A thunderstorm complex across north Central Kansas dropped south into Central Kansas during the early morning hours of August 24th, 2008. This complex lead to back-building storms, which lead to some flooded roadways across portions of Central Kansas during the early morning hours of August 24th, 2008.
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A thunderstorm complex across north Central Kansas dropped south into Central Kansas during the early morning hours of August 24th, 2008. This complex lead to back-building storms, which lead to some flooded roadways across portions of Central Kansas during the early morning hours of August 24th, 2008.
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 Aug 24, 6:00 AM CST, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 700 AM CDT SUN AUG 24 2008 .AVIATION...12Z TAFS: KRSL/KSLN/KHUT/KICT/KCNU THE MAIN CONCERN THIS MORNING WILL BE THE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX IN CENTRAL KANSAS AND THE TIMING OF WHEN THAT COMPLEX OF STORMS WILL DISSIPATE THIS MORNING. LATEST RADAR/RUC ANALYSIS WAS SHOWING GOOD ISENTROPIC ASCENT BETWEEN 310-315K CONTINUING TO PUSH INTO CENTRAL KANSAS WHICH IS ALLOWING FOR THE MCS TO BACKBUILD OVER THE AREA. THIS WILL LEAD TO MORE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE RUSSELL AND SALINA TAF SITES THIS MORNING. THIS COMPLEX SHOULD EVENTUALLY WEAKEN AND DISSIPATE BY MIDDAY. AS A RESULT...CEILINGS SHOULD GRADUALLY RISE FROM MVFR (1-2KFT) TO VFR BY AROUND 15Z. THE VISIBILITY SHOULD ALSO INCREASE FROM 3SM TO 6SM BY AROUND 15Z AS WELL. THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA...SHOULD SEE VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH THE DAY WITH MAINLY EASTERLY FLOW AROUND 10KTS. COX && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 402 AM CDT SUN AUG 24 2008/ DISCUSSION...CORRECTED TODAY: CONVECTIVE CLUSTER DEVELOPED SAT NIGHT OVER EXTREME SC NEBRASKA & NW/NC KS IN REGION OF DEEP ISENTROPIC ASCENT INDUCED BY LARGE INVERTED 925-850 MB RIDGE SPREADING S FROM THE NRN PLAINS. WITH LOW-LEVEL JET GRADUALLY INCREASING FROM NW OK TO WRN KS INDUCING RICHER LOWER-DECK MOISTURE TO MIGRATE A LITTLE QUICKER INTO THE MCS THAT HAS RESULTED...HAVE OPTED TO RETAIN 30-40% POPS ALONG THE W-NW CORRIDOR OF CWA FOR THIS MORNING. WILL NEED TO MONITOR BEHAVIOR OF MCS CLOSELY AS ALL FACETS OF FORECAST ACROSS ESPECIALLY C KS HINGE ON HOW IT EVOLVES. LITTLE DOUBT THAT CONVECTIVE DEBRIS WILL THROW A FEW KNUCKLEBALLS AT MAX TEMPS. FOR NOW HAVE LOWERED C KS HIGHS TO 85F. WITH STRONG 700-MB HIGH CENTERED OVER SW KS SUSPECT THAT SAID CONVECTIVE DEBRIS WILL SPREAD SLOWLY SE ALONG NE CORRIDOR. AS SUCH HAVE SPREAD 85F MAXES TO ALONG NE CORRIDOR. TONIGHT: WITH AFORE-MENTIONED INVERTED RIDGE CONTINUING TO SPREAD S/SW ACROSS SRN PLAINS STILL EXPECT LWR-DECK MOISTURE AXIS TO GET SHUNTED W OF KICT COUNTRY. AS SUCH HAVE CONTINUED TREND OF LIMITING MENTION OF TSRA (20%) TO ALONG WRN CORRIDOR. MON & MON NIGHT: TSRA POTENTIAL SHOULD SLOWLY INCREASE AS FRONT RANGE TROFFING INDUCES LWR-DECK MOISTURE TO MIGRATE MORE N/NE TOWARD C KS. AS SUCH HAVE RAISED POPS OVER C KS TO 25% MON NIGHT AS LOW-LEVEL JET GRADUALLY STRENGTHENS. THIS IS FURTHER SUBSTANTIATED BY STEADILY INCREASING MOIST ISENTROPIC ASCENT...ESPECIALLY IN 305-315K LAYER...THATLL TARGET WRN & NRN KS. TUE & TUE NIGHT: SLIGHT WARMING TREND ENSUES BOTH PERIODS AS AFORE-MENTIONED FRONT RANGE TROF CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN & MOVE SLOWLY E. TSRA POTENTIAL TO BE NEARLY IDENTICAL TO MON & MON NIGHT. WED-FRI: ONLY CHANGE TO THESE PERIODS WAS TO RAISE MAXES THU DUE TO IMPRESSIVE COMPRESSIONAL WARMING IN ADVANCE OF COLD FRONT THAT IS SCHEDULED TO ARRIVE C KS LATE THU AFTERNOON. HAVE LEFT INHERITED TSRA FORECAST UNCHANGED. AVIATION......06Z TAFS: KRSL/KSLN/KHUT/KICT/KCNU. WIDELY SCATTERED ELEVATED CONVECTION MAY AFFECT CENTRAL KANSAS OVERNIGHT...AND WILL CONTINUE TO INDICATE WITH VCTS AT KRSL AND KSLN. OTHERWISE LITTLE CHANGE FROM PREVIOUS ISSUANCE...WITH PATCHY MVFR CIGS AND/OR VSBYS POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS AROUND DAWN. LIGHT EASTERLY COMPONENT WIND FLOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE FORECAST VALID PERIOD. KED && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WICHITA-KICT 86 65 88 65 / 30 20 10 10 HUTCHINSON 86 65 88 64 / 60 20 10 20 NEWTON 85 64 88 63 / 40 10 10 10 ELDORADO 86 64 88 63 / 20 10 10 10 WINFIELD-KWLD 87 66 89 65 / 10 10 10 10 RUSSELL 86 63 88 64 / 70 20 20 30 GREAT BEND 87 64 89 64 / 70 20 20 20 SALINA 85 63 88 64 / 90 10 10 20 MCPHERSON 85 64 88 64 / 70 10 10 20 COFFEYVILLE 86 64 88 63 / 10 10 0 10 CHANUTE 85 62 87 62 / 10 10 0 10 IOLA 85 62 87 61 / 10 10 0 10 PARSONS-KPPF 86 63 88 63 / 10 10 0 10 && .ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 547 AM CDT SUN AUG 24 2008 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-251100- 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- 547 AM CDT SUN AUG 24 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD SLOWLY SOUTH SOUTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS THIS MORNING...AND MAY REACH AS FAR SOUTH AS HUTCHINSON AND NEWTON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE QUITE STRONG WITH LOCALIZED GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND HEAVY RAINS. FURTHER THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS...A FEW OF WHICH MAY BE QUITE STRONG WITH 40 TO 50 MPH GUSTS AND HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL. TONIGHT...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF I-135. ONCE AGAIN...THIS ACTIVITY MAY BE QUITE STRONG WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER PRIMARILY CENTRAL KANSAS FROM MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE THAT THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD SOUTHEAST ACROSS SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY LURK OVER SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS THURSDAY NIGHT. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO BE QUITE STRONG WITH 50 MPH WINDS AND HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT. && FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION...SEE OUR WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE) HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/WICHITA/HWO/HWO.PHP ES
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rainfall washed out a culvert between Walters and Winterset Roads along 192nd Street south of Bunker Hill.
Water was reported half way across HIghway 181 at highway marker 13. Creeks and waterways in the area ran near bank full.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kansas in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, August 2008
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 131068, 131069.