NWS Dodge City KSSV.W 0297October 1, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Clark, Ford, Gray and 2 more, KS
The National Weather Service office in Dodge City issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Clark, Ford, Gray and 2 more in Kansas, which was in force until 2:00 p.m. local time on October 1. It was the 297th severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Dodge City issued in 2026. Kansas had 4 severe thunderstorm warnings in October 2026, against 32 in an average October of 2008-2025 (Kansas's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 40 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Dodge City KS
- Area
- Clark, Ford, Gray and 2 more
- State
- Kansas
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 1:20 p.m. CDT, October 1, 2026
- Expires
- 2:00 p.m. CDT, October 1, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KDDC SV.W 0297
- 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
SVRDDC The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southwestern Ford County in southwestern Kansas... Northeastern Meade County in southwestern Kansas... Southern Gray County in southwestern Kansas... East central Haskell County in southwestern Kansas... Northwestern Clark County in southwestern Kansas... * Until 200 PM CDT. * At 120 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Kingsdown to near Cimarron, moving south at 10 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Severe thunderstorms will be near... Ensign, Bloom, and The Haggard Elev around 125 PM CDT.
What the agency told people to do
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
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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, October 20262,135 in the month
- The latest from the National Weather Service
- Warning, watch or advisory: the three NWS levels