9, 11:34 AM MDT, 3 hours 56 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 9, 3:30 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
330 PM MDT Sun Aug 9 2026

KSZ061-092215-
Hamilton KS-
330 PM MDT Sun Aug 9 2026

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT CENTRAL HAMILTON COUNTY THROUGH
415 PM MDT...

At 325 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong
thunderstorms along a line extending from 14 miles south of Tribune
to 8 miles south of Coolidge. Movement was southeast at 5 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph, blowing dust, and dry lightning

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Blowing dust could locally reduce
         visibility. Dry lightning leading to grassland fires.

Locations impacted include...
  Syracuse.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3808 10205 3826 10193 3826 10154 3774 10192
      3782 10204 3792 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 2125Z 317DEG 6KT 3827 10169 3792 10199

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

BENNETT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 8, 6:01 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCLane44 min
Aug 8, 6:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStanton49 min
Aug 8, 6:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMorton24 min
Aug 8, 6:39 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFinney, Kearny51 min
Aug 8, 7:03 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGrant, Haskell42 min
Aug 8, 7:04 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMorton, Stanton41 min
Aug 8, 7:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMorton44 min
Aug 8, 8:29 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMorton46 min
Aug 8, 11:03 PM MDTHeat AdvisoryDDCBarber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more20 hr
Aug 9, 3:55 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCScott50 min
Aug 9, 4:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCScott42 min
Aug 9, 4:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHamilton32 min
Aug 9, 4:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCScott47 min
Aug 9, 4:55 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKearny50 min
Aug 9, 4:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStanton46 min
Aug 9, 5:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Scott48 min
Aug 9, 5:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKearny43 min
Aug 9, 5:56 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKearny49 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.