A weak disturbance moved across South Central Kansas during the afternoon of August 10th, 2010. As this disturbance encountered a very warm and humid airmass, showers and thunderstorms developed across Central and South Central Kansas.
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A weak disturbance moved across South Central Kansas during the afternoon of August 10th, 2010. As this disturbance encountered a very warm and humid airmass, showers and thunderstorms developed across Central and South Central Kansas. One of the thunderstorms produced some isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph.
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 10, 2:25 PM CST, 34 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 325 PM CDT TUE AUG 10 2010 .DISCUSSION... FORECAST CHALLENGES REMAIN HEAT HEADLINES THROUGH THE FIRST COUPLE OF DAYS WITH ATTENTION TURNING TO PRECIP CHANCES FOR THE WEEKEND. SYNOPSIS: IN THE UPPER LEVELS CURRENTLY HAVE A TROUGH OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WITH BROAD TROUGHING OVER THE NORTHEAST CONUS. THE PIECE OF UPPER ENERGY THAT WAS ALONG THE TX/OK BORDER AT THIS TIME YESTERDAY IS NOW TRACKING OVER NORTHEAST KS. AT THE SURFACE A WEAK FRONT/TROUGH EXTENDS FROM EASTERN NEBRASKA TO NEAR KRSL TO BETWEEN KDDC AND KPTT. TONIGHT-WED: JUST LIKE YESTERDAY'S FORECAST...MUCH OF THE FIRST PERIOD WILL DEPEND ON HOW STORMS BEHAVE OVER THE NEXT HOUR. CONVECTION HAS ALREADY STARTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE WEAK FRONT WEST OF THE FORECAST AREA AS THE ATMOSPHERE HAS GRADUALLY BECOME UNCAPPED. FIRST GUESS IS THAT MOST OF THE STORMS THIS EVENING SHOULD BE FOCUSED ALONG THE SURFACE BOUNDARY. THERE IS SOME MODEL CONSENSUS THAT AFTER 06Z AN AREA OF MOISTURE TRANSPORT IN THE 850-700MB LAYER WILL DEVELOP OVER NORTHEAST KS AND SHOULD EXTEND INTO THE NORTHEAST SECTION OF FORECAST AREA. AT THIS TIME FEEL THAT IF ANY LATE NIGHT CONVECTION DEVELOPS IT WOULD BE ISO-SCT IN NATURE AND WILL THEREFORE NOT HIT PRECIP CHANCES TOO HARD. VERY LITTLE IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE IN THE UPPER PATTERN FOR WED AS THE SURFACE FRONT WASHES OUT AS IT LIFTS SLOWLY NORTH. WILL LINGER SOME SMALL PRECIP CHANCES OVER SE KS WED MORNING FOR ANY LEFT OVER LATE NIGHT CONVECTION. TEMPS ON WED ARE EXPECTED TO BE VERY SIMILAR OR EVEN A COUPLE DEGREES WARMER THAN TODAY GIVEN 1000-850MB THICKNESSES WILL BE SLIGHTLY HIGHER. GIVEN CURRENT HOURLY TEMPS AND DEWPOINTS...CURRENT HEAT HEADLINES FOR WED STILL LOOK GOOD. THU-FRI: THE UPPER TROUGH OVER THE NW CONUS WILL START TO SLOWLY PUSH EAST ON THU WHICH WILL ALLOW A COLD FRONT TO MAKES ITS JOURNEY ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS. MEANWHILE THE HEAT WILL STILL BE ON IN OUR NECK OF THE WOODS RESULTING IN ANOTHER DAY WITH 100+ TEMPS. GIVEN THE LACK OF MIXING TODAY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KS...WILL GO AHEAD AND EXPAND THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING TO COVER ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SE KS FOR THU. BY FRI MORNING THE COLD FRONT WILL BE SITUATED FROM SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA TO NEAR KDDC. AHEAD OF THIS FRONT THERE IS EXPECTED TO BE STRONG 850-700MB THETA-E ADVECTION WHICH SHOULD ALLOW FOR WIDESPREAD CONVECTION OVER NORTH CENTRAL KS/SOUTHERN NEBRASKA...SOME OF WHICH MAY CLIP OUR CENTRAL KS COUNTIES FRI MORNING. BY FRI AFTERNOON THE SURFACE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM KSLN TO NORTH OF KHUT WITH SOME SCT SHOWERS AND STORMS PERCOLATING ALONG IT. MEANWHILE...WITH THE FRONT STILL TO THE NORTH...SE KS WILL CONTINUE TO BAKE AND WILL THEREFORE EXTEND THE HEAT HEADLINES THROUGH FRI FOR SE KS. AT THIS TIME WILL PLACE THE HIGHEST PRECIP CHANCES THROUGH THIS FORECAST PACKAGE IN THE FRI NIGHT TIME FRAME. THIS IS WHEN MUCH OF THE AREA WILL BE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE THE RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION OF AN UPPER JET ALONG WITH STRONG MID LEVEL THETA-E ADVECTION JUST SOUTHEAST OF THE SURFACE FRONT. SAT-TUE: IT APPEARS WE WILL FINALLY SEE SOME RELIEF FROM THE HEAT FOR THE WEEKEND AS THE MUCH WELCOMED COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO PUSH SOUTH. CONFIDENCE IS HIGH THAT WE'LL BE LOOKING AT TEMPS MUCH CLOSER TO SEASONAL AVERAGES THROUGH THESE PERIODS. PRECIP CHANCES WILL BE HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON HOW FAR SOUTH THE COLD FRONT MAKES