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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 201, NWS Wichita, KS

July 6, 20254 counties in Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2025, 5:00 PM CDT for 4 counties in 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
Jul 6, 2025, 5:00 PM CDT (22:00 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 2025, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Butler County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 244 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2025-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 11 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2025-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 11 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
11 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-426 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1870 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Jul 6, 2:10 PM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes earlier. Its key messages:

  • Storms late this afternoon into early evening across mainly southern KS with additional storms coming out of northwest KS tonight.
  • Another round of storms coming off of the High Plains for Mon night into Tuesday morning.
  • Seasonal temperatures continue with above normal highs expected for Thursday.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 2:10 PM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Wichita KS
210 PM CDT Sun Jul 6 2025

.KEY MESSAGES...

- Storms late this afternoon into early evening across mainly
  southern KS with additional storms coming out of northwest KS
  tonight.

- Another round of storms coming off of the High Plains for Mon
night into Tuesday morning.

- Seasonal temperatures continue with above normal highs
  expected for Thursday.

&&

.DISCUSSION...
Issued at 210 PM CDT Sun Jul 6 2025

Currently have some shortwave energy moving into the Southern
Great Lakes/Ohio Valley. Meanwhile, another upper impulse is
sliding across the Northern Plains. Weak cold front extends from
Central MO to near KICT and into southwest KS.

Storms are expected to continue to develop along the front this
afternoon and sag south into the early evening, mainly affecting
southern and southeast KS. Damaging downburst winds, small hail
and pockets of heavy rain will continue to be the main threats.
Additional convection is expected to develop over southwest
Nebraska/NW KS early this evening and slide east overnight. Not
sure how far east storms will make it as there is decent model
consensus that they start to wane as they approach the western
flank of our forecast area. So for now will run with the highest
pops west of I-135 tonight. Confidence is low with regards to
convection during the day Mon. Moisture isn't going anywhere, so
we will remain very unstable with minimal capping. Feel the
best chance for daytime storms would be for them do develop
along some remnant outflow or just east of a remnant MCV from
storms tonight. With low confidence, will not hit pops too hard.
Better storm chances will arrive Mon night as a weak upper
impulse lifts out of Central Great Basin, across the Central
Rockies and out across the Central Plains by late Mon afternoon.
Storms should first develop over central/southern Nebraska
early Mon evening, and race south and southeast overnight,
affecting most of our area after 06z Tue. Damaging downburst
winds and hail up to nickel size look to be the main threats
with this complex of storms Mon night.

We may see a few storms linger Tuesday morning, especially across
eastern KS. However after Tue, we should see an overall
decrease in storm chances through Thu, as upper ridging builds
to our southwest. Storm chances will then ramp back-up starting
Thu night into Fri as a series of impulses track across the
Central Plains, with a more potent shortwave forecast to slide
across the Northern Plains Fri, and should push a front down
into our area.

Prior to Thursday, temps look fairly seasonal for this time of year,
with a slight bump in highs for Thu with mid and upper 90s a good
bet. There is a good chance we will see cooler highs for Fri and
especially Sat as the front pushes down into our area.

&&

.AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z MONDAY/...
Issued at 1242 PM CDT Sun Jul 6 2025

Isolated showers and thunderstorms are beginning to develop
across eastern Kansas and this activity is expected to expand
across south central Kansas this afternoon. CNU and ICT are the
two most likely locations to see thunderstorm impacts this
afternoon and early evening hence tempo groups have been
introduced at both sites. Any thunderstorm that develops will
have the potential to produce gusty and erratic winds up to 60
mph, small hail, and frequent lightning. These thunderstorms
should come to an end shortly after sunset. A second round of
thunderstorms is expected to move out of northwest Kansas this
evening and overnight but will be decaying as it moves into
central Kansas. Exactly when these storms dissipate remains
uncertain so PROB30 groups remain at RSL and GBD. Outside of
thunderstorms, conditions will be VFR with relatively light
winds however outflow boundaries may lead to breezier conditions
at times.

&&

.ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
None.

&&

DISCUSSION...RBL
AVIATION...WI
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 6, 4:11 PM CDT, 49 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Wichita KS
411 PM CDT Sun Jul 6 2025

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-070815-
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-
411 PM CDT Sun Jul 6 2025

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

.DAY ONE...This evening and Tonight

Scattered storms will continue to affect southern and southeast
Kansas into the early evening hours. Additional storms are expected
to move out of northwest Kansas late tonight and may affect parts of
central Kansas.  Damaging downburst winds, small hail and heavy
rainfall will be the main threats.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday

Storms are expected to move out of northwest Kansas and southern
Nebraska Monday evening, and affect the area later Monday night into
Tuesday morning. Damaging downburst winds, small hail and heavy
rainfall will continue to be the main threats.

Storms are then expected to return to the forecast for Thursday
night through the weekend with some strong storms possible.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Reports of severe weather, heavy rainfall amounts, and flooding are
always greatly appreciated.

&&

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

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 6, 4:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler36 min
Jul 6, 5:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper, Kingman, Sumner49 min
Jul 6, 5:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper, Sumner44 min
Jul 6, 6:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSumner49 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.