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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 343, NWS Wichita, KS

July 3, 2026Lincoln County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2026, 9:19 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Kansas. It was in force for 41 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
Jul 3, 2026, 9:19 PM CDT (02:19 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 2026, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Lincoln County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:20 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 3, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 205 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 2026-07-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2010 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 2026-07-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 29 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2010 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-165 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2313 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
221 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.5

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 9:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLincoln8 min
Jul 4, 8:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatICTHarvey, McPherson, Reno47 min
Jul 4, 8:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Chase, Harvey, McPherson, Marion67 min
Jul 4, 9:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Harvey, McPherson, Sedgwick44 min
Jul 4, 9:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChase, Greenwood, Marion40 min
Jul 4, 10:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Chase, Greenwood45 min
Jul 4, 12:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMcPherson, Marion49 min
Jul 4, 1:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey, McPherson, Marion34 min
Jul 4, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper, Sumner61 min
Jul 4, 4:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSumner28 min
Jul 4, 5:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley, Sumner68 min
Jul 4, 5:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatICTCowley, Sumner58 min
Jul 4, 5:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Elk, Greenwood49 min
Jul 4, 6:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threatICTCowley25 min
Jul 4, 6:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Cowley, Elk53 min
Jul 4, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChautauqua, Cowley45 min
Jul 4, 6:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatICTChautauqua65 min

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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.