A supercell thunderstorm developed during the afternoon in the Oklahoma panhandle. The storm evolved into bow echo and raced across South Central into Southeast Kansas causing widespread severe winds and damage.
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A supercell thunderstorm developed during the afternoon in the Oklahoma panhandle. The storm evolved into bow echo and raced across South Central into Southeast Kansas causing widespread severe winds and damage. After the bow echo moved through Southeast Kansas, another severe thunderstorm developed over South Central Kansas producing golf ball sized hail.
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 3, 5:49 PM CST, 1 hour 21 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 649 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008 .UPDATE... .AVIATION... FOR THE 00Z TAF SUITE. CONCERN TONIGHT WILL BE CONVECTION CHANCES ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA AFTER 03Z AS IMPULSE IN THE MID LAYERS MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. WILL INCLUDE A VCTS FOR MOST LOCATIONS FROM 03-07Z/WED. COULD SEE SOME TAFS SITES GO DOWN TO MVFR CONDITIONS IN AND NEAR THE STRONGER TSRA. NOT CONFIDENT ENOUGH IN WHERE TSRA WILL BE TO ADD SOME TEMPO GROUPS AND GO MVFR CEILINGS...BUT WILL HAVE TO AMEND AS THE TSRA APPROACHES. GREATEST AREA OF CONCERN WILL BE NEAR THE KICT/KHUT AND POSSIBLY THE KSLN TAF SITE. WILL SEE THIS CONVECTION PROPAGATE TO THE SOUTHEAST TOWARDS THE KCNU TAF LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY ON WED. SO WILL KEEP VCTS IN THIS SITE FOR THE 05-09Z TIME FRAME. KETCHAM && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 315 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008/ DISCUSSION... THE MAIN CONCERN WITH THIS FORECAST PACKAGE WILL BE THE TIMING OF THE WAVE MOVING INTO CENTRAL KANSAS THIS EVENING AND POTENTIAL SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTBREAK ON THURSDAY. TONIGHT: LATEST WATER VAPOR LOOP WAS SHOWING A DISTINCT WAVE MOVING THROUGH EASTERN COLORADO. WE DID SOME EXTRAPOLATION AND IT APPEARS THAT THIS WAVE SHOULD MOVE INTO CENTRAL KANSAS AROUND 03Z WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR CONVECTION TO DEVELOP AROUND THAT TIMEFRAME AS WELL. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE DUE TO DECENT SHEAR IN THE 1-6KM LAYER (40KTS). MOST OF THIS CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO MOVE IN A WEST TO EAST MANNER DURING THE EVENING...BUT IT MAY TEND TO PROPAGATE SOUTHEAST AS THE LOW LEVEL FLOW BEGINS TO VEER OUT AFTER MIDNIGHT WHICH MAY CAUSE THE CONVECTION TO AFFECT PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS. AFTER THIS WAVE PASSES THROUGH BY DAYBREAK...WE SHOULD SEE SOME SUBSIDENCE DEVELOP. WEDNESDAY: LATEST WATER VAPOR LOOP WAS SHOWING ANOTHER WAVE DIVING INTO THE NORTHWEST U.S. THIS WAVE WILL CONTINUE DIG INTO THE ROCKIES TOMORROW AND ALLOW FOR THE FRONT TO LIFT BACK TO THE NORTH AND CAUSE THE UPPER LEVEL FLOW TO TURN TO THE SOUTHWEST. WE MAY SEE A ROGUE STORM TRY TO DEVELOP IN CENTRAL KANSAS ALONG THE BOUNDARY...BUT THESE CHANCES ARE LOOKING TO BE MINIMAL AT THIS TIME...DUE TO DECENT CONVECTIVE INHIBITION BUILDING OVER THAT AREA. 1000-850MB FLOW IS EXPECTED TO TURN TO THE SOUTHWEST SOUTH OF THE SURFACE BOUNDARY TOMORROW AFTERNOON WHICH MAY ALLOW FOR TEMPERATURES TO REALLY SOAR INTO THE MID AND UPPER 90S...ESPECIALLY IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. WEDNESDAY NIGHT: THE MODELS ARE SHOWING SOME UPPER LEVEL DIFFLUENCE AND A WEAK IMPULSE MOVING THROUGH NORTHWEST KANSAS ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. IF WE CAN GET A STORM OR TWO TO BUILD A LITTLE FURTHER SOUTH INTO WESTERN KANSAS...WE MAY SEE THEM MOVE INTO CENTRAL KANSAS. OTHERWISE...MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES ARE ANTICIPATED WITH BRISK SOUTHERLY FLOW. THURSDAY-THURSDAY NIGHT: THE STRONG UPPER LEVEL TROF IS PROGGED TO MOVE THROUGH NORTHERN KANSAS AND SOUTHERN NEBRASKA. THIS WAVE HAS SOME IMPRESSIVE DYNAMICS WITH 0-6KM SHEAR VALUES AROUND 60 TO 70KTS FROM THE SOUTHWEST AND MIXED LAYER CAPES AROUND 2000 J/KG. CANNOT RULE OUT THE TORNADO THREAT WITH THESE STORMS EITHER...BUT A LOT OF THIS IS DEPENDENT ON HOW MUCH THE LOW LEVEL FLOW BACKS AHEAD OF THE FRONT. SEVERE THREAT SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING MAINLY IN SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. FRIDAY-FRIDAY NIGHT: THE CONVECTION SHOULD BEGIN TO MOVE OUT OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS MAINLY FRIDAY MORNING...LEAVING BEHIND SOME SUBSIDENCE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MODELS DO SHOW SOME DECENT MOISTURE RETURN/ISENTROPIC LIFT DEVELOPING OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS FRIDAY NIGHT. AS A RESULT...WE WILL LEAVE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. SATURDAY-TUESDAY: ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL TROF WILL DEVELOP OVER THE ROCKIES THIS WEEKEND AND KEEP US IN A WARM REGIME WITH TEMPERATURES CLIMBING INTO THE 90S. THERE IS ALSO SOME DECENT CAP OVER THE AREA SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WHICH WILL LIMIT ANY CONVECTION CHANCES. THE NEXT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS APPEARS TO BE ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY AS THE NEXT UPPER LEVEL TROF PASSES THROUGH. COX AVIATION... FOR 18Z TAFS...MAIN AVIATION CONCERN THROUGH