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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 162, NWS Wichita, KS

June 4, 2024Barton County, Ellsworth County, Rice County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2024, 2:34 PM CDT for Barton County, Ellsworth County, Rice County, Kansas. It was in force for 56 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 4, 2024, 2:34 PM CDT (19:34 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 2024, 3:30 PM CDT
In force: 56 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

Counties Barton County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Rice County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:34 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 4, 2:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 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 3, 3:20 PM CDT, 23 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 3:20 PM CDT, 23 hours 14 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 4, 12:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Russell	54 min
Jun 4, 12:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton	38 min
Jun 4, 1:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln, Russell	60 min
Jun 4, 1:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Russell	59 min
Jun 4, 2:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton, Rice	27 min
Jun 4, 3:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Rice	74 min
Jun 4, 3:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth	42 min
Jun 4, 4:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	McPherson, Rice	68 min
Jun 4, 5:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	McPherson, Marion	48 min
Jun 4, 5:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Chase, Marion	43 min
Jun 4, 5:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Reno	62 min
Jun 4, 6:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chase, Marion	61 min
Jun 4, 6:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Kingman, Reno, Sedgwick	47 min
Jun 4, 6:46 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Marion	9 hr
Jun 4, 6:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Chase	37 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.