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Tornado Warning
Issued: 12:35 AM Apr. 24, 2026 – National Weather Service
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN SEDGWICK...SOUTHEASTERN HARVEY...SOUTHERN CHASE...
NORTHERN BUTLER...SOUTHEASTERN MARION AND NORTHERN GREENWOOD
COUNTIES...

At 733 PM CDT, landspout tornado producing storms were located along
a line extending from 12 miles west of Madison to near Potwin to
Maize, moving southeast at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Several brief landspout tornadoes and golf ball size hail.

SOURCE...Numerous spotters have reported several brief landspout
tornadoes with 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, Potwin,
Burns, Northeast Wichita, Cassoday, Bazaar, Matfield Green, and
Thrall.

This includes the following highways...
Interstate 135 between Mile Markers 11 and 22.
Interstate 35 between Mile Markers 67 and 116.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

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TORNADO...OBSERVED;
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.75 IN

Tornado Watch
Issued: 12:33 AM Apr. 24, 2026 – National Weather Service
TORNADO WATCH 136 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR
THE FOLLOWING AREAS

IN KANSAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 15 COUNTIES

IN CENTRAL KANSAS

CHASE                 MARION

IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS

BUTLER                COWLEY                HARPER
HARVEY                KINGMAN               SEDGWICK
SUMNER

IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS

ALLEN                 CHAUTAUQUA            ELK
GREENWOOD             WILSON                WOODSON

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ANDOVER, ANTHONY, ARKANSAS CITY,
ATTICA, AUGUSTA, BEL AIRE, CEDAR VALE, COTTONWOOD FALLS, DERBY,
EL DORADO, EUREKA, FREDONIA, GRENOLA, HARPER, HAYSVILLE,
HILLSBORO, HOWARD, HUMBOLDT, IOLA, KINGMAN, LONGTON, MADISON,
MARION, MOLINE, NEODESHA, NEWTON, PARK CITY, PEABODY, ROSE HILL,
SEDAN, STRONG CITY, VALLEY CENTER, WELLINGTON, WICHITA, WINFIELD,
AND YATES CENTER.

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