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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 174, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2025, 8:08 PM CDT for Kingman County, Reno County, Sedgwick County, Kansas. It was in force for 33 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, 8:08 PM CDT (01:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2025, 8:41 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Kingman County, KS, Reno County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:08 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 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 176 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 657 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -322 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 922 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.7
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 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 17, 6:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
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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
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Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jun 17, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 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, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Cowley | 45 min |
| Jun 17, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 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.