THIS PERIOD WILL BE CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL. CURRENTLY HAVE A SURFACE BOUNDARY SITUATED FROM NEAR KHUT TO KSLN. SOUTH OF THIS FEATURE SOUTH WINDS PREVAIL WITH NORTH AND NORTHEAST WINDS NORTH OF THIS FEATURE. IN THE UPPER LEVELS THERE IS A WAVE APPROACHING EASTERN CO. FEEL THAT THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL INCREASE GENERALLY AFTER 00Z AS THIS UPPER WAVE APPROACHES AND WOULD AFFECT MAINLY THE NORTHEAST PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA(KSLN AND KCNU). ANOTHER AREA FOR STORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE OVER NW KS WITH THIS ACTIVITY STAYING MOSTLY NORTH OF THE FORECAST AREA OVERNIGHT. GIVEN THE UNCERTAINTIES...WILL NOT HIT THUNDER TOO HARD IN ANY OF THE TAFS...UNTIL THINGS BECOME MORE CLEAR. THE SURFACE FRONT WILL LIFT NORTH ON WED PROVIDING GUSTY SOUTH WINDS FOR KICT AND KCNU...WITH SOME GUSTS OVER 30MPH LIKELY. LAWSON && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WICHITA-KICT 70 95 72 91 / 30 10 10 30 HUTCHINSON 67 97 69 91 / 30 10 10 30 NEWTON 68 94 71 90 / 30 10 10 30 ELDORADO 70 93 72 89 / 30 10 10 20 WINFIELD-KWLD 72 94 75 91 / 30 10 10 20 RUSSELL 65 92 66 83 / 40 30 30 40 GREAT BEND 65 98 67 87 / 30 20 20 40 SALINA 69 93 68 88 / 40 20 20 40 MCPHERSON 67 94 69 90 / 30 20 20 30 COFFEYVILLE 73 92 75 89 / 30 10 10 20 CHANUTE 71 92 75 89 / 30 10 10 20 IOLA 70 92 74 88 / 30 10 10 20 PARSONS-KPPF 71 92 75 89 / 30 10 10 20 && .ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 419 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-040930- 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- 419 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT MORE STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS MAY DEVELOP OVER CENTRAL KANSAS THIS EVENING AND MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST KANSAS AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS AND LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A VERY UNSTABLE AIR MASS IN COMBINATION WITH A LINGERING FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL KEEP THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL LIKELY BE SEVERE DURING THIS PERIOD...WITH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND EVEN A FEW TORNADOES. AT THIS POINT...THE BEST CHANCES FOR SEVERE WEATHER APPEAR TO BE THURSDAY OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS...AND THURSDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA AS A COLD FRONT AND DRYLINE PASSES THROUGH. HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY THURSDAY NIGHT. STAY TUNED FOR LATER FORECASTS...AS THERE REMAINS SOME UNCERTAINTY REGARDING SEVERAL METEOROLOGICAL FACTORS. FURTHERMORE...STRONG STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA EARLY NEXT WEEK. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BE STRONG WITH THIS NEXT WEATHER MAKER. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. ADDITIONALLY...SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED ANY LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. CHECK LATER OUTLOOKS FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION. && FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION...SEE OUR WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE) HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/WICHITA/HWO/HWO.PHP COX/KLEINSASSER
The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 57 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:11 UTC.
48 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
High winds knocked out power to the spotter's home.
High winds knocked out power to Anthony.
A public report relayed via KAKE News.
A 68 mph wind gust occurred at City Hall in Arkansas City.
High winds knocked out power to Mulvane.
Numerous trees and several power poles were downed due to the high winds.
Report was via a KSN Weatherlab site.
High winds caused damage to a mobile home on K15 about 1/2 mile south of the Sedgwick/ Sumner County line.
The roof to the Workforce Development Building at Strother Field Airport was blown off. An unofficial wind gust of 112 mph was recorded from a General Electric weather station. The official NWS observation at the airport measured 71 mph.
Winds were strong enough to lift up the roof of the Mulvane High School causing interior ceiling tiles to be blown down.
Measured gust via KSN Weatherlab site.
Two 80,000 bushel grain bins were blown over.
Several 2 to 3 inch diameter tree limbs were downed near 63rd St. South and Greenwich Road.
A tree was blown onto a house causing damage to the house. Also several power poles were blown down.
High winds knocked out power to Howard.
Several 3 to 4 inch diameter tree limbs downed north of Independence.
Several 3 inch diameter tree limbs downed.
Several trees and power lines were downed from the high winds.
A tractor trailer was overturned by high winds.
The hail occurred on the south bypass south of Winfield.
High winds downed power lines in Eureka.
A 73 mph wind gust was recorded at the Parsons Tri-City Airport.
High winds caused several very large trees to be downed.
Reported by the Chanute Airport ASOS.
High winds knocked out power to the east side of Parsons.
An unsecured trailer house was blown over on its side.
Several power lines and tree limbs were blown down.
Several power lines and tree limbs were downed.
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