Strong thunderstorms moved across portions of north central and northeast Kansas bringing some strong, damaging winds to the area. Later that night, as more storms formed across northeast and east central Kansas some minor flooding occurred.
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Strong thunderstorms moved across portions of north central and northeast Kansas bringing some strong, damaging winds to the area. Later that night, as more storms formed across northeast and east central Kansas some minor flooding occurred.
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 Topeka, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 14, 5:40 PM CST, 49 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 640 PM CDT WED JUL 14 2010 .UPDATE... UPDATED FOR 00Z AVIATION. && .DISCUSSION... SEE PREVIOUS DISCUSSION. && .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS WILL LARGELY PREVAIL THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD. EXCEPTION WILL RESIDE WITH ANY CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY IMPACTING TAF SITES OVERNIGHT INTO TOMORROW...ALTHOUGH PREDICTABILITY IS TOO LOW FOR TEMPO GROUP ATTM. BEST CHANCES FOR VICINITY CONVECTION WILL BE AFTER 04-06Z...WITH CHANCES CONTINUING INTO THU. BLAIR && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 325 PM CDT WED JUL 14 2010/ DISCUSSION... HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS CONTINUE TODAY ACROSS THE AREA WITH HIGH TEMPS IN THE MID 90S IN THE EAST AND UPPER 90S WEST. DEWPOINT TEMPS ARE IN THE MID TO UPPER 70S AND BRINGING DANGEROUS HEAT INDICES OF 105 TO AROUND 110 ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA. SOME MIXING HAS BROUGHT TDS DOWN A FEW DEGREES FAR WEST KEEPING THE NUMBERS ACROSS THE AREA GENERALLY IN ADVISORY CRITERIA. WEAK CONVECTION ONGOING ACROSS NEBRASKA ATTM WITH STRONGER FRONT BACK WESTWARD. WILL LET ADVISORY GO AS SCHEDULED AROUND 9PM WHEN HEAT INDICES SHOULD BE FALLING. CONCERN BEYOND THE HEAT WILL BE CHANCES FOR STRONG CONVECTION THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT AS FRONT MOVES INTO THE AREA. FACTORS IN FAVOR FOR STRONG TO SEVERE STORM DEVELOPMENT ARE STEEP LAPSE RATES BETWEEN 800-600MB AND NEARLY 2 INCHES OF PW IN THE MORNING SOUNDING. HOWEVER SHEAR IS WEAK...AND CURRENT CONVERGENCE ALONG THE FRONT IS ALSO. FLOW ALOFT IS WESTERLY AND PARALLEL TO THE FRONT...AND APPEARS TO LACK A SYNOPTIC FEATURE TO TRIGGER STORMS IN OUR AREA. BETTER CHANCE WILL LIKELY BE FOR STORMS TO DEVELOP IN NEBRASKA AND PROPAGATE SE INTO OUR CWA...BUT WILL ENCOUNTER A WEAK LLJ THAT CONTINUES TO WEAKEN IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. FOR SENSIBLE WX FCST KEPT LIKELY POPS FOR 0-6Z HOURS ACROSS THE NORTH AND SPREAD THOSE SOUTH AND EAST AFTER MIDNIGHT. STORMS COULD BRING STRONG WINDS AND HAIL...AND WITH STRENGTH OF THE MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES AND ENHANCED STRETCHING CAN SEE A SMALL TORNADO THREAT AS WELL. SPEED OF THE FRONT WILL LIKELY BE ACCELERATED BY STORM OUTFLOWS AND WILL MAKE TRUE POSITION DIFFICULT TO DISCERN FOR THURSDAYS WEATHER. MORE CLOUDS OR EARLY RAIN MAY DECREASE THE HEAT THREAT AND WILL NOT CARRY AN ADVISORY AT THIS TIME. WILL HAVE HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S EAST TO WEST ACROSS THE AREA. THE SURFACE FRONT SETTLES INTO THE OZARKS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS TAKING THE EDGE OFF THE RECENT HOT AND HUMID WEATHER. HOWEVER...HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL STILL REACH THE LOWER TO MID 90S WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES LINGERING AROUND AN INCH TO AN INCH AND A HALF. THE SURFACE HIGH BUILDS TO THE EAST WITH THE SOUTHWEST UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILDING INTO THE PLAINS. A SURFACE TROUGH ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS WILL DEEPEN WITH THE APPROACH OF AN UPPER TROUGH DIGGING ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS. SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL INCREASE IN RESPONSE TO A TIGHTER PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS THE REGION LIFTING A WARM FRONT NORTH THROUGH THE PLAINS. THIS FRONT IS EXPECTED TO LINGER ALONG THE NEBRASKA BORDER. THE GFS AND ECMWF DEPICT UPPER FLOW TRANSITIONING TO THE NORTHWEST. SHORTWAVES MOVING THROUGH THIS FLOW INTERACTING WITH THE FRONT AND AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL OF AN MCS SUNDAY. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY BEFORE BOUNDARY LIFTS NORTH OF THE AREA MID WEEK. 67 && .TOP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM WEDNESDAY FOR KSZ008-KