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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 280, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 11, 2025, 3:19 AM CDT for Harvey County, Sedgwick County, Sumner County, 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
- Aug 11, 2025, 3:19 AM CDT (08:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 11, 2025, 4:04 AM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Harvey County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 1 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 11:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 215 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
- 1521 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -72 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1739 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
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 Aug 11, 2:07 AM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 11, 2:07 AM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Wichita KS 746 PM CDT Sun Aug 10 2025 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-111945- 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- 746 PM CDT Sun Aug 10 2025 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of Central Kansas, South Central Kansas and Southeast Kansas. .DAY ONE...Tonight Numerous thunderstorms will impact the region through tonight, with the best chances generally south of a line extending from Great Bend to McPherson to Emporia. The strongest activity will be capable of dime to nickel sized hail, damaging winds around 60 mph winds and very heavy rain. Intense rain may lead to flooding or flash flooding. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday Lingering showers and thunderstorms are expected Monday through Wednesday, but the potential for widespread severe weather and additional heavy rainfall is low. After a modest cool down Monday and Tuesday, triple digit heat indices may return by Thursday of next week, and persist through at least next weekend. .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, Aug 10, 11:17 PM CDT, 4 hours 2 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 7:09 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk | 16 hr |
| Aug 10, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua | 60 min |
| Aug 10, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Cowley | 46 min |
| Aug 10, 8:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Cowley | 6 hr |
| Aug 10, 8:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Montgomery | 66 min |
| Aug 11, 1:32 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Butler, Chase, Greenwood | 8 hr |
| Aug 11, 2:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper, Kingman, Reno | 66 min |
| Aug 11, 2:31 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Rice | 9 hr |
| Aug 11, 7:14 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | McPherson | 15 hr |
| Aug 11, 8:13 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ICT | Reno, Rice | 3 days |
Nearby
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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.