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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 244, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 24, 2025, 4:28 PM CDT for Greenwood County, Kansas. It was in force for 32 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 24, 2025, 4:28 PM CDT (21:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 2025, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Greenwood County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 833 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -141 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1112 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
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 24, 2:25 PM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 24, 2:25 PM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 24, 2:25 PM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Wichita KS 225 PM CDT Thu Jul 24 2025 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-251930- 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- 225 PM CDT Thu Jul 24 2025 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of Central Kansas, South Central Kansas and Southeast Kansas. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight Heat indices above 100 degrees are expected across portions of south-central and southeast Kansas this afternoon. More widespread thunderstorm activity is expected this evening into the overnight hours, especially across portions of central and south-central Kansas. Heavy rainfall is the primary concern tonight. Refer to the Flood Watch for additional details. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday Shower and thunderstorm chances will continue into the day on Friday. Heat indices above 100 degrees are possible Friday across south-central and southeast Kansas. Heat indices above 100 degrees are possible areawide Saturday through Wednesday. .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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 1:28 AM CDT | Flood Watch | ICT | Butler, Chase, Ellsworth, Greenwood, Harvey, Kingman and 6 more | 48 hr |
| Jul 24, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Greenwood, Woodson | 45 min |
| Jul 24, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler | 10 min |
| Jul 24, 5:55 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Greenwood | 3 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.