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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 2025, 11:57 PM CDT for 6 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 63 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
- May 19, 2025, 11:57 PM CDT (04:57 UTC)
- Expired
- May 20, 2025, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Saline County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 158 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
- 1171 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -99 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 867 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 3.3
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 May 19, 6:56 PM CDT, 5 hours 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 19, 6:56 PM CDT, 5 hours 1 minute before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Wichita KS 1026 PM CDT Mon May 19 2025 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-210330- 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- 1026 PM CDT Mon May 19 2025 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of Central Kansas, South Central Kansas and Southeast Kansas. .DAY ONE...Tonight Scattered to numerous thunderstorms will move slowly eastward across the region tonight. A few of the stronger storms could produce hail up to quarter size, gusty winds up to 50 mph, and pockets of heavy rainfall. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday Periodic thunderstorm chances return by Thursday night, and continue through early next week. There will be some chances for strong to marginally severe storms through this period. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated 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, May 19, 10:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
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</html>Local storm report, May 19, 11:45 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Wichita KS
1145 PM CDT Mon May 19 2025
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1133 PM Tstm Wnd Gst 3 NW Wichita Eisenhower 37.69N 97.48W
05/19/2025 E60 MPH Sedgwick KS Trained Spotter
&&Local storm report, May 19, 11:51 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Wichita KS
1151 PM CDT Mon May 19 2025
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1139 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg 2 WNW East Wichita 37.69N 97.29W
05/19/2025 Sedgwick KS Emergency Mngr
Tree fell on house causing damage.
&&The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase | 68 min |
| May 19, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase, Marion | 55 min |
| May 19, 7:47 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Chase | 4 hr |
| May 19, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Chase, Greenwood | 38 min |
| May 19, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton, Russell | 60 min |
| May 19, 10:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Reno | 45 min |
| May 19, 10:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, McPherson, Saline | 40 min |
| May 19, 11:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, Kingman, Reno, Sedgwick | 59 min |
| May 19, 11:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | McPherson, Saline | 38 min |
| May 19, 11:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Harvey, Sedgwick | 47 min |
| May 20, 12:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Kingman, Reno, Sedgwick | 61 min |
| May 20, 12:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase, Greenwood | 33 min |
| May 20, 12:39 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | ICT | Butler, Harvey, Kingman, Reno, Sedgwick | 2 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.