NWS Dodge City KSFF.W 0026October 1, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Ford, KS
The National Weather Service office in Dodge City issued a flash flood warning for Ford in Kansas, which was in force until 5:30 p.m. local time on October 1. It was the 26th flash flood warning the NWS office in Dodge City issued in 2026. Kansas had 15 flash flood warnings in October 2026, against 2 in an average October of 2008-2025 (Kansas's flash flood warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 3 hours; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Dodge City KS
- Area
- Ford
- State
- Kansas
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 2:32 p.m. CDT, October 1, 2026
- Expires
- 5:30 p.m. CDT, October 1, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KDDC FF.W 0026
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Flash Flood Warnings in Kansas since 2008Every warning type in Kansas
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The notice as issued
FFWDDC The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Central Ford County in southwestern Kansas... * Until 530 PM CDT. * At 232 PM CDT, emergency management reported thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 3 and 6 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 3 to 5 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is already occurring. FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY for Dodge City and Central Ford County. This is a PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW! HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing flash flooding. SOURCE...Emergency management reported. IMPACT...This is a PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW! Life threatening flash flooding of low water crossings, small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses. * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Dodge City, Ford, Ft. Dodge and Wright.
What the agency told people to do
Move to higher ground now! This is an extremely dangerous and life-threatening situation. Do not attempt to travel unless you are fleeing an area subject to flooding or under an evacuation order.
Source: National Weather Service: the notice at its source. The text is the agency's, unedited. A U.S. Government work, in the public domain.