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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2025, 11:53 PM CDT for Harper County, Sumner County, Kansas. It was in force for 52 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 24, 2025, 11:53 PM CDT (04:53 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2025, 12:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Harper County, KS, Sumner County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:56 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 11:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 197 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
- 529 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -172 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 497 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 194 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 362 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 5.5
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 May 24, 6:57 PM CDT, 4 hours 56 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 24, 6:57 PM CDT, 4 hours 56 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 24, 4:00 PM CDT, 7 hours 53 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Wichita KS 400 PM CDT Sat May 24 2025 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-252100- 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- 400 PM CDT Sat May 24 2025 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of Central Kansas, South Central Kansas and Southeast Kansas. .DAY ONE...Tonight Strong to severe thunderstorms are possible this evening into the overnight hours across south-central to southeast Kansas with the primary hazard being large hail. In addition, the prolonged period of showers and thunderstorms could bring heavy rainfall to the region and lead to flooding concerns. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday A few strong to severe storms are possible on Sunday and Monday with the primary threats being large hail and excessive rainfall. Excessive rainfall is expected to continue through Tuesday morning, especially across south-central to southeastern Kansas. Please refer to the Flood Watch for additional details. .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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 12:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper, Sumner | 34 min |
| May 25, 1:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua | 38 min |
| May 25, 2:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Harvey, Marion, Sedgwick | 29 min |
| May 25, 2:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Allen, Neosho, Wilson, Woodson | 26 min |
| May 25, 3:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Elk, Greenwood | 16 min |
| May 25, 5:38 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Kingman, Reno, Sedgwick | 4 hr |
| May 25, 5:39 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Cowley | 4 hr |
| May 25, 5:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton | 58 min |
| May 25, 6:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper, Kingman, Reno | 76 min |
| May 25, 9:24 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Butler, Chase, Greenwood, Harvey, McPherson, Marion | 4 hr |
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.