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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 111, NWS Wichita, KS

June 3, 2025Butler County, Sedgwick County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2025, 12:46 PM CDT for Butler County, Sedgwick 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: Jun 3, 2025, 12:46 PM CDT (17:46 UTC)
Expired: Jun 3, 2025, 1:30 PM CDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Butler County, KS, Sedgwick 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 3, 12:26 PM CDT, 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 12:26 PM CDT, 20 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 3, 3:45 AM CDT, 9 hours 1 minute before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 3, 12:23 PM CDT, 23 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Wichita KS
1223 PM CDT Tue Jun 3 2025

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

1221 PM     Hail             East Wichita            37.69N 97.26W
06/03/2025  E0.88 Inch       Sedgwick           KS   NWS Employee

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Local storm report, Jun 3, 12:24 PM CDT, 22 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 3, 12:26 PM CDT, 20 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 3, 12:37 PM CDT, 9 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Wichita KS
1237 PM CDT Tue Jun 3 2025

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

1236 PM     Flood            El Dorado               37.83N 96.86W
06/03/2025                   Butler             KS   Public

            Street flooding across north end of El
            Dorado.

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Special weather statement, Jun 3, 12:37 PM CDT, 9 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 3, 12:41 PM CDT, 5 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Wichita KS
1241 PM CDT Tue Jun 3 2025

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
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1238 PM     Hail             3 N Oaklawn             37.64N 97.31W
06/03/2025  E1.00 Inch       Sedgwick           KS   Trained Spotter

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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 2, 9:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper	26 min
Jun 2, 9:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper, Kingman, Sedgwick, Sumner	31 min
Jun 2, 9:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Kingman, Reno, Sedgwick, Sumner	20 min
Jun 3, 2:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Saline	20 min
Jun 3, 3:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Kingman	28 min
Jun 3, 3:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Kingman	46 min
Jun 3, 3:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sedgwick	38 min
Jun 3, 4:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sedgwick	34 min
Jun 3, 4:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harvey	42 min
Jun 3, 5:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harvey, Marion	40 min
Jun 3, 9:43 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Cherokee, Labette	5 days
Jun 3, 9:43 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Allen	49 hr
Jun 3, 9:43 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Allen, Neosho	65 hr
Jun 3, 9:43 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Neosho	3 days
Jun 3, 9:43 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Labette, Neosho	5 days
Jun 3, 9:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chase	23 min
Jun 3, 10:05 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Butler, Harvey, Marion, Reno, Sedgwick	4 hr
Jun 3, 10:33 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Chase, Marion	4 hr
Jun 3, 11:17 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Harvey, Sedgwick	4 hr
Jun 3, 11:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chase	28 min
Jun 3, 11:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler, Sedgwick	46 min
Jun 3, 11:53 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Butler, Chase, Marion	4 hr
Jun 3, 12:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Sedgwick	40 min
Jun 3, 12:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler	50 min
Jun 3, 12:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Chase, Greenwood	33 min
Jun 3, 12:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sumner	38 min
Jun 3, 12:56 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Butler, Chase, Greenwood, Sedgwick	4 hr
Jun 3, 1:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sumner	27 min
Jun 3, 1:33 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning EmergencyCatastrophic damage threat	ICT	Sedgwick	3 hr
Jun 3, 1:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sedgwick	36 min
Jun 3, 1:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Sedgwick, Sumner	41 min
Jun 3, 1:51 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning EmergencyCatastrophic damage threat	ICT	Butler	3 hr
Jun 3, 2:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sumner	35 min
Jun 3, 2:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Butler	47 min
Jun 3, 3:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Harper	27 min
Jun 3, 3:13 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Harvey, Sedgwick	41 hr
Jun 3, 3:17 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Butler	28 hr
Jun 3, 3:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Cowley	27 min
Jun 3, 3:28 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Butler	42 hr
Jun 3, 3:28 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley	53 hr
Jun 3, 3:31 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley	34 hr
Jun 3, 3:31 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley	4 days
Jun 3, 3:34 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Cowley	4 days
Jun 3, 3:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sumner	24 min
Jun 3, 3:39 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Marion	29 hr
Jun 3, 3:39 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Chase	64 hr
Jun 3, 3:39 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Chase, Lyon	67 hr
Jun 3, 3:41 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Butler, Chase, Marion	7 hr
Jun 3, 3:42 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Wilson	5 hr
Jun 3, 4:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sumner	42 min
Jun 3, 4:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Chautauqua	27 min
Jun 3, 4:28 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Butler	21 hr
Jun 3, 4:47 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Greenwood, Woodson	3 hr
Jun 3, 4:49 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Butler, Chase, Greenwood, Sedgwick	6 hr
Jun 3, 4:50 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	6 hr
Jun 3, 4:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Elk, Montgomery	40 min
Jun 3, 4:54 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Butler, Chase, Greenwood, Sedgwick	6 hr
Jun 3, 4:56 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Butler	64 min
Jun 3, 5:08 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Butler, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk	15 hr
Jun 3, 5:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Montgomery	37 min
Jun 3, 5:37 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Allen	5 hr
Jun 3, 5:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Allen, Neosho	46 min
Jun 3, 6:11 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Sedgwick, Sumner	3 hr
Jun 3, 6:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Labette	46 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.