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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 2, 2025, 4:29 AM CDT for 8 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 46 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, 4:29 AM CDT (09:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 2, 2025, 5:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Allen County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Elk County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:33 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.
NWS Wichita, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 2, 2:56 AM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 2, 2:56 AM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| 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 | 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, 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.