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Tornado Warning 31, NWS Wichita, KS

September 30, 2026Lincoln County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Sep 30, 2026, 6:59 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 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 30, 2026, 6:59 PM CDT (23:59 UTC)
Expired
Sep 30, 2026, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.0 in

County Lincoln County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:03 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 30, 3:58 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The office that day

Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 30, 4:06 PM CDTTornado WarningICTBarton39 min
Sep 30, 4:13 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedICTBarton, Russell14 min
Sep 30, 4:49 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedICTBarton26 min
Sep 30, 5:02 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedICTBarton, Russell28 min
Sep 30, 5:51 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedICTLincoln, Russell24 min
Sep 30, 6:14 PM CDTTornado WarningICTLincoln, Russell46 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.