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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 204, NWS Wichita, KS

May 30, 20264 counties in Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 2026, 6:45 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 45 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, 6:45 PM CDT (23:45 UTC)
Expired: May 30, 2026, 7:30 PM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Butler County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:44 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 nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 325 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: 843 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -223 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1363 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 179 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 174 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.1

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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 30, 6:44 PM CDT, 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 30, 6:44 PM CDT, 1 minute before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 30, 1:43 PM CDT, 5 hours 2 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Wichita KS
143 PM CDT Sat May 30 2026

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-311845-
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-
143 PM CDT Sat May 30 2026

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of central Kansas,
east central Kansas, south central Kansas and southeast Kansas.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight

Isolated to scattered thunderstorms will continue this afternoon
across eastern Kansas. The strongest storms may produce hail up to
penny size, gusty winds between 40-50 mph, and heavy rainfall.

Severe thunderstorms are expected this afternoon and evening. The
strongest thunderstorms will be capable of hail up to tennis ball
size, damaging winds up to 80 mph, and a tornado or two cannot be
ruled out.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday

Additional thunderstorms are possible Sunday through Friday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will be needed this afternoon and 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, May 30, 5:53 PM CDT, 52 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 30, 6:01 PM CDT, 44 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 30, 6:17 PM CDT, 28 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 30, 6:38 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 30, 6:39 PM CDT, 6 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 30, 6:45 PM CDT, 0 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 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 Considerable damage threat	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 Considerable damage threat	ICT	Neosho	7 min
May 30, 4:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper, Kingman, Reno, Sedgwick, Sumner	51 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

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.