884  
WWUS83 KGLD 090440  
SPSGLD  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS  
1140 PM CDT WED JUL 8 2026  
 
KSZ003-090500-  
DECATUR KS-  
1140 PM CDT WED JUL 8 2026  
 
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT WEST CENTRAL DECATUR COUNTY  
THROUGH MIDNIGHT CDT...  
 
AT 1140 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8  
MILES SOUTHEAST OF HERNDON, OR 9 MILES WEST OF OBERLIN, MOVING EAST  
AT 20 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND  
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO OUTDOOR OBJECTS IS  
POSSIBLE.  
 
THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL  
DECATUR COUNTY.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD TO  
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED  
ROADWAYS.  
 
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.  
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE  
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3970 10074 3987 10074 3989 10051 3971 10050  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0440Z 258DEG 16KT 3980 10070  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH  
 
 
 
KAK  
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