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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 173, NWS Wichita, KS

June 17, 2025Chautauqua County, Cowley County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2025, 8:00 PM CDT for Chautauqua County, Cowley County, Kansas. It was in force for 45 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, 8:00 PM CDT (01:00 UTC)
Expired: Jun 17, 2025, 8:45 PM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Chautauqua County, KS, Cowley County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:03 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

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 233 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: 2854 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -53 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1272 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 94 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 465 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.1
Supercell composite: 17.4

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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, 1 hour 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 17, 6:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 17, 3:31 PM CDT, 4 hours 29 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:
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 17, 7:04 PM CDT, 56 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 17, 7:08 PM CDT, 52 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 17, 7:14 PM CDT, 46 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Wichita KS
714 PM CDT Tue Jun 17 2025

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

0713 PM     Hail             Arkansas City           37.07N 97.04W
06/17/2025  E2.00 Inch       Cowley             KS   Trained Spotter

&&

Local storm report, Jun 17, 7:21 PM CDT, 39 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Wichita KS
721 PM CDT Tue Jun 17 2025

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

0707 PM     Hail             Arkansas City           37.07N 97.04W
06/17/2025  M2.75 Inch       Cowley             KS   Amateur Radio

&&

Local storm report, Jun 17, 7:25 PM CDT, 35 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Wichita KS
725 PM CDT Tue Jun 17 2025

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

0723 PM     Tstm Wnd Gst     3 W Winfield            37.24N 97.01W
06/17/2025  M60 MPH          Cowley             KS   Trained Spotter

&&

Local storm report, Jun 17, 7:31 PM CDT, 29 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Wichita KS
731 PM CDT Tue Jun 17 2025

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

0707 PM     Hail             Arkansas City           37.07N 97.04W
06/17/2025  M3.81 Inch       Cowley             KS   Public

&&

The office that day

Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 17, 7:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Cowley	46 min
Jun 17, 7:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Cowley, Sumner	36 min
Jun 17, 7:41 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Cowley	13 hr
Jun 17, 7:57 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Rice	24 hr
Jun 17, 8:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Kingman, Reno, Sedgwick	33 min
Jun 17, 8:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Sedgwick	65 min
Jun 17, 8:49 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	47 hr
Jun 17, 8:53 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Chase	37 hr
Jun 17, 9:21 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Kingman, Reno	11 hr
Jun 17, 9:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper, Kingman, Sumner	24 min
Jun 17, 9:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley	22 min
Jun 17, 9:37 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Chase, Marion	12 hr
Jun 17, 9:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Cowley, Harper, Sumner	48 min
Jun 17, 10:23 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Sumner	40 hr
Jun 17, 10:29 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	12 hr
Jun 17, 10:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Cowley, Sumner	47 min
Jun 17, 11:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Cowley	48 min
Jun 18, 12:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Elk, Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson	65 min
Jun 18, 2:40 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Kingman	29 hr
Jun 18, 2:40 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Sedgwick, Sumner	42 hr
Jun 18, 2:40 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Sumner	52 hr
Jun 18, 2:50 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Cowley	36 hr
Jun 18, 8:12 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley	58 hr
Jun 18, 3:14 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Sedgwick	12 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.