NWS Goodland KSSV.W 0304August 27, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Decatur, KS
The National Weather Service office in Goodland issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Decatur in Kansas, which was in force until 6:45 p.m. local time on August 27. It was the 304th severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Goodland issued in 2026. Kansas had 140 severe thunderstorm warnings in August 2026, against 155 in an average August of 2008-2025 (Kansas's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 43 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Goodland KS
- Area
- Decatur
- State
- Kansas
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 6:02 p.m. CDT, August 27, 2026
- Expires
- 6:45 p.m. CDT, August 27, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KGLD SV.W 0304
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas since 2008Every warning type in Kansas
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The notice as issued
SVRGLD The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Central Decatur County in northwestern Kansas... * Until 645 PM CDT. * At 602 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Oberlin, moving east at 5 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of central Decatur County, including the following locations... Kanona.
What the agency told people to do
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
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The record around this notice
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas since 20081,225 a year
- Every warning type in Kansas
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning: what it means, and the states that get the most20,005 a year
- NWS notices, August 20264,574 in the month
- The latest from the National Weather Service
- Warning, watch or advisory: the three NWS levels