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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 187, NWS Wichita, KS

May 29, 2026Barton County, Ellsworth County, Rice County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2026, 9:13 PM CDT for Barton County, Ellsworth County, Rice County, Kansas. It was in force for 47 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 29, 2026, 9:13 PM CDT (02:13 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 2026, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Barton County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Rice County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2026-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 211 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2026-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
211 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2467 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 May 29, 5:48 PM CDT, 3 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 29, 5:48 PM CDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 29, 7:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTEllsworth, McPherson, Rice, Saline30 min
May 29, 10:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLincoln, Russell26 min
May 30, 2:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTAllen, Neosho, Wilson, Woodson54 min
May 30, 3:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTElk, Greenwood, Wilson43 min
May 30, 3:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTNeosho, Wilson45 min
May 30, 3:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatICTAllen, Neosho, Wilson, Woodson64 min
May 30, 3:57 PM CDTTornado WarningICTNeosho23 min
May 30, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper, Kingman45 min
May 30, 4:23 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTAllen, Neosho, Wilson, Woodson4 hr
May 30, 4:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatICTNeosho7 min
May 30, 4:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper, Kingman, Reno, Sedgwick, Sumner51 min
May 30, 5:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton, Russell59 min
May 30, 5:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper, Harvey, Kingman, Reno, Sedgwick, Sumner48 min
May 30, 6:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton, Russell53 min
May 30, 6:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Harvey, McPherson, Reno, Sedgwick31 min
May 30, 6:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTKingman, Reno, Sedgwick28 min
May 30, 6:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTKingman, Reno48 min
May 30, 6:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLincoln, Russell46 min
May 30, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Harvey, McPherson, Marion45 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.