NWS Dodge City KSFF.W 0021September 24, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Grant, Hamilton, Kearny and 2 more, KS
The National Weather Service office in Dodge City issued a flash flood warning for Grant, Hamilton, Kearny and 2 more in Kansas, which was in force until 5:00 a.m. local time on September 24. It was the 21st flash flood warning the NWS office in Dodge City issued in 2026. Kansas had 7 flash flood warnings in September 2026, against 12 in an average September of 2008-2025 (Kansas's flash flood warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 4.1 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
- Grant, Hamilton, Kearny and 2 more
- State
- Kansas
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 12:53 a.m. CDT, September 24, 2026
- Expires
- 5:00 a.m. CDT, September 24, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KDDC FF.W 0021
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
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The notice as issued
FFWDDC The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Northwestern Grant County in southwestern Kansas... Southeastern Hamilton County in southwestern Kansas... Western Kearny County in southwestern Kansas... Northeastern Morton County in southwestern Kansas... Eastern Stanton County in southwestern Kansas... * Until 500 AM CDT /400 AM MDT/. * At 1253 AM CDT /1153 PM MDT/, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 3 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor drainage and low-lying areas. * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Ulysses, Kendall and Big Bow.
What the agency told people to do
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the dangers of flooding.
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.