⚠️ Severe Thunderstorm Warning – Finney, KS; Hamilton, KS; Kearny, KS – Sunday, August 9, 2026

Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 9 at 7:07PM CDT until August 9 at 7:45PM CDT by NWS Dodge City KS

Details

SVRDDC

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…
East central Hamilton County in southwestern Kansas…
Kearny County in southwestern Kansas…
West central Finney County in southwestern Kansas…

* Until 745 PM CDT/645 PM MDT/.

* At 706 PM CDT/606 PM MDT/, a severe thunderstorm was located 8
miles northwest of Lakin, moving east at 30 mph.

HAZARD…60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

IMPACT…Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* This severe thunderstorm will be near…
Lakin around 720 PM CDT.
Deerfield around 725 PM CDT.

Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include
Holcomb.

Instructions

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Large hail, damaging wind, and continuous cloud to ground lightning
are occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is
one of nature’s leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder,
you are close enough to be struck by lightning.

This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.