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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 430, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 19, 2026, 6:07 PM CDT for Harper County, Sumner County, Kansas. It was in force for 53 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 19, 2026, 6:07 PM CDT (23:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 19, 2026, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Harper County, KS, Sumner County, KS
The radar
The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19, 3:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 210 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
- 97 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -483 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1638 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
575 WUUS53 KICT 192307 SVRICT KSC077-191-200000- /O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0430.260919T2307Z-260920T0000Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Wichita KS 607 PM CDT Sat Sep 19 2026 The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southeastern Harper County in south central Kansas... Southwestern Sumner County in south central Kansas... * Until 700 PM CDT. * At 606 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles east of Manchester, or 12 miles southeast of Anthony, moving east at 20 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Caldwell, Bluff City, and Freeport. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 3700 9791 3719 9796 3725 9752 3700 9748 TIME...MOT...LOC 2306Z 254DEG 19KT 3703 9786 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH $$ CHRISTO
3 follow-up statements
356 WWUS53 KICT 192327 SVSICT Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Wichita KS 627 PM CDT Sat Sep 19 2026 KSC077-192336- /O.CAN.KICT.SV.W.0430.000000T0000Z-260920T0000Z/ Harper KS- 627 PM CDT Sat Sep 19 2026 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HARPER COUNTY IS CANCELLED... The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for south central Kansas. && LAT...LON 3700 9780 3721 9780 3725 9752 3700 9748 TIME...MOT...LOC 2326Z 252DEG 22KT 3707 9770 $$ KSC191-200000- /O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0430.000000T0000Z-260920T0000Z/ Sumner KS- 627 PM CDT Sat Sep 19 2026 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN SUMNER COUNTY... At 626 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Caldwell, moving east at 25 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Caldwell. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 3700 9780 3721 9780 3725 9752 3700 9748 TIME...MOT...LOC 2326Z 252DEG 22KT 3707 9770 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH $$ CHRISTO
647 WWUS53 KICT 192342 SVSICT Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Wichita KS 642 PM CDT Sat Sep 19 2026 KSC191-200000- /O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0430.000000T0000Z-260920T0000Z/ Sumner KS- 642 PM CDT Sat Sep 19 2026 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL SUMNER COUNTY... At 642 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Caldwell, moving east at 20 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Caldwell. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 3700 9764 3723 9765 3725 9752 3700 9748 TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 254DEG 19KT 3709 9759 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH $$ CHRISTO
340 WWUS53 KICT 192354 SVSICT Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Wichita KS 654 PM CDT Sat Sep 19 2026 KSC191-200004- /O.EXP.KICT.SV.W.0430.000000T0000Z-260920T0000Z/ Sumner KS- 654 PM CDT Sat Sep 19 2026 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL SUMNER COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 700 PM CDT... The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area. Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for south central Kansas. && LAT...LON 3700 9764 3723 9765 3725 9752 3700 9748 TIME...MOT...LOC 2354Z 254DEG 19KT 3710 9753 $$ CHRISTO
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, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | McPherson, Saline | 29 min |
| Sep 19, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley, Sumner | 60 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.