⚠️ Flood Watch – Trego; Ellis; Scott; Lane; Ness; Hamilton; Kearny; Finney; Stanton; Grant; Haskell – Saturday, August 15, 2026

Flood Watch issued August 15 at 12:30PM CDT until August 16 at 7:00AM CDT by NWS Dodge City KS

Details

* WHAT…Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible.

* WHERE…Portions of central, southwest, and west central Kansas,
including the following counties, in central Kansas, Ellis. In
southwest Kansas, Finney, Grant, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny and
Stanton. In west central Kansas, Lane, Ness, Scott and Trego.

* WHEN…From 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ this evening through Sunday
morning.

* IMPACTS…Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers,
creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS…
– Numerous heavy-rain producing thunderstorms are likely to develop
and move northeast across much of southwest and west central
Kansas late this evening through the overnight hours tonight.
– http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

Instructions

You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action
should Flash Flood Warnings be issued.

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