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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 196, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 2026, 4:39 PM CDT for 5 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 51 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 30, 2026, 4:39 PM CDT (21:39 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2026, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Harper County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Reno County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:40 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 3:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Rice | 47 min |
| May 29, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, McPherson, Rice, Saline | 30 min |
| May 29, 10:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Lincoln, Russell | 26 min |
| May 30, 2:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Allen, Neosho, Wilson, Woodson | 54 min |
| May 30, 3:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Elk, Greenwood, Wilson | 43 min |
| May 30, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Neosho, Wilson | 45 min |
| May 30, 3:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Allen, Neosho, Wilson, Woodson | 64 min |
| May 30, 3:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Neosho | 23 min |
| May 30, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper, Kingman | 45 min |
| May 30, 4:23 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ICT | Allen, Neosho, Wilson, Woodson | 4 hr |
| May 30, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Neosho | 7 min |
| May 30, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton, Russell | 59 min |
| May 30, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper, Harvey, Kingman, Reno, Sedgwick, Sumner | 48 min |
| May 30, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton, Russell | 53 min |
| May 30, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Harvey, McPherson, Reno, Sedgwick | 31 min |
| May 30, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman, Reno, Sedgwick | 28 min |
| May 30, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman, Reno | 48 min |
| May 30, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Lincoln, Russell | 46 min |
| May 30, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Harvey, McPherson, Marion | 45 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.