| Event | Special Weather Statement |
| Severity | Moderate |
| Urgency | Expected |
| Certainty | Observed |
| Area | Trego; Ellis; Ness; Rush; Pawnee |
| Effective | 8/28/2026, 1:21:00 AM CDT |
| Expires | 8/28/2026, 2:15:00 AM CDT |
Special Weather Statement issued August 28 at 1:21AM CDT by NWS Dodge City KS
Details
At 121 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from Ellis to 9 miles southeast of Cedar Bluff to
near Brownell to near Ransom. Movement was southeast at 35 mph.
HAZARD…Wind gusts up to 50 mph.
SOURCE…Radar indicated.
IMPACT…Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Strong thunderstorms will be near…
McCracken around 125 AM CDT.
Bazine, Alexander, Hargrave, and Antonino around 140 AM CDT.
Other locations in the path of these storms include Schoenchen,
Liebenthal, Nekoma, La Crosse, Rush Center and Bison.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.
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