NWS Wichita KSSV.W 0207May 30, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Butler, Harvey, Marion and 1 more, KS
The National Weather Service office in Wichita issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Butler, Harvey, Marion and 1 more in Kansas, which was in force until 9:15 p.m. local time on May 30. It was the 207th severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Wichita issued in 2026. Kansas had 259 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 2026, against 301 in an average May of 2008-2025 (Kansas's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 51 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, Harvey, Marion and 1 more
- State
- Kansas
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 8:24 p.m. CDT, May 30, 2026
- Expires
- 9:15 p.m. CDT, May 30, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KICT SV.W 0207
- 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... Northeastern Sedgwick County in south central Kansas... Harvey County in south central Kansas... Northwestern Butler County in south central Kansas... Southern Marion County in central Kansas... * Until 915 PM CDT. * At 824 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Newton, moving northeast at 25 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Newton, Park City, Valley Center, Hesston, Hillsboro, Halstead, North Newton, Sedgwick, Peabody, Whitewater, Goessel, Walton, Elbing, Burns, and Newton Airport. This includes Interstate 135 between Mile Markers 15 and 41.
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, May 20262,688 in the month
- The latest from the National Weather Service
- Warning, watch or advisory: the three NWS levels