An isolated thunderstorm developed over Reno County, in the afternoon heat, and moved eastward into Harvey County before dissipating. The storm produced up to nickel sized hail.
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An isolated thunderstorm developed over Reno County, in the afternoon heat, and moved eastward into Harvey County before dissipating. The storm produced up to nickel sized hail. Additionally, heavy rain occurred during the early morning hours in Southeast Kansas leading to minor flooding and several highway closures in Montgomery and Labette 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 Jun 10, 5:43 AM CST, 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 643 AM CDT TUE JUN 10 2008 .UPDATE... .AVIATION... 12Z TAF ISSUANCE: KRSL/KSLN/KHUT/KICT/KCNU IMMEDIATE CONCERN IS IFR/LIFR CIGS 500FT THAT ARE SPREADING N FROM SC & SE KS TOWARD C & NE KS. PER FOG CHANNEL IMAGERY...OF THE TWO C KS TERMINALS...KSLN HAS BETTER CHANCE OF EXPERIENCING IFR STRATUS 500FT THIS MORNING. HOWEVER...SLY BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW INCREASING & HAVE THEREFORE OPTED TO ASSIGN SCT005 TEMPO BKN005 TO KSLN 12-14Z. APPEARS SUFFICIENT BOUNDARY LAYER MIXING OCCURRING TO PREVENT WIDESPREAD IFR VSBYS FROM MATERIALIZING. AS SUCH HAVE EASED UP CONSIDERABLY ON FG/BR RESTRICTIONS...ASSIGNING TEMPO 1215 4SM BR TO KICT & KHUT. FOR THIS AFTERNOON...CONCERN SHIFTS TO INCREASING SLY WINDS THAT ARE LIKELY TO REACH 25-35KTS AT KRSL FROM 17Z ONWARD AS SFC LOW DEEPENS CONSIDERABLY AS IT MOVES SLOWLY SE FROM ERN WY TO THE SRN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. WITH THIS INTENSE LOW ASSUMING NE TRACK ACROSS THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE...IT IS LIKELY THAT SUCH VELOCITIES WILL PREVAIL AT KRSL THRU 03Z. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 332 AM CDT TUE JUN 10 2008/ DISCUSSION... FORECAST CHALLENGES/CONCERNS FOCUS AROUND FOG CHANCES THIS MORNING...THUNDERSTORM CHANCES TONIGHT...AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY/FRIDAY NIGHT. PROXIMITY OF SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE OVER ROUGHLY EASTERN OKLAHOMA/THE OZARKS HAS RESULTED IN GOOD RADIATIONAL COOLING ACROSS SOUTH-CENTRAL/SOUTHEAST KANSAS. THIS IN COMBINATION WITH MOIST LOW-LEVELS AND WEAK MOISTURE ADVECTION HAS RESULTED IN LOW CLOUDS/FOG DEVELOPMENT OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS...MISSOURI AND OKLAHOMA. THINKING AREAS OF DENSE FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE THOUGH 8-9 AM OVER MAINLY SOUTHEAST KANSAS...WHERE LOW-LEVEL FLOW WILL BE LIGHTEST. COULD SEE PATCHY FOG FURTHER WEST INTO SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS...BUT INCREASED BOUNDARY LAYER MIXING WILL PRECLUDE DENSE FOG. DUE TO LIGHT FLOW...LOW CLOUDS MAY LINGER ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL LATE MORNING. STRENGTHENING LEE TROUGHING OVER THE WESTERN HIGH PLAINS IN RESPONSE TO DIGGING SHORTWAVE ENERGY OVER THE WESTERN CONUS WILL RESULT IN STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS TODAY ACROSS THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN PLAINS. WILL CONTINUE WIND ADVISORY FROM 1PM-11PM TODAY FOR BARTON AND RUSSELL COUNTIES...ALTHOUGH LATER SHIFTS MAY NEED TO EXTEND THIS IN TIME AND ALSO FARTHER EAST...AS LOW PRESSURE CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN THROUGH TONIGHT. ANTICIPATE LATER SHIFTS WILL LIKELY HOIST WIND ADVISORY FOR WEDNESDAY-WEDNESDAY EVENING ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA...AS SOUTHERLY BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW CONTINUES TO INCREASE AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. AS FAR AS THUNDERSTORM CHANCES GO...THINKING A FEW ISOLATED STORMS COULD FIRE LATE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS ALONG A SHARPENING DRYLINE. DESPITE INCREASING CAP STRENGTH TO THE EAST...STRONG LOW-LEVEL JET AND ASSOCIATED MOISTURE TRANSPORT MAY SUSTAIN A STORM OR TWO TO GET INTO WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA THIS EVENING/TONIGHT. HOWEVER...WEAK MID/UPPER SUPPORT AND INCREASING CAP/ELEVATED MIXED LAYER WILL LIKELY INHIBIT ACTIVITY FROM GETTING TOO FAR EAST. NEVERTHELESS...AMPLE DEEP LAYER SHEAR/INSTABILITY WILL SUPPORT ISOLATED STRONG/SEVERE ACTIVITY IF ANYTHING CAN MAKE IT INTO THE AREA. ALL MODELS PROGRESS A STRONG COLD FRONT INTO NORTHERN/CENTRAL KANSAS BY WEDNESDAY EVENING...AS ONE PIECE OF UPPER ENERGY ROTATES NORTHEAST OVER THE CENTRAL/NORTHERN PLAINS. THINKING STRONG/SEVERE CONVECTION WILL DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHERN/CENTRAL KANSAS LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...AND SLOWLY PROGRESS SOUTHEAST WITH THE ACCOMPANYING COLD FRONT. EXTENT OF SOUTHEASTWARD PROGRESSION OF COLD FRONT/CONVECTION WILL LIKELY BE PRIMARILY COLD POOL DRIVEN...AS BRUNT OF UPPER SUPPORT WILL SHIFT WELL NORTH OF THE AREA. ALL IN ALL...THINK BRUNT OF ACTIVITY WILL REMAIN NORTH/NORTHWEST OF THE WICHITA AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT. LATEST GFS AND ECMWF MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT IN SLOWLY PROGRESSING