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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 249, NWS Wichita, KS

June 9, 2026Barton County, Russell County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2026, 6:35 PM CDT for Barton County, Russell County, Kansas. It was in force for 70 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: Jun 9, 2026, 6:35 PM CDT (23:35 UTC)
Expired: Jun 9, 2026, 7:45 PM CDT
In force: 70 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.88 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Barton County, KS, Russell County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:37 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
Jun 9, 5:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 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.

NWS Wichita, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 9, 2:27 PM CDT, 4 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 2:27 PM CDT, 4 hours 8 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
Jun 8, 7:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Russell	74 min
Jun 8, 7:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Lincoln, Russell	51 min
Jun 8, 8:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln, Russell, Saline	75 min
Jun 8, 8:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Saline	54 min
Jun 8, 8:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	ICT	Ellsworth, Lincoln	48 min
Jun 8, 8:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, McPherson, Rice, Russell, Saline	79 min
Jun 8, 8:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Saline	50 min
Jun 8, 9:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	McPherson, Marion, Rice, Saline	76 min
Jun 8, 9:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	ICT	McPherson, Marion, Saline	63 min
Jun 8, 9:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Butler, Chase, Harvey, McPherson, Marion, Reno and 1 more	75 min
Jun 8, 9:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	ICT	Butler, Chase, Harvey, McPherson, Marion, Sedgwick	77 min
Jun 8, 9:57 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Saline	4 hr
Jun 8, 10:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, Kingman, Reno, Sedgwick	57 min
Jun 8, 10:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Butler, Chase, Greenwood, Sedgwick	71 min
Jun 8, 10:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	ICT	Chase, Marion	59 min
Jun 8, 10:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	ICT	Chase	33 min
Jun 8, 11:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Butler, Greenwood, Wilson, Woodson	61 min
Jun 9, 1:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Russell	64 min
Jun 9, 2:22 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Lincoln	4 hr
Jun 9, 2:48 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Lincoln	65 hr
Jun 9, 6:18 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Lincoln	6 hr
Jun 9, 2:18 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	ICT	Harper, Harvey, Kingman, Reno, Sedgwick, Sumner	29 hr

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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.