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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS Wichita, KS

April 30, 2024Chautauqua County, Elk County, Montgomery County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 30, 2024, 8:53 PM CDT for Chautauqua County, Elk County, Montgomery County, Kansas. It was in force for 44 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: Apr 30, 2024, 8:53 PM CDT (01:53 UTC)
Expired: Apr 30, 2024, 9:37 PM CDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Chautauqua County, KS, Elk County, KS, Montgomery County, KS

The radar

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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
Apr 30, 3:28 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 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.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 30, 7:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 30, 7:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 30, 7:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Wichita KS
746 PM CDT Tue Apr 30 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0746 PM     Tstm Wnd Gst     Burden                  37.32N 96.75W
04/30/2024  E70 MPH          Cowley             KS   Law Enforcement

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JC

Local storm report, Apr 30, 7:51 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 30, 8:39 PM CDT, 14 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 30, 8:44 PM CDT, 9 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
Apr 30, 7:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood	55 min
Apr 30, 7:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper, Sumner	42 min
Apr 30, 7:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Cowley, Sumner	45 min
Apr 30, 7:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper, Sumner	60 min
Apr 30, 7:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk	56 min
Apr 30, 8:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Cowley, Sumner	36 min
Apr 30, 8:19 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Cowley	8 hr
Apr 30, 8:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Montgomery	34 min
Apr 30, 8:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Cowley	27 min
Apr 30, 8:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson	46 min
Apr 30, 9:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Labette	51 min
May 1, 5:36 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harper	24 min
May 1, 6:37 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harvey	23 min

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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.