IT. FOR NOW IT APPEARS THE BEST CHANCES FOR PRECIP OVER THE WEEKEND WILL BE FOR LOCATIONS ALONG THE KS-OK BORDER WHICH WILL BE CLOSER TO THE FRONT. GIVEN UNCERTAINTIES IN FRONTAL POSITION WILL NOT HIT PRECIP CHANCES TOO HARD YET. LAWSON && .AVIATION...18Z TAFS KRSL/KSLN/KHUT/KICT/KCNU A SURFACE FRONT IS RIGHT AROUND KHYS AND IS VERY SLOWLY MOVING EASTWARD. SOME SHOWERS HAVE BEGUN TO DEVELOP NEAR KRSL...BUT HAVE BEEN VERY LIGHT. STILL NOT CONFIDENT IN THUNDERSTORMS HITTING THE TAF SITE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...SO WILL KEEP CB MENTIONED BUT NO TSRA. ISOLATED STORMS NEAR THE OTHER TAF SITES ARE POSSIBLE AS WELL...AT LEAST CLOSE ENOUGH TO WARRANT CB MENTION. OTHERWISE...EXPECT DRY CONDITIONS WITH WINDS BECOMING MORE SOUTHWESTERLY OVERNIGHT AND EVENTUALLY NORTHERLY BEHIND THE FRONT. SCHRECK && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WICHITA-KICT 78 103 77 104 / 10 10 10 10 HUTCHINSON 77 103 76 103 / 20 10 10 10 NEWTON 78 103 77 102 / 20 20 10 10 ELDORADO 78 103 77 102 / 10 20 10 10 WINFIELD-KWLD 78 103 77 104 / 10 10 10 10 RUSSELL 73 102 73 103 / 20 10 10 10 GREAT BEND 73 102 74 104 / 20 10 10 10 SALINA 77 102 77 101 / 20 10 10 10 MCPHERSON 77 103 77 102 / 20 10 10 10 COFFEYVILLE 77 101 78 101 / 10 20 10 10 CHANUTE 77 100 77 101 / 10 20 10 10 IOLA 77 100 77 101 / 10 20 10 10 PARSONS-KPPF 77 101 78 101 / 10 20 10 10 && .ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING UNTIL 9 PM CDT FRIDAY FOR KSZ070>072- 094>096-098>100. EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING UNTIL 7 PM CDT THURSDAY FOR KSZ052-053- 068-069-082-083-091>093. EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR KSZ032- 033-047-048-050. EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING UNTIL 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY FOR KSZ049-051- 067. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 354 PM CDT TUE AUG 10 2010 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-111030- 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- 354 PM CDT TUE AUG 10 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT INTENSE HEAT WILL PERSIST OVER ALL AREAS UNTIL EARLY THIS EVENING. PLEASE REFER TO THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNINGS FOR DETAILS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER MOST OF CENTRAL KANSAS THIS EVENING WITH ISOLATED STORMS POSSIBLE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER MUCH OF THE AREA OVERNIGHT...ESPECIALLY PORTIONS CENTRAL KANSAS. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS EARLY THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT MAY BE QUITE STRONG WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY LINGER OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS ON WEDNESDAY MORNING BUT SHOULD BE NEITHER STRONG NOR SEVERE. WHILE A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE THURSDAY NIGHT FOR LOCATIONS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70...THE CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS ARE INCREASING FOR THIS WEEKEND...ESPECIALLY FRIDAY NIGHT. SOME OF THIS ACTIVITY MAY PRODUCE GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS. INTENSE HEAT WILL PERSIST OVER MOST AREAS THROUGH LATE IN THE WEEK. IN FACT THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL EARLY FRIDAY EVENING. FOR FURTHER DETAILS...PLEASE REFER TO EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNINGS. .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/LAWSON
The Wichita radar (KICT), 13 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:00 UTC.
8 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Law enforcement reported 60 to 70 mph winds.
Law enforcement in Goddard reported the winds.
The fire chief estimated the 70 mph winds.
A trained spotter reported the gust.
Estimated 70 mph winds lifted the roof off a machine shed, which came down and demolished a childrens play area. A trampoline was also thrown over three fences. A nearby homestead also had a barn destroyed.
The public reported 30 to 40 inch diameter trees blown down. Some power outages were reported as well. Some Interstate 135 signs were snapped off.
The emergency manager reported wind gusts of 50 to 60 mph.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kansas in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, August 2010
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: 257443, 257444, 257445, 257449, 257447, 257450, 257451, 257448.