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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 102, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 25, 2026, 6:00 PM CDT for Chautauqua County, Elk County, Montgomery County, Kansas. It was in force for 49 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
- Apr 25, 2026, 6:00 PM CDT (23:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 25, 2026, 6:49 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Chautauqua County, KS, Elk County, KS, Montgomery County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:02 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 206 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
- 97 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -136 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 975 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
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 Apr 25, 3:44 PM CDT, 2 hours 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 25, 3:44 PM CDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 25, 3:50 PM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Wichita KS 350 PM CDT Sat Apr 25 2026 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-262100- 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- 350 PM CDT Sat Apr 25 2026 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of Central Kansas, South Central Kansas and Southeast Kansas. .DAY ONE...Tonight A few strong to severe storms will be possible across the region for late this afternoon through the late evening hours. The primary risk from the stronger storms will be quarter to golf ball size hail. Damaging winds around 60 mph is also possible. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday Severe storms could impact the area again on Sunday afternoon and Sunday night with potentially all hazards possible. There is a lot of uncertainty for this period, therefore continue to check back for updates as we refine the details for severe weather. More thunderstorm chances are in the forecast from late Wednesday night through Friday. Severe weather chances are low for this period. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated tonight but reports of severe weather are always appreciated. && 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 25, 6:58 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 4 hr |
| Apr 25, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 61 min |
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.