| Event | Severe Thunderstorm Watch |
| Severity | Severe |
| Urgency | Future |
| Certainty | Possible |
| Area | Finney, KS; Grant, KS; Gray, KS; Hamilton, KS; Haskell, KS; Kearny, KS; Lane, KS; Meade, KS; Morton, KS; Scott, KS; Seward, KS; Stanton, KS; Stevens, KS |
| Effective | 8/15/2026, 7:09:00 PM CDT |
| Expires | 8/16/2026, 1:00:00 AM CDT |
Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued August 15 at 7:09PM CDT until August 16 at 1:00AM CDT by NWS Dodge City KS
Details
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
585 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ SUNDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING AREAS
IN KANSAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 13 COUNTIES
IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS
FINNEY GRANT GRAY
HAMILTON HASKELL KEARNY
MEADE MORTON SEWARD
STANTON STEVENS
IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS
LANE SCOTT
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF CIMARRON, DEERFIELD, DIGHTON,
ELKHART, FOWLER, GARDEN CITY, HUGOTON, JOHNSON CITY, LAKIN,
LIBERAL, MEADE, MONTEZUMA, PLAINS CITY, SATANTA, SCOTT CITY,
SCOTT STATE LAKE, SUBLETTE, SYRACUSE, AND ULYSSES.
This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.
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