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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Wichita, KS

April 1, 2025Ellsworth County, McPherson County, Saline County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 1, 2025, 11:52 PM CDT for Ellsworth County, McPherson County, Saline County, Kansas. It was in force for 53 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 1, 2025, 11:52 PM CDT (04:52 UTC)
Expired: Apr 2, 2025, 12:45 AM CDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Ellsworth County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Saline County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:54 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
Apr 1, 7:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	10 hr
Apr 1, 11:51 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 1, 10:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 1, 10:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Wichita KS
1021 PM CDT Tue Apr 1 2025

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

1020 PM     Hail             Bushton                 38.51N 98.39W
04/01/2025  E1.00 Inch       Rice               KS   Public

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Local storm report, Apr 1, 10:52 PM CDT, 1 hour before

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Local storm report, Apr 1, 11:14 PM CDT, 38 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Wichita KS
1114 PM CDT Tue Apr 1 2025

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
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1050 PM     Hail             Ellsworth               38.74N 98.23W
04/01/2025  E1.00 Inch       Ellsworth          KS   Trained Spotter

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Local storm report, Apr 1, 11:19 PM CDT, 33 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 1, 11:48 PM CDT, 4 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Wichita KS
1148 PM CDT Tue Apr 1 2025

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
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1143 PM     Hail             1 N Chase               38.37N 98.35W
04/01/2025  M1.57 Inch       Rice               KS   Emergency Mngr

            Emergency manager reported ping pong ball
            size hail just north of Chase.

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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 1, 7:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Cowley	49 min
Apr 1, 8:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln, Saline	40 min
Apr 1, 8:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Chautauqua, Elk	36 min
Apr 1, 8:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ICT	Sedgwick	32 min
Apr 1, 8:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Greenwood	60 min
Apr 1, 8:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Rice	50 min
Apr 1, 9:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Allen, Neosho	40 min
Apr 1, 9:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, McPherson, Rice, Saline	59 min
Apr 1, 10:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Saline	52 min
Apr 1, 10:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Rice	59 min
Apr 1, 10:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Saline	55 min
Apr 1, 11:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton	41 min
Apr 1, 11:13 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Rice, Saline	4 hr
Apr 1, 11:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton, Rice	66 min
Apr 1, 11:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Barton, Rice	27 min
Apr 2, 12:01 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, McPherson, Saline	29 min
Apr 2, 12:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	ICT	Saline	25 min
Apr 2, 12:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Kingman, McPherson, Reno, Rice	58 min
Apr 2, 12:42 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Reno	33 min
Apr 2, 1:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Harvey, McPherson, Marion, Reno	39 min
Apr 2, 2:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Harvey, Sedgwick	42 min
Apr 2, 3:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley, Sedgwick, Sumner	41 min
Apr 2, 3:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Sumner	32 min
Apr 2, 3:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Chase, Greenwood	25 min
Apr 2, 3:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood, Sumner	47 min
Apr 2, 4:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Allen, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood, Montgomery and 2 more	46 min
Apr 2, 5:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Allen, Chautauqua, Elk, Labette, Montgomery, Neosho and 2 more	91 min
Apr 2, 6:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Labette, Montgomery	30 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.