NWS Wichita KSSV.W 0431September 19, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Cowley and Sumner, KS
The National Weather Service office in Wichita issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Cowley and Sumner in Kansas, which was in force until 7:30 p.m. local time on September 19. It was the 431st 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).
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The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Wichita KS
- Area
- Cowley and Sumner
- State
- Kansas
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 6:30 p.m. CDT, September 19, 2026
- Expires
- 7:30 p.m. CDT, September 19, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KICT SV.W 0431
- 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... Southwestern Cowley County in south central Kansas... Southeastern Sumner County in south central Kansas... * Until 730 PM CDT. * At 630 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles northeast of Caldwell, moving east at 35 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Arkansas City, Winfield, Wellington, Oxford, South Haven, Geuda Springs, Hunnewell, Perth, and Strother Field Airport. This includes Interstate 35 between Mile Markers 1 and 20.
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