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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 154, NWS Wichita, KS

May 17, 2026Barton County, Russell County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 17, 2026, 10:09 PM CDT for Barton County, Russell County, Kansas. It was in force for 66 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: May 17, 2026, 10:09 PM CDT (03:09 UTC)
Expired: May 17, 2026, 11:15 PM CDT
In force: 66 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Barton County, KS, Russell County, KS

The radar

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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
May 17, 3:16 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

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.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 17, 7:29 PM CDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 17, 7:34 PM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 17, 8:01 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Wichita KS
801 PM CDT Sun May 17 2026

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

0712 PM     Non-Tstm Wnd Gst 3 E Hutchinson          38.07N 97.86W
05/17/2026  M63 MPH          Reno               KS   ASOS

            ASOS.

&&

MWM

Local storm report, May 17, 8:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 17, 8:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 17, 8:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 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
May 17, 7:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln, Saline	58 min
May 17, 7:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Lincoln	39 min
May 17, 7:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Russell	47 min
May 17, 7:39 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Russell	4 hr
May 17, 8:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Russell	66 min
May 17, 8:31 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Russell	6 hr
May 17, 9:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln, Saline	65 min
May 17, 9:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Barton, Russell	59 min
May 17, 10:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Barton	41 min
May 17, 10:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln	67 min
May 17, 11:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Barton, Russell	62 min
May 18, 3:02 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Russell	7 hr
May 18, 1:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln, Russell	42 min
May 18, 1:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Lincoln	40 min
May 18, 4:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Saline	33 min
May 18, 4:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Saline	46 min
May 18, 4:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Saline	31 min
May 18, 4:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton, Reno, Rice	46 min
May 18, 5:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Saline	31 min
May 18, 5:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Reno	19 min
May 18, 5:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	McPherson, Reno, Rice	49 min
May 18, 6:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Harvey, Kingman, McPherson, Marion, Reno, Rice and 1 more	50 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.