A potent upper level disturbance and associated dryline sparked scattered strong to severe thunderstorms across the area on the afternoon of March 24th. The first round of thunderstorms pummelled far southeast Kansas with damaging winds and marginally severe hail.
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The episode as NWS ICT wrote it up.
A potent upper level disturbance and associated dryline sparked scattered strong to severe thunderstorms across the area on the afternoon of March 24th. The first round of thunderstorms pummelled far southeast Kansas with damaging winds and marginally severe hail. The second round of thunderstorms developed across portions of central and south-central Kansas. One lone supercell produced several short-lived tornadoes and funnel clouds across portions of Reno and Rice Counties.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Wichita, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 24, 2:29 PM CST, 1 hour 26 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 329 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007 .DISCUSSION... MAIN FOCUS IS ON SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL THIS EVENING...THEN LINGERING PRECIPITATION CHANCES WEDNESDAY. TONIGHT: ALTHOUGH SEVERE WEATHER HAS YET TO COMMENCE IN OUR AREA AND MAY DEVELOP LATER THAN EARLIER ANTICIPATED...WE STILL THINK SEVERE WEATHER IS QUITE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. AT 20Z...STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDS ACROSS NORTHERN KS IN A WEST TO EAST FASION JUST N OF I-70. DRYLINE EXTENDS SOUTHWARD FROM FRONT IN NORTH CENTRAL KS FROM NEAR HAYS SOUTHWARD TO NEAR MEDICINE LODGE. MODERATE INSTABILITY PRESENT IN WARM SECTOR IN OUR AREA...WITH SBCAPES OF 1500-2500 J/KG. CLOUD COVER AND CONVECTIVE DEBRIS MAY BE SOMEWHAT OF AN INHIBITING FACTOR. CONVECTION MOVING NORTHEASTWARD OUT OF OKLAHOMA INTO SOUTHEAST KS SHOULD CONTAIN SOME EMBEDDED SEVERE STORMS INTO THIS EVENING SUPPORTED BY 35-40 KT DEEP LAYER SHEAR. THIS ACTIVITY IS ALSO SUPPORTED BY UPPER DIVERGENCE IN EXIT REGION OF MID-UPPER JET. ANOTHER FOCUS FOR POSSIBLE SUPERCELL-TYPE STORMS WILL BE FROM NEAR TRIPLE POINT IN CENTRAL KS SOUTHWARD ALONG/JUST EAST OF DRYLINE INTO SOUTH CENTRAL KS INTO THIS EVENING. INSTABILITY/SHEAR/FREEZING HEIGHTS SUPPORTIVE OF SEVERE WEATHER...AND LOW-LEVEL SHEAR MAY PROVE SUFFICIENT FOR A TORNADO OR TWO ESPECIALLY WHERE SURFACE WINDS REMAIN QUITE BACKED. DEEP LAYER SHEAR AND SEVERE THREAT SHOULD WEAKEN LATER TONIGHT AS THE UPPER LOW SPREADS EASTWARD OVER KS. COLD FRONT SHOULD SINK SOUTHWARD INTO SOUTH CENTRAL KS BY 12Z...WITH LOW CLOUDS SPREADING IN BEHIND FRONT. WEDNESDAY-FRIDAY: UPPER LOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT...BEFORE SHIFTING OFF TO OUR EAST ON THURSDAY. BEST CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING WILL BE IN SOUTHEASTERN KS WITH COLD FRONT STILL MOVING THROUGH THOSE COUNTIES. THAT AREA SHOULD RECEIVE PARTIAL SUN AHEAD OF FROPA...LEADING TO SBCAPES OF 1000-1500 J/KG WITH NEGLIGIBLE CINH. WIND FIELDS WILL BE GROSSLY WEAKENED HOWEVER UNDERNEATH UPPER LOW WHICH SHOULD DIMINISH THREAT TO PERHAPS SMALL HAIL WITH LOW FREEZING HEIGHTS. LIGHT RAIN SHIELD LIKELY WITHIN 850-700 DEFORMATION ZONE...WHICH WILL MOVE SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS CENTRAL/SOUTH CENTRAL KS WED...AND SOUTHEAST KS WED NIGHT. SHOULD SEE DECENT TEMPERATURE CONTRAST WED...WITH CLOUDS/RAIN RESTRICTING HIGHS TO THE 50S IN CENTRAL KS...WHEREAS PARTIAL SUN IN THE SOUTHEAST ALLOWS READINGS TO HIT 65 TO 70. KICKER SHORTWAVE MOVES ACROSS KS/NE FRIDAY...ON THE BACKSIDE OF DEPARTING UPPER LOW. MOISTURE LOOKS SPARSE...HOWEVER THERE MAY BE ENOUGH ISENTROPIC LIFT WITH THIS WAVE FOR A FEW SPRINKLES OR VERY LIGHT SHOWERS. SATURDAY-TUESDAY: CONSIDERABLE DIFFERENCES EXIST AMONG MEDIUM RANGE MODELS WITH THE UPPER PATTERN ACROSS THE CONUS. THE ECMWF CUTS OFF THE KICKER SYSTEM OVER TX...WITH SOME SUPPORT FROM THE 00Z UKMET...WHILE THE GFS PROGRESSES THE KICKER SHORTWAVE INTO THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES. ALTHOUGH HPC HAS LEANED TOWARD THE 00Z ECMWF...CONSENSUS AMONG SURROUNDING OFFICES WAS TO NOT MAKE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE GOING FORECAST. ALL MODELS WOULD TEND TO SUGGEST DRY THIS WEEKEND. IF THE ECMWF REMAINS CONSISTENT...LATER SHIFTS MAY NEED TO CONTEND WITH ADDING SOME POPS PARTICULARLY OVER OUR SOUTHEASTERN KS COUNTIES. WILL RETAIN SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES DURING THE PERIOD. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WICHITA-KICT 58 61 45 62 / 50 60 40 20 HUTCHINSON 54 57 43 62 / 60 70 40 20 NEWTON 57 60 45 62 / 60 60 40 20 ELDORADO 60 62 46 62 / 60 60 50 20 WINFIELD-KWLD 61 64 46 62 / 50 60 40 20 RUSSELL 47 52 42 63 / 60 80 40 10 GREAT BEND 47 53 42 63 / 60 80 40 10 SALINA 52 57 43 62 / 70 70 40 10 MCPHERSON 54 57 44 62 / 60 70 40 20 COFFEYVILLE 61 68 48 62 / 70 60 50 20 CHANUTE 61 67 47 62 / 80 60 50 20 IOLA 61 66 47 62 / 90 60 60 20 PARSONS-KPPF 61 68 48 62 / 80 60 50 20 && .ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 400 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-252200- RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE- RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER- SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- 400 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY IMPACT PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS THIS EVENING. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL TO GOLF BALL SIZE OR LARGER...DAMAGING WINDS...AND A FEW TORNADOES. ONE CONCENTRATED AREA OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. OTHER MORE ISOLATED SUPERCELL TYPE STORMS MAY DEVELOP JUST EAST OF A DRYLINE IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE DRYLINE WILL EXTEND FROM NEAR HAYS TO MEDICINE LODGE AND SHOULD REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY INTO THIS EVENING. IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT THE GREATER THREAT FOR TORNADOES WILL BE WITH THESE STORMS JUST EAST OF THE DRYLINE. THE SEVERE THREAT SHOULD DIMINISH LATER TONIGHT AS WIND SHEAR WEAKENS IN THE ATMOSPHERE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE REGION WEDNESDAY. A FEW STORMS IN SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS COULD CONTAIN SMALL HAIL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTERS WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED ACROSS CENTRAL...SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. && FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION...SEE OUR WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE) HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/WICHITA/HWO/HWO.PHP EPS/ADK/JMC
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1248 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007 KSZ049-051-241830- MCPHERSON-SALINE- 1248 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR MCPHERSON AND SALINE COUNTIES... AT 1244 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BUHLER...OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF HUTCHINSON...AND MOVING NORTH AT 50 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE...OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. SCHRECK
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 148 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007 KSZ049-241915- SALINE- 148 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR SALINE COUNTY... AT 145 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTH OF SALINA...OR NEAR SALINA...AND MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE, OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. SCHRECK
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
154 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0151 PM HAIL SALINA 38.82N 97.62W
04/24/2007 E0.50 INCH SALINE KS BROADCAST MEDIA
REPORTED BY KSNW SALINA. WIND UP TO 40 MPH.
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LFWSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 352 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007 KSZ094-098-099-242115- CHAUTAUQUA-ELK-MONTGOMERY- 352 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR CHAUTAUQUA...ELK AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES... AT 349 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTH OF GRENOLA TO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WANN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE, OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. SCHRECK
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 448 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007 KSZ070>072-095-096-099-100-242230- ALLEN-GREENWOOD-LABETTE-MONTGOMERY-NEOSHO-WILSON-WOODSON- 448 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR ALLEN...GREENWOOD...LABETTE...MONTGOMERY... NEOSHO...WILSON AND WOODSON COUNTIES... AT 446 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM YATES CENTER TO GALESBURG TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF EDNA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF HAIL TO DIME SIZE AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE, OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 101 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:54 UTC.
6 tornado, 3 funnel cloud, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
An untied and empty silo was blown over, three barns were completely destroyed, and a grove of cedar trees was snapped in half.
A few small outbuildings were damaged, and a few power poles were downed.
Brief touchdown in open country.
Multiple very brief touchdowns in open country.
Brief touchdown in open country. Reported by KWCH-TV.
Brief touchdown in open country. Reported by KWCH-TV.
Off duty NWS employee reported a few brief touchdowns in open country.
Brief touchdown in open country. Reported by KWCH-TV.
The funnel cloud report was from KAKE Channel 10.
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