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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 333, NWS Wichita, KS

June 22, 2026Butler County, Sedgwick County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2026, 1:20 AM CDT for Butler County, Sedgwick County, Kansas. It was in force for 27 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 22, 2026, 1:20 AM CDT (06:20 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 2026, 1:47 AM CDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Butler County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 242 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 2026-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2689 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2026-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 72 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2689 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-64 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1145 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
194 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.1
Supercell composite
12.3

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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 Jun 22, 12:23 AM CDT, 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 12:23 AM CDT, 57 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 21, 11:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Wichita KS
1128 PM CDT Sun Jun 21 2026

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-221930-
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-
1128 PM CDT Sun Jun 21 2026

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

.DAY ONE...Tonight

Storms will be possible tonight, mainly across southern and
southeast Kansas. Hail up to ping pong size, 60-70 mph winds, heavy
rainfall, and additional flooding concerns will be possible with
this activity. A Flood Watch remains in effect through tonight for
southeast and portions of southern Kansas.

Several rivers across the area have gone into flood, please see the
latest river flood warnings for additional details.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday

Several rivers across the area are expected to go into flood over
the next few days. See latest river flood warnings for additional
details.

Storm chances will return for Monday night and will start
to increase for Tuesday night through the remainder of the work
week. Some strong to severe storms will be possible through this
period, along with heavy rain and flooding.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not anticipated 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, Jun 21, 11:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 22, 12:08 AM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 21, 10:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper, Kingman64 min
Jun 21, 10:31 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTKingman3 hr
Jun 21, 10:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper69 min
Jun 21, 11:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSumner62 min
Jun 21, 11:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatICTHarper39 min
Jun 21, 11:58 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningICTHarper, Kingman, Sumner7 hr
Jun 22, 2:33 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTReno, Rice3 days
Jun 22, 8:55 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningICTSumner34 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2026Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2026

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.