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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Wichita, KS

June 5, 2023Chase County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2023, 5:16 PM CDT for Chase County, Kansas. It was in force for 59 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 5, 2023, 5:16 PM CDT (22:16 UTC)
Expired: Jun 5, 2023, 6:15 PM CDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Chase County, KS

The radar

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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 5, 4:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 4:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 5, 4:41 PM CDT, 35 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 5, 4:28 PM CDT, 48 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 5, 4:40 PM CDT, 36 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 5, 4:45 PM CDT, 31 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 5, 4:58 PM CDT, 18 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 5, 5:01 PM CDT, 15 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 5, 5:03 PM CDT, 13 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 5, 1:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sedgwick	28 min
Jun 5, 1:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sedgwick	28 min
Jun 5, 1:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sedgwick	50 min
Jun 5, 1:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Sedgwick	62 min
Jun 5, 2:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sumner	26 min
Jun 5, 2:23 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	5 hr
Jun 5, 2:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Allen	62 min
Jun 5, 2:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sedgwick, Sumner	62 min
Jun 5, 2:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Allen	60 min
Jun 5, 2:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Allen	22 min
Jun 5, 2:42 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Allen	4 hr
Jun 5, 2:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Harvey	59 min
Jun 5, 2:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sumner	35 min
Jun 5, 3:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Cowley	29 min
Jun 5, 3:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper, Sumner	53 min
Jun 5, 3:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler	33 min
Jun 5, 3:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler	33 min
Jun 5, 3:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Greenwood	37 min
Jun 5, 3:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler	29 min
Jun 5, 3:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Greenwood	66 min
Jun 5, 3:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chase	35 min
Jun 5, 4:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chase, Marion	30 min
Jun 5, 4:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harvey	29 min
Jun 5, 4:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, Marion	55 min
Jun 5, 4:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harper	36 min
Jun 5, 4:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Woodson	32 min
Jun 5, 4:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	McPherson	35 min
Jun 5, 4:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler	30 min
Jun 5, 4:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	McPherson	36 min
Jun 5, 5:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Marion	29 min
Jun 5, 5:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chase	27 min
Jun 5, 5:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Cowley	27 min
Jun 5, 5:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Elk	31 min
Jun 5, 6:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chase	30 min
Jun 5, 6:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Lincoln	27 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.