NWS Wichita KSSV.W 0217May 31, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Greenwood, KS
The National Weather Service office in Wichita issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Greenwood in Kansas, which was in force until 12:00 a.m. local time on June 1. It was the 217th 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 1.1 hours; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Wichita KS
- Area
- Greenwood
- State
- Kansas
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 10:57 p.m. CDT, May 31, 2026
- Expires
- 12:00 a.m. CDT, June 1, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KICT SV.W 0217
- 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 Greenwood County in southeastern Kansas... * Until midnight CDT. * At 1057 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Olpe, or near Madison, moving southeast at 20 mph. HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Madison.
What the agency told people to do
Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the basement or small central room in a sturdy structure. 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