August 8, 2026

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⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Wallace; Logan; Greeley; Wichita – Saturday, August 8, 2026

Event Special Weather Statement
Severity Moderate
Urgency Expected
Certainty Observed
Area Wallace; Logan; Greeley; Wichita
Effective 8/8/2026, 5:05:00 PM CDT
Expires 8/8/2026, 5:30:00 PM CDT

Special Weather Statement issued August 8 at 4:05PM MDT by NWS Goodland KS

Details

At 405 PM MDT/505 PM CDT/, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of
strong thunderstorms capable of producing a landspout along a line
extending from 5 miles southeast of Winona to 13 miles north of Leoti
to 15 miles northeast of Tribune to 9 miles northeast of Hartman.
Movement was southeast at 25 mph.

HAZARD…Landspout tornadoes, wind gusts up to 50 mph, and half inch
hail.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

IMPACT…Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Gusty winds
could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured
objects.

Strong thunderstorms will be near…
Russell Springs around 510 PM CDT.
Tribune around 410 PM MDT.

Instructions

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Landspout tornadoes can form with a developing thunderstorm before
rain, hail, and even thunder is observed. Landspout tornadoes are not
usually associated with a wall cloud and are often difficult to
detect with weather radar.


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