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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 2026, 7:42 PM CDT for Labette County, Montgomery County, Kansas. It was in force for 33 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
- Apr 3, 2026, 7:42 PM CDT (00:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2026, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Labette County, KS, Montgomery County, KS
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:42 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 2:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 156 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 434 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1406 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 265 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 3.9
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 Apr 3, 6:55 PM CDT, 47 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 6:55 PM CDT, 47 minutes before
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Local storm report, Apr 3, 2:53 PM CDT, 4 hours 49 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Wichita KS
253 PM CDT Fri Apr 3 2026
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0251 PM Hail 3 NE Mcconnell Air Forc 37.65N 97.24W
04/03/2026 E0.75 Inch Sedgwick KS Public
Report from mPING: Dime (0.75 in.).
&&Local storm report, Apr 3, 3:08 PM CDT, 4 hours 34 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Wichita KS
308 PM CDT Fri Apr 3 2026
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0301 PM Hail 3 W Andover 37.67N 97.20W
04/03/2026 E1.00 Inch Sedgwick KS Public
Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.).
&&Local storm report, Apr 3, 3:12 PM CDT, 4 hours 30 minutes before
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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.