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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Wichita, KS

April 2, 2025Butler County, Harvey County, Sedgwick County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 2, 2025, 2:48 AM CDT for Butler County, Harvey County, Sedgwick County, Kansas. It was in force for 42 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 2, 2025, 2:48 AM CDT (07:48 UTC)
Expired: Apr 2, 2025, 3:30 AM CDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

Counties Butler County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:49 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

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 190 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1178 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 356 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 559 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 Apr 2, 1:01 AM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 2, 1:01 AM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 1, 5:15 PM CDT, 9 hours 33 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Wichita KS
515 PM CDT Tue Apr 1 2025

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-020945-
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-
515 PM CDT Tue Apr 1 2025

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

.DAY ONE...Tonight

There is a small chance that an isolated storm could develop over
northwest Oklahoma and move into southern Kansas in the 7 to 9 pm
time frame. Any storm in this area would have the potential to
produce very large hail and tornadoes.

Storms are expected to become more widespread generally after 10 pm
as a cold front surges south. This activity would first develop over
central Kansas, near or north of I-70, and build south overnight.
Damaging straight line winds, large hail and a brief tornado would
be possible with this activity.

Strong southerly winds will remain in place this evening, with gusts
in the 40 to 45 mph range common. See latest wind advisory for
additional details.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday

Isolated thunderstorms could affect far southeast Kansas at times
during the Thursday through Saturday period. The threat for severe
weather is low.

Snow may mix with rain at times over parts of central and south
central Kansas late Saturday night into early Sunday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed 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, Apr 2, 12:43 AM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 2, 1:21 AM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 2, 1:28 AM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 2, 1:36 AM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 2, 1:42 AM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 2, 1:50 AM CDT, 58 minutes before

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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 1, 11:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, McPherson, Saline	53 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, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.