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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 204, NWS Wichita, KS

June 18, 2019Butler County, Sedgwick County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 2019, 3:36 PM CDT for Butler County, Sedgwick County, Kansas. It was in force for 54 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 18, 2019, 3:36 PM CDT (20:36 UTC)
Expired
Jun 18, 2019, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Butler County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 18, 2:20 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Wichita, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 17, 6:18 PM CDT, 21 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 17, 6:18 PM CDT, 21 hours 18 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 7:58 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTCowley36 hr
Jun 18, 9:08 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTMcPherson23 hr
Jun 18, 9:08 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTMcPherson, Saline3 days
Jun 18, 9:08 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTSaline3 days
Jun 18, 12:25 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTBarton2 hr
Jun 18, 2:34 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTButler, Cowley42 hr
Jun 18, 2:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey, Reno, Sedgwick56 min
Jun 18, 3:27 PM CDTTornado WarningICTKingman, Reno48 min
Jun 18, 3:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSedgwick32 min
Jun 18, 3:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Harvey, Marion, Sedgwick38 min
Jun 18, 4:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTKingman, Reno, Sedgwick62 min
Jun 18, 4:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Sedgwick65 min
Jun 18, 4:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick29 min
Jun 18, 4:38 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTHarvey, Sedgwick6 hr
Jun 18, 5:00 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTButler6 hr
Jun 18, 5:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Sedgwick27 min
Jun 18, 5:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick28 min
Jun 18, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTKingman, Sedgwick, Sumner61 min
Jun 18, 5:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler54 min
Jun 18, 5:25 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTButler, Sedgwick6 hr
Jun 18, 6:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTElk, Greenwood69 min
Jun 18, 6:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler19 min
Jun 18, 6:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley, Sumner62 min
Jun 18, 6:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper, Kingman, Sedgwick, Sumner56 min
Jun 18, 6:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTWoodson29 min
Jun 18, 6:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley30 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.