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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 170, NWS Wichita, KS

June 17, 2025Sedgwick County, Sumner County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2025, 6:50 PM CDT for Sedgwick County, Sumner County, Kansas. It was in force for 41 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, 2025, 6:50 PM CDT (23:50 UTC)
Expired: Jun 17, 2025, 7:31 PM CDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

Counties Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:51 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, 3:40 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 217 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 711 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -493 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 622 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 480 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 751 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 6.7

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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 17, 6:34 PM CDT, 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 17, 6:34 PM CDT, 16 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 17, 3:31 PM CDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Wichita KS
331 PM CDT Tue Jun 17 2025

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-182045-
Russell-Lincoln-Barton-Ellsworth-Saline-Rice-McPherson-Marion-Chase-
Reno-Harvey-Butler-Greenwood-Woodson-Allen-Kingman-Sedgwick-Harper-
Sumner-Cowley-Elk-Wilson-Neosho-Chautauqua-Montgomery-Labette-
331 PM CDT Tue Jun 17 2025

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of Central Kansas,
South Central Kansas and Southeast Kansas.

.DAY ONE...Evening into Tonight

Strong to severe thunderstorms are expected into tonight across
southern Kansas. All hazards are possible including large hail up to
golf ball, damaging winds near 80 mph, and a tornado or two.
Additional heavy rainfall will increase the flooding potential or
aggravate ongoing flooding. Please refer to the latest watch and
warnings for additional details.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday

More thunderstorms could linger across southeast Kansas early
Wednesday morning.

Heat indices are forecast to approach 100 degrees across the entire
area Friday into Sunday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed into tonight.

&&

For a graphical version of this information, see our webpage at:
https://www.weather.gov/erh/ghwo?wfo=ict

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 17, 6:16 PM CDT, 34 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 17, 6:17 PM CDT, 33 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 17, 6:21 PM CDT, 29 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 17, 6:22 PM CDT, 28 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 17, 6:38 PM CDT, 12 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 17, 6:47 PM CDT, 3 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, 12:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Russell	57 min
Jun 17, 1:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Lincoln	44 min
Jun 17, 1:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Lincoln, Russell	31 min
Jun 17, 1:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Rice, Russell, Saline	64 min
Jun 17, 2:31 AM CDT	Flood Watch	ICT	Allen, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley and 20 more	32 hr
Jun 17, 2:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Harvey, McPherson, Marion, Reno and 2 more	64 min
Jun 17, 3:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	ICT	Harvey, McPherson, Reno, Rice	42 min
Jun 17, 3:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Harper, Harvey, Kingman, McPherson, Marion, Reno and 2 more	56 min
Jun 17, 3:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	ICT	Harvey, Marion, Reno, Sedgwick	64 min
Jun 17, 3:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Ellsworth, McPherson, Reno, Rice, Saline	65 min
Jun 17, 4:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Butler, Chase, Harvey, McPherson, Marion, Sedgwick	58 min
Jun 17, 4:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	ICT	Butler, Cowley, Sedgwick, Sumner	66 min
Jun 17, 4:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	ICT	Butler, Cowley, Sedgwick, Sumner	59 min
Jun 17, 4:42 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Sedgwick	7 hr
Jun 17, 4:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	ICT	Butler, Sedgwick	45 min
Jun 17, 5:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper, Sumner	26 min
Jun 17, 5:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Butler, Sedgwick	46 min
Jun 17, 5:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Cowley, Harper, Sumner	48 min
Jun 17, 5:32 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	McPherson	13 hr
Jun 17, 5:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	ICT	Cowley	54 min
Jun 17, 8:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley, Sedgwick, Sumner	25 min
Jun 17, 9:38 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Saline	13 hr
Jun 17, 9:38 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	McPherson, Saline	11 hr
Jun 17, 9:38 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	McPherson	17 hr
Jun 17, 9:38 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Saline	11 hr
Jun 17, 11:38 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Cowley, Sumner	52 hr
Jun 17, 11:38 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Harvey, Reno	4 days
Jun 17, 11:38 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Marion	39 hr
Jun 17, 11:38 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Butler	61 hr
Jun 17, 11:38 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Harvey	4 days
Jun 17, 11:38 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley	66 hr
Jun 17, 2:17 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Barton, Rice	4 hr
Jun 17, 2:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, McPherson, Reno, Rice	47 min
Jun 17, 3:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	McPherson, Reno, Rice	11 min
Jun 17, 3:32 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Chase, Marion	6 hr
Jun 17, 3:47 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Allen	68 hr
Jun 17, 3:47 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Allen, Neosho	29 hr
Jun 17, 3:47 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Sumner	3 days
Jun 17, 3:47 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Cowley	4 days
Jun 17, 3:47 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Neosho	4 days
Jun 17, 3:47 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Labette, Neosho	5 days
Jun 17, 3:47 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Cherokee, Labette	66 hr
Jun 17, 3:47 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Reno, Rice	4 days
Jun 17, 4:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper, Kingman	56 min
Jun 17, 4:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	54 min
Jun 17, 4:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Kingman, Reno, Sedgwick	41 min
Jun 17, 4:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	ICT	Harper, Kingman	23 min
Jun 17, 5:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Harper, Kingman, Sumner	43 min
Jun 17, 5:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Butler, Sedgwick	53 min
Jun 17, 5:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper, Kingman	38 min
Jun 17, 5:29 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Sedgwick	5 hr
Jun 17, 5:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	ICT	Sumner	51 min
Jun 17, 5:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Butler	65 min
Jun 17, 5:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper, Kingman	61 min
Jun 17, 6:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Cowley, Sumner	51 min
Jun 17, 6:33 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Sumner	16 hr
Jun 17, 6:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Greenwood	22 min
Jun 17, 6:59 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	McPherson	16 hr

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.