Fog developed very early in the morning around 0130 near the Colorado/Kansas border. Over the next couple hours, 1/4 mile visibilities or less spread east to Highway 83 and lasting the rest of the overnight into the morning.
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The episode as NWS DDC wrote it up.
Fog developed very early in the morning around 0130 near the Colorado/Kansas border. Over the next couple hours, 1/4 mile visibilities or less spread east to Highway 83 and lasting the rest of the overnight into the morning. Some of the fog was reported as freezing fog throughout the morning.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Mar 2, 5:35 PM CST, 8 hours earlier.
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</html>Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Dodge City KS 152 AM CST Mon Mar 2 2026 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-030800- Trego-Ellis-Scott-Lane-Ness-Rush-Hamilton-Kearny-Finney-Hodgeman- Pawnee-Stafford-Stanton-Grant-Haskell-Gray-Ford-Edwards-Kiowa- Pratt-Morton-Stevens-Seward-Meade-Clark-Comanche-Barber- 152 AM CST Mon Mar 2 2026 /1252 AM MST Mon Mar 2 2026/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central Kansas, south central Kansas, southwest Kansas, and west central Kansas. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Patchy fog may reduce visibilities to 1 to 3 miles at times this morning and again early Tuesday morning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday Isolated strong to marginally severe thunderstorms will be possible in the Pratt and Medicine Lodge areas Tuesday evening. Main hazard will be hail up to quarters. Gusty winds and low humidity values on Thursday may create elevated to critical fire weather conditions west of highway 283. Scattered thunderstorms will be possible Thursday night and Friday, mainly east of highway 283. At this time severe weather is not anticipated. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
5 dense fog. Local standard time, as filed.
AWOS station K3K3 Syracuse reporting quarter-mile visibility with dense freezing fog.
AWOS station K36K 2 N Lakin reporting quarter-mile visibility in dense fog.
AWOS station KJHN Johnson City reporting less than quarter-mile visibility in dense freezing fog.
ASOS station KGCK Garden City reporting quarter-mile visibility in dense fog.
AWOS station K19S 1 NE Sublette reporting quarter-mile visibility in dense fog.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kansas in 2026Every state in 2026This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, March 2026
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1317469, 1317470, 1317471, 1317472, 1317474.