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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 137, NWS Wichita, KS

April 28, 2026Labette County, Montgomery County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 28, 2026, 12:46 PM CDT for Labette County, Montgomery County, Kansas. It was in force for 59 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 28, 2026, 12:46 PM CDT (17:46 UTC)
Expired: Apr 28, 2026, 1:45 PM CDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

Counties Labette County, KS, Montgomery County, KS

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:48 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, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 156 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1333 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 180 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

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 28, 6:52 AM CDT, 5 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 28, 6:52 AM CDT, 5 hours 54 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 28, 12:24 PM CDT, 22 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Wichita KS
1224 PM CDT Tue Apr 28 2026

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-291730-
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-
1224 PM CDT Tue Apr 28 2026

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of Central Kansas,
South Central Kansas and Southeast Kansas.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight

A few strong to severe storms are possible across far southeast
Kansas early this afternoon. The main hazard from the stronger
storms would be quarter to possible golf ball size hail.

Patchy frost is possible for late tonight over central Kansas.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday

Patchy frost is possible Wednesday morning over central Kansas.

More thunderstorm chances are in the forecast for Thursday, however
the risk for severe weather is low.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not anticipated this afternoon 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

Local storm report, Apr 28, 10:09 AM CDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Wichita KS
1009 AM CDT Tue Apr 28 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0654 PM     Tornado          4 W Sycamore            37.33N 95.79W
04/26/2026                   Montgomery         KS   Public

            Delayed report of a tornado. Photo of a
            tornado west of Sycamore from social media.

&&

MWM

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 28, 1:10 PM CDT	Frost Advisory	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Russell, Saline	20 hr
Apr 28, 1:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Labette, Montgomery	28 min
Apr 28, 1:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Labette, Neosho	18 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2026 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2026

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.