Kansas Dust Storm Warning | Effective 04/23/2026 13:50

Headline: 
Dust Storm Warning issued April 23 at 2:50PM MDT until April 23 at 3:45PM MDT by NWS Goodland KS
Event: 
Dust Storm Warning
Urgency: 
Expected
Effective: 
April 23, 2026 - 1:50pm
Expires: 
April 23, 2026 - 2:45pm
Description: 
The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a * Dust Storm Warning for... Wallace County in west central Kansas... Thomas County in northwestern Kansas... Logan County in west central Kansas... Southeastern Sherman County in northwestern Kansas... * Until 345 PM MDT/445 PM CDT/. * At 250 PM MDT/350 PM CDT/, a wall of dust was along a line extending from 14 miles southeast of McDonald to 5 miles southwest of Brewster to 14 miles north of Wallace to 6 miles northwest of Weskan to 4 miles southwest of Cheyenne Wells, moving east at 45 mph. HAZARD...Less than a quarter mile visibility with damaging wind gusts up to 65 mph. SOURCE...Doppler radar. IMPACT...Dangerous life-threatening travel. * This includes Interstate 70 in Kansas between mile markers 30 and 75. Locations impacted include... Colby, Oakley, Sharon Springs, Brewster, Levant, Weskan, and Rexford.
Instruction: 
Motorists should not drive into a dust storm. PULL ASIDE STAY ALIVE!
Area Description: 
Logan, KS; Sherman, KS; Thomas, KS; Wallace, KS
Forcast Office: 
NWS Goodland KS
Sender: 
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov