Dense fog developed along a vertical column across the center of the CWA including the most of the bigger cities. This started near the end of 3/3 and into the morning of 3/4.
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The episode as NWS DDC wrote it up.
Dense fog developed along a vertical column across the center of the CWA including the most of the bigger cities. This started near the end of 3/3 and into the morning of 3/4.
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 3, 11:22 PM CST, 28 minutes earlier.
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3 dense fog. Local standard time, as filed.
AWOS station KTQK Scott City reporting quarter-mile visibility in dense fog.
ASOS station KDDC Dodge City Regional Airport reporting quarter-mile visibility in dense fog.
AWOS station KLBL Liberal reported 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1317476, 1317477, 1317478.