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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 271, NWS Wichita, KS

June 13, 2026Ellsworth County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2026, 5:43 PM CDT for Ellsworth County, Kansas. It was in force for 62 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 13, 2026, 5:43 PM CDT (22:43 UTC)
Expired: Jun 13, 2026, 6:45 PM CDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Ellsworth County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:47 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 13, 2:30 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 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 13, 1:11 PM CDT, 4 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 1:11 PM CDT, 4 hours 32 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 13, 1:52 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	ICT	Cowley, Harper, Kingman, Sumner	17 hr
Jun 13, 3:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Cowley, Sumner	26 min
Jun 13, 8:29 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Labette, Neosho	3 days
Jun 13, 8:29 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ICT	Cherokee, Labette	4 days
Jun 13, 6:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton	54 min
Jun 13, 6:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Cowley, Sumner	31 min
Jun 13, 6:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, McPherson, Rice	62 min
Jun 13, 6:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Barton	64 min
Jun 13, 6:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Butler, Cowley, Sumner	49 min
Jun 13, 6:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Ellsworth, Saline	60 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.