NWS Wichita KSTO.W 0007April 23, 2026
Tornado Warning: Butler, Chase, Greenwood and 3 more, KS
The National Weather Service office in Wichita issued a tornado warning for Butler, Chase, Greenwood and 3 more in Kansas, which was in force until 8:15 p.m. local time on April 23. It was the 7th tornado warning the NWS office in Wichita issued in 2026. Kansas had 45 tornado warnings in April 2026, against 22 in an average April of 2008-2025 (Kansas's tornado warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 54 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, Chase, Greenwood and 3 more
- State
- Kansas
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 7:21 p.m. CDT, April 23, 2026
- Expires
- 8:15 p.m. CDT, April 23, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Extreme, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KICT TO.W 0007
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Tornado Warnings in Kansas since 2008Every warning type in Kansas
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The notice as issued
TORICT The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a * Tornado Warning for... Northeastern Sedgwick County in south central Kansas... Southeastern Harvey County in south central Kansas... Southern Chase County in east central Kansas... Northern Butler County in south central Kansas... Southeastern Marion County in central Kansas... Northern Greenwood County in southeastern Kansas... * Until 815 PM CDT. * At 720 PM CDT, tornado producing storms were located along a line extending from 14 miles south of Cottonwood Falls to near Potwin to Valley Center, moving southeast at 20 mph. HAZARD...Brief tornadoes and golf ball size hail. SOURCE...There have been several brief landspout tornadoes reported along this line of storms. IMPACT...Expect damage to mobile homes, roofs, and vehicles. * Locations impacted include... Wichita, El Dorado, Andover, Park City, Valley Center, Bel Aire, Maize, Towanda, Colwich, Benton, Whitewater, Madison, Kechi, Andale, Potwin, Elbing, Burns, Northeast Wichita, Cassoday, and Bazaar. This includes the following highways... Interstate 135 between Mile Markers 11 and 24. Interstate 35 between Mile Markers 67 and 116.
What the agency told people to do
To repeat, a tornado is on the ground. TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect yourself from flying debris. Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
Source: National Weather Service: the notice at its source. The text is the agency's, unedited. A U.S. Government work, in the public domain.