NWS Wichita KSSV.W 0418September 15, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Butler and Sedgwick, KS
The National Weather Service office in Wichita issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Butler and Sedgwick in Kansas, which was in force until 4:30 p.m. local time on September 15. It was the 418th severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Wichita issued in 2026. Kansas had 142 severe thunderstorm warnings in September 2026, against 72 in an average September of 2008-2025 (Kansas's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 40 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Wichita KS
- Area
- Butler and Sedgwick
- State
- Kansas
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 3:50 p.m. CDT, September 15, 2026
- Expires
- 4:30 p.m. CDT, September 15, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KICT SV.W 0418
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas since 2008Every warning type in Kansas
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The notice as issued
SVRICT The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southeastern Sedgwick County in south central Kansas... West central Butler County in south central Kansas... * Until 430 PM CDT. * At 350 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Haysville, moving northeast at 15 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. * Locations impacted include... Wichita, Derby, Andover, Haysville, Bel Aire, Eastborough, East Wichita, Northeast Wichita, Mcconnell Air Force Base, South Wichita, Santa Fe Lake, Augusta Municipal Airport, Oaklawn, and Jabara Airport. This includes the following highways... Interstate 135 between Mile Markers 0 and 8. Interstate 35 between Mile Markers 36 and 58.
What the agency told people to do
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
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The record around this notice
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas since 20081,225 a year
- Every warning type in Kansas
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning: what it means, and the states that get the most20,005 a year
- NWS notices, September 20262,824 in the month
- The latest from the National Weather Service
- Warning, watch or advisory: the three NWS levels