August 9, 2026

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

Event Special Weather Statement
Severity Moderate
Urgency Expected
Certainty Observed
Area Greeley; Wichita
Effective 8/8/2026, 5:59:00 PM CDT
Expires 8/8/2026, 6:45:00 PM CDT

Special Weather Statement issued August 8 at 4:59PM MDT by NWS Goodland KS

Details

At 458 PM MDT/558 PM CDT/, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of
strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 7 miles southwest of
Scott State Lake to 7 miles southeast of Leoti to 14 miles southeast
of Tribune to Coolidge. Movement was southeast at 20 mph.

HAZARD…Wind gusts up to 40 mph.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

IMPACT…Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.

These storms will remain over mainly rural areas of Wichita and
southeastern Greeley Counties, including the following locations…
Marienthal, Lydia, and Selkirk.

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.