Severe Thunderstorm Warning
NWS Wichita KS ยท US
Details
A Severe Thunderstorm Warning Remains In Effect Until 145 AM CDT For Eastern Sedgwick County
- Event
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Immediate
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Shelter
Description
Overview
At 123 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Wichita, moving northeast at 20 mph.
Hazard
60 mph wind gusts.
Source
Trained weather spotters.
Impacts
Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... 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. Continuous cloud to ground lightning is 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. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
Affected areas
- Sedgwick County, KS
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Wichita KS
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m7s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2YQRYK7WXPA8XBDBK8CBAY9
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.88ab31939809d018055d8afc0ea28480232e56c6.001.1
- 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.585
- WMO heading
- XOUS53
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 53
References
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | SVS |
| NationalWeatherService | SVW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | SVSICT |
| WMOidentifier | WWUS53 KICT 200623 |
| NWSheadline | A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 AM CDT FOR EASTERN SEDGWICK COUNTY |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-20T06:23:00-00:00...storm...223DEG...19KT...37.7,-97.3 |
| windThreat | OBSERVED |
| maxWindGust | 60 MPH |
| hailThreat | RADAR INDICATED |
| maxHailSize | Up to .75 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0434.000000T0000Z-260920T0645Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-20T01:45:00-05:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Sedgwick County, KS
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 020173 |
| UGC | KSC173 |
- Polygons
- 37.85,-97.42 37.77,-97.15 37.65,-97.15 37.5,-97.39 37.68,-97.51 37.85,-97.42