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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 415, NWS Wichita, KS

September 13, 2026Chase County, Marion County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 13, 2026, 7:53 AM CDT for Chase County, Marion County, Kansas. It was in force for 52 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: Sep 13, 2026, 7:53 AM CDT (12:53 UTC)
Expired: Sep 13, 2026, 8:45 AM CDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Chase County, KS, Marion County, KS

The radar

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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 Sep 13, 6:11 AM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 13, 6:11 AM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 13, 2:03 AM CDT, 5 hours 50 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
Sep 12, 7:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Neosho	17 min
Sep 12, 7:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harper, Kingman	42 min
Sep 12, 8:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Harper, Kingman	23 min
Sep 12, 10:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Allen, Neosho	32 min
Sep 12, 11:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Labette, Neosho	51 min
Sep 13, 12:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Neosho, Wilson	56 min
Sep 13, 1:12 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ICT	Allen, Neosho, Wilson, Woodson	7 hr
Sep 13, 1:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Labette	37 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.