Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 18 at 9:35PM CDT until May 18 at 10:00PM CDT by NWS Wichita KS
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
May 18, 2026 - 7:35pm
Expires:
May 18, 2026 - 8:00pm
Description:
SVRICT
The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Eastern Sedgwick County in south central Kansas...
Butler County in south central Kansas...
* Until 1000 PM CDT.
* At 935 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Whitewater to near Towanda to Andover, moving east
at 50 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Wichita, Derby, El Dorado, Andover, Augusta, Bel Aire, Mulvane,
Rose Hill, Douglass, Towanda, Benton, Whitewater, Leon, Potwin,
Elbing, Burns, Latham, Northeast Wichita, Mcconnell Air Force Base,
and Rosalia.
This includes Interstate 35 between Mile Markers 50 and 95.
Instruction:
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 100 AM CDT for south central,
central, southeastern and east central Kansas.
Area Description:
Butler, KS; Sedgwick, KS
Forcast Office:
NWS Wichita KS
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov