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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 121, NWS Wichita, KS

June 17, 20234 counties in Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2023, 10:11 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 64 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 17, 2023, 10:11 PM CDT (03:11 UTC)
Expired: Jun 17, 2023, 11:15 PM CDT
In force: 64 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Kingman County, KS, Reno County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:11 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 17, 8:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 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.

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 17, 9:51 PM CDT, 20 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 17, 8:56 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 17, 9:15 PM CDT, 56 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 17, 9:21 PM CDT, 50 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 17, 9:31 PM CDT, 40 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 17, 9:40 PM CDT, 31 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 17, 10:01 PM CDT, 10 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 17, 8:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chase	41 min
Jun 17, 8:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Chase	67 min
Jun 17, 8:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harvey	26 min
Jun 17, 8:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harvey	25 min
Jun 17, 9:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Reno, Rice	30 min
Jun 17, 9:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harvey	24 min
Jun 17, 9:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Harper, Kingman, Sumner	61 min
Jun 17, 9:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Barton	29 min
Jun 17, 9:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Harvey, Marion	56 min
Jun 17, 9:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton	55 min
Jun 17, 9:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Kingman	35 min
Jun 17, 9:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Harper	6 min
Jun 17, 9:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Kingman, Reno	47 min
Jun 17, 10:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Harvey, Sedgwick	19 min
Jun 17, 10:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Russell	17 min
Jun 17, 10:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley, Harvey, Reno, Sedgwick, Sumner	58 min
Jun 17, 10:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Cowley, Sumner	10 min
Jun 17, 10:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	McPherson, Marion, Reno, Rice	53 min
Jun 17, 11:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Butler, Sedgwick	16 min
Jun 17, 11:04 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Harvey	4 hr
Jun 17, 11:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Butler, Sedgwick	27 min
Jun 17, 11:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood and 5 more	64 min
Jun 17, 11:29 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	4 hr
Jun 17, 11:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Saline	34 min
Jun 18, 12:07 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chase	38 min
Jun 18, 12:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chautauqua, Elk, Greenwood, Montgomery, Wilson	64 min
Jun 18, 12:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chase	46 min
Jun 18, 1:04 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Labette	41 min
Jun 18, 1:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Labette	36 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.