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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 281, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 19, 2025, 2:44 PM CDT for Butler County, Sedgwick County, Kansas. It was in force for 61 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 19, 2025, 2:44 PM CDT (19:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 2025, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Butler County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 3:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | McPherson, Reno, Rice | 56 min |
| Aug 19, 3:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley, Sedgwick, Sumner | 54 min |
| Aug 19, 4:08 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Reno | 2 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2025Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2025
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.