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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 212, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 2025, 6:55 PM CDT for Butler County, Kansas. It was in force for 50 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 11, 2025, 6:55 PM CDT (23:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 2025, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Butler County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 1868 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -154 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1090 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 187 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
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 11, 6:28 PM CDT, 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 11, 6:28 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Wichita KS 243 PM CDT Fri Jul 11 2025 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-121945- 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- 243 PM CDT Fri Jul 11 2025 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of Central Kansas, South Central Kansas and Southeast Kansas. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight Isolated to widely scattered thunderstorms capable of 60 mph winds, hail up to quarter size, and locally heavy rainfall will be possible late this afternoon and evening. Heat indices are expected to climb to around 100 this afternoon across much of the area. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday Thunderstorm chances will persist through the weekend and into much of next week. A few strong to severe thunderstorms will be possible through the period along with locally heavy rain. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated this afternoon or 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, Jul 11, 5:59 PM CDT, 56 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 5:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 37 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.