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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 93, NWS Wichita, KS

April 23, 20264 counties in Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 23, 2026, 6:18 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 39 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 23, 2026, 6:18 PM CDT (23:18 UTC)
Expired: Apr 23, 2026, 6:57 PM CDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Damage threat: Destructive
Hail: 2.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Butler County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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
Apr 23, 2:04 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

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 22, 6:40 PM CDT, 23 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 22, 6:40 PM CDT, 23 hours 38 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
Apr 23, 4:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	McPherson, Marion, Saline	45 min
Apr 23, 4:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	Harvey, McPherson, Marion, Reno	55 min
Apr 23, 4:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ICT	McPherson, Marion, Saline	62 min
Apr 23, 5:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Chase, Marion	62 min
Apr 23, 5:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Sumner	65 min
Apr 23, 6:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Butler, Chase, Harvey, Marion	58 min
Apr 23, 6:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Chase, Marion	14 min
Apr 23, 6:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ICT	Sumner	55 min
Apr 23, 6:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	ICT	Butler, Chase, Harvey, Marion	44 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.