Warning Vector

Severe Thunderstorm Warning

NWS Wichita KS ยท US

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Details

Severe Thunderstorm Warning Issued September 20 At 12:59AM CDT Until September 20 At 1:45AM CDT By NWS Wichita KS

Event
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Issued
Onset
Message expires
Expected end
Category
Meteorological
Urgency
Immediate
Severity
Severe
Certainty
Observed
Response
Shelter

Description

Overview

SVRICT The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Eastern Sedgwick County in south central Kansas... * Until 145 AM CDT. * At 1259 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Eisenhower National Airport, or near Haysville, moving northeast at 20 mph.

Hazard

60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.

Source

Radar indicated.

Impacts

Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted

Wichita, Derby, Andover, Haysville, Park City, Valley Center, Bel Aire, Maize, Downtown Wichita, Kechi, Eastborough, West Wichita, East Wichita, Eisenhower National Airport, Northeast Wichita, Mcconnell Air Force Base, South Wichita, Oaklawn, and Jabara Airport. This includes the following highways... Interstate 135 between Mile Markers 0 and 16. Interstate 35 between Mile Markers 38 and 54.

Instructions

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Large hail, damaging wind, and continuous cloud to ground lightning are occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.

Affected areas

  • Sedgwick County, KS

Public contact

Issuer
NWS Wichita KS

Message record

Received
Issue to receipt
~1m7s
CAP status
Actual
CAP message type
Alert
Lifecycle
New
Source
NWWS-OI
Feed
NWWS
Recovered
No
CAP routing and identity
ULID
01M2YPD04GMMYMMNC51Z2Y2GWF
Identifier
urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.13250e92779c0accaf79817d0e505c34b430cc23.001.1
Sender
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
Scope
Public
CAP source
211803 v2.3.0
Handling codes
IPAWSv1.0
Issuing office
NWS Wichita KS
AWIPS ID
CAPICT
NWWS sequence
nwws_processor.8882
WMO heading
XOUS53
WMO data type
CAP alert message XML (XO)
WMO geography
United States (US)
WMO bulletin number
53

Event codes

NameValue
SAMESVR
NationalWeatherServiceSVW

Parameters

NameValue
AWIPSidentifierSVRICT
WMOidentifierWUUS53 KICT 200559
eventMotionDescription2026-09-20T05:59:00-00:00...storm...223DEG...19KT...37.6,-97.44
windThreatRADAR INDICATED
maxWindGust60 MPH
hailThreatRADAR INDICATED
maxHailSize0.88
BLOCKCHANNELEAS
BLOCKCHANNELNWEM
EAS-ORGWXR
VTEC/O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0434.260920T0559Z-260920T0645Z/
eventEndingTime2026-09-20T01:45:00-05:00
BLOCKCHANNELCMAS
Locations

Location data

  • Sedgwick County, KS
NameValue
SAME020173
UGCKSC173
Polygons
37.58,-97.56 37.85,-97.42 37.77,-97.15 37.65,-97.15 37.5,-97.39 37.58,-97.56