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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 129, NWS Wichita, KS

April 27, 2026Harvey County, Reno County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 27, 2026, 1:48 AM CDT for Harvey County, Reno County, Kansas. It was in force for 22 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 27, 2026, 1:48 AM CDT (06:48 UTC)
Expired: Apr 27, 2026, 2:10 AM CDT
In force: 22 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

Counties Harvey County, KS, Reno County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 26, 9:38 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 215 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 99 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -92 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 644 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 236 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 443 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 1.4

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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 27, 1:33 AM CDT, 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 27, 1:33 AM CDT, 15 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 26, 9:41 PM CDT, 4 hours 7 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 27, 1:06 AM CDT, 42 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 27, 1:07 AM CDT, 41 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 27, 1:25 AM CDT, 23 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 27, 1:26 AM CDT, 22 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 27, 1:27 AM CDT, 21 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 27, 1:46 AM CDT, 2 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 26, 7:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Montgomery	43 min
Apr 26, 7:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson	15 min
Apr 26, 7:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Labette, Montgomery	57 min
Apr 26, 8:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Wilson	44 min
Apr 26, 8:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Elk	23 min
Apr 26, 8:27 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Labette	12 hr
Apr 26, 8:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Labette	46 min
Apr 26, 8:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Neosho	57 min
Apr 26, 8:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Wilson	31 min
Apr 26, 9:05 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Neosho	12 hr
Apr 26, 9:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Labette	21 min
Apr 26, 9:14 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Labette	4 hr
Apr 26, 9:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Labette	14 min
Apr 26, 11:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	McPherson, Marion, Saline	58 min
Apr 26, 11:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln, Saline	62 min
Apr 27, 12:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln, Saline	72 min
Apr 27, 12:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Lincoln, Russell	69 min
Apr 27, 12:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Cowley, Sumner	25 min
Apr 27, 1:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Lincoln	18 min
Apr 27, 2:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Saline	23 min
Apr 27, 2:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Allen	25 min
Apr 27, 2:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Allen	42 min
Apr 27, 2:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Allen, Neosho, Wilson, Woodson	24 min
Apr 27, 3:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Neosho, Wilson	50 min
Apr 27, 3:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Neosho	20 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.