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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 8, 2026, 9:43 AM CST for 5 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 62 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
- Jan 8, 2026, 9:43 AM CST (15:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 8, 2026, 10:45 AM CST
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Damage threat
- Considerable
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Allen County, KS, Labette County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Wilson County, KS
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:45 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
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -284 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1040 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 360 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 338 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
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 Jan 8, 5:59 AM CST, 3 hours 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 8, 5:59 AM CST, 3 hours 44 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 8, 3:10 AM CST, 6 hours 33 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Wichita KS 310 AM CST Thu Jan 8 2026 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-090915- 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- 310 AM CST Thu Jan 8 2026 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of Central Kansas, South Central Kansas and Southeast Kansas. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Showers and thunderstorms will move into the area this morning. A stray storm or two may become strong or severe with hail up to quarter size and damaging winds up to 60. The best potential for strong or severe storms will be mainly southeast of the Kansas Turnpike. A slight chance exists for additional storms this afternoon along and southeast of a line from Kingman to Newton to Marion. Should storms develop, damaging winds up to 60 mph and small hail would be the main concerns. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday Another storm system may bring light accumulations of snow to western and portions of central Kansas on Friday and Friday evening. Confidence continues to increase that snow amounts will be generally an inch or less with minimal impacts. .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
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jan 8, 8:18 AM CST, 1 hour 25 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
818 AM CST Thu Jan 8 2026
KSZ095-098-099-081445-
Montgomery KS-Wilson KS-Chautauqua KS-
818 AM CST Thu Jan 8 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN WILSON...
NORTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY AND SOUTHEASTERN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES THROUGH
845 AM CST...
At 818 AM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Caney, moving northeast at 55 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Independence, Neodesha, Caney, Elk City, Tyro, Havana, Bolton,
Sycamore, Niotaze, Elk City Lake, Independence Airport, and Elk City
State Park.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3751 9586 3739 9555 3700 9584 3700 9610
TIME...MOT...LOC 1418Z 205DEG 47KT 3702 9597
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
JAKUBSpecial weather statement, Jan 8, 9:04 AM CST, 39 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
904 AM CST Thu Jan 8 2026
KSZ095-096-098>100-081545-
Montgomery KS-Wilson KS-Labette KS-Chautauqua KS-Neosho KS-
904 AM CST Thu Jan 8 2026
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN WILSON...WESTERN
LABETTE...SOUTHWESTERN NEOSHO...MONTGOMERY AND SOUTHEASTERN
CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES THROUGH 945 AM CST...
At 903 AM CST, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Chautauqua to 5 miles south of Hulah to
near Bartlesville Municipal Airport. Movement was northeast at 55
mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Coffeyville, Independence, Cherryvale, Caney, Dearing, Mound Valley,
Tyro, Peru, Liberty, Havana, Bolton, Niotaze, Parsons Tri City
Airport, Angola, Elk City Lake, Big Hill Lake, Elk City State Park,
Independence Airport, and Coffeyville Airport.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3747 9551 3723 9538 3700 9536 3700 9620
TIME...MOT...LOC 1503Z 234DEG 49KT 3701 9614 3685 9606 3671 9605
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
JAKUBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 8, 8:18 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Montgomery | 27 min |
| Jan 8, 9:04 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | ICT | Montgomery | 41 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.