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High Wind Watch 1, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this high wind watch at Mar 13, 2026, 12:42 PM CDT for 19 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Mar 15, 2026, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 13, 2026, 12:42 PM CDT (17:42 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 15, 2026, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 14, 2026, 11:21 AM CDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
Counties Barton County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Elk County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harper County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Reno County, KS, Rice County, KS, Russell County, KS, Saline County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this high wind watch 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 high wind watch went out at Mar 13, 12:39 PM CDT, 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 13, 12:39 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
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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.