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Red Flag Warning 10, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this red flag warning at Apr 15, 2026, 2:23 PM CDT for Barton County, Lincoln County, Russell County, Kansas. It took effect at Apr 16, 2026, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 15, 2026, 2:23 PM CDT (19:23 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 16, 2026, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2026, 7:53 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
Counties Barton County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Russell County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 162 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:23 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 nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 255 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
- 721 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -64 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 567 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 372 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 364 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.8
- Supercell composite
- 8.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this red flag 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 red flag warning went out at Apr 15, 12:20 PM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 15, 12:20 PM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 15, 5:23 AM CDT, 9 hours before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Wichita KS 523 AM CDT Wed Apr 15 2026 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-161030- 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- 523 AM CDT Wed Apr 15 2026 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of Central Kansas, South Central Kansas and Southeast Kansas. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Severe thunderstorms are possible again this afternoon and evening generally southeast of the Kansas Turnpike after 1 PM. Large hail, damaging winds and locally heavy rain will be the primary threats. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday Another vigorous storm system will arrive on Friday bringing the potential for severe thunderstorms for much of the area in the afternoon and evening hours. A very high grassland fire danger will develop for areas west of I-135 on both Thursday and Friday during the afternoon hours. A very high grassland fire danger may return early next week for areas west of I-135. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated today or 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 9:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno, Rice | 32 min |
| Apr 15, 2:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette, Montgomery | 39 min |
| Apr 15, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Allen, Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson | 45 min |
| Apr 15, 3:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette, Montgomery | 41 min |
| Apr 15, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Allen | 16 min |
| Apr 15, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Neosho | 35 min |
| Apr 15, 4:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette, Montgomery | 20 min |
| Apr 15, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson | 36 min |
| Apr 15, 4:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Allen | 12 min |
| Apr 15, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette | 13 min |
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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.