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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 429, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 19, 2026, 5:40 PM CDT for McPherson County, Saline County, Kansas. It was in force for 29 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 19, 2026, 5:40 PM CDT (22:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 19, 2026, 6:09 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties McPherson County, KS, Saline County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19, 3:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno | 61 min |
| Sep 19, 4:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, McPherson, Rice, Saline | 23 min |
| Sep 19, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | McPherson, Saline | 66 min |
| Sep 19, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno | 48 min |
| Sep 19, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Saline | 66 min |
| Sep 19, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | McPherson, Rice | 55 min |
| Sep 19, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno | 48 min |
| Sep 19, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper, Sumner | 53 min |
| Sep 19, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley, Sumner | 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.