THE COLD FRONT SOUTH/SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THURSDAY-THURSDAY NIGHT. WHILE DETAILS ARE UNCLEAR ON THE EXACT PLACEMENT OF THE FRONT DUE TO POTENTIAL CONVECTIVE COLD POOL INTERACTIONS...AMPLE INSTABILITY AND DEEP LAYER SHEAR WILL PROMOTE STRONG/SEVERE STORMS ALONG THE BOUNDARY. ADDITIONALLY...HIGH PRECIPITABLE WATERS...SLOW MOVING NATURE OF THE COLD FRONT...AND THE POTENTIAL FOR SOUTHWEST-NORTHEAST TRAINING STORMS MAY PROMOTE LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS/FLOODING WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. GFS AND ECMWF PROGRESS THE FRONT SOUTHEAST OF THE AREA BY FRIDAY/FRIDAY NIGHT...WHICH WILL USHER IN DRIER CONDITIONS FROM THE NORTHWEST. THE LATEST GFS/ECMWF INDICATE A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY OOZING SOUTH OVER THE AREA BY LATE WEEKEND/EARLY NEXT WEEK...BUT UNCERTAINTY PRECLUDES POP/THUNDERSTORM INSERTION AT THIS TIME. KLEINSASSER AVIATION... 06Z TAF UPDATE: KCNU AT 07Z...LIFR 300-FEET STRATUS HAS DEVELOPED & IS SPREADING OVER SE KS. WITH WARM ADVECTION ONGOING 1,500-2,000 FEET THROUGHOUT THE MORNING PRODUCING STRONG INVERSION JUST OFF THE DECK HAVE TAKEN FAR PESSIMISTIC APPROACH TO KCNU...KEEPING THE TERMINAL LIFR TIL 17Z. VSBYS OF 5-6SM (BR) OCCURRING BUT ARE LIKELY TO DROP TO 1SM BY 10Z WITH LIFR STATUS PREVAILING TIL 17Z. BY THIS TIME AMPLE BOUNDARY LAYER MIXING SHOULD HAVE ENSUED TO SCOUR THE STRATUS QUICKLY WITH VFR CATEGORIES PREVAILING THEREAFTER. EPS && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WICHITA-KICT 89 71 90 70 / 10 10 10 20 HUTCHINSON 89 71 92 67 / 10 20 10 30 NEWTON 89 70 90 69 / 10 10 10 20 ELDORADO 88 70 89 70 / 10 10 10 20 WINFIELD-KWLD 89 71 89 72 / 10 10 0 10 RUSSELL 91 71 93 60 / 10 20 30 50 GREAT BEND 90 71 93 62 / 10 20 20 40 SALINA 90 71 93 65 / 10 20 10 40 MCPHERSON 89 70 92 67 / 10 20 10 30 COFFEYVILLE 86 71 89 72 / 0 0 0 10 CHANUTE 86 70 89 71 / 0 0 0 10 IOLA 86 70 89 71 / 0 0 0 10 PARSONS-KPPF 86 70 89 72 / 0 0 0 10 && .ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR KSZ032-047. DENSE FOG ADVISORY UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING FOR KSZ070>072- 094>096-098>100. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 514 AM CDT TUE JUN 10 2008 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-111015- 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- 514 AM CDT TUE JUN 10 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AREAS OF DENSE FOG WILL AFFECT SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND PORTIONS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS THIS MORNING. REFER TO THE LATEST DENSE FOG ADVISORY PRODUCT FOR DETAILS. STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY THIS AFTERNOON...STRONGEST OVER CENTRAL KANSAS. REFER TO THE LATEST WIND ADVISORY PRODUCT FOR DETAILS. RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE ON THE VERDIGRIS...NEOSHO AND FALL RIVERS IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST RIVER FLOOD WARNING STATEMENTS FOR DETAILS. A FEW ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY MOVE INTO PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. IF THIS OCCURS...THE ACTIVITY COULD BE STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL INCREASE LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS...AS A STRONG COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST. SOME OF THIS ACTIVITY COULD BE SEVERE DURING THE EVENING HOURS. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD WEAKEN SOME AS THEY MOVE SOUTH INTO PORTIONS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. HOWEVER...MORE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REDEVELOP ALONG THE COLD FRONT ON THURSDAY AND THURSDAY EVENING ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA...SOME OF WHICH MAY BE SEVERE. THE PRIMARY THREATS WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING WILL BE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. ADDITIONALLY...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE. PLEASE CHECK LATER OUTLOOKS FOR UPDATED INFORMATION ON THE SPECIFIC RISKS...LOCATION...AND TIMING OF ANY SEVERE WEATHER. THUNDERSTORMS COULD LINGER ACROSS THE AREA INTO FRIDAY...MAINLY ACROSS SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. HOWEVER THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY...BUT WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS...AND THE ENTIRE AREA ON THURSDAY. && FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION...SEE OUR WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE) HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/WICHITA/HWO/HWO.PHP KLEINSASSER
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 115 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 12:06 UTC.
3 hail, 2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flooding caused K-101 to be closed from Altamont to Edna.
Flooding over Highway 160 forced the closure of the road northwest of Elk City.
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, June 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: 117962, 117952, 117938, 117939, 117937.