⚠️ Severe Thunderstorm Watch – Edwards, KS; Ellis, KS; Finney, KS; Ford, KS; Gray, KS; Hodgeman, KS; Kearny, KS; Lane, KS; Ness, KS; Pawnee, KS; Rush, KS; Scott, KS; Stafford, KS; Trego, KS – Thursday, July 9, 2026

Event	Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Severity	Severe
Urgency	Future
Certainty	Possible
Area	Edwards, KS; Ellis, KS; Finney, KS; Ford, KS; Gray, KS; Hodgeman, KS; Kearny, KS; Lane, KS; Ness, KS; Pawnee, KS; Rush, KS; Scott, KS; Stafford, KS; Trego, KS
Effective	7/9/2026, 8:42:00 PM CDT
Expires	7/10/2026, 3:00:00 AM CDT

Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued July 9 at 8:42PM CDT until July 10 at 3:00AM CDT by NWS Dodge City KS

Details

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
478 IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CDT FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

IN KANSAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 14 COUNTIES

IN CENTRAL KANSAS

ELLIS RUSH

IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS

EDWARDS PAWNEE STAFFORD

IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS

FINNEY FORD GRAY
HODGEMAN KEARNY

IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS

LANE NESS SCOTT
TREGO

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF CIMARRON, DEERFIELD, DIGHTON,
DODGE CITY, GARDEN CITY, HANSTON, HAYS, JETMORE, KINSLEY,
LA CROSSE, LAKIN, LARNED, LEWIS, MACKSVILLE, MONTEZUMA,
NESS CITY, PFEIFER, SCOTT CITY, SCOTT STATE LAKE, ST. JOHN,
STAFFORD, AND WAKEENEY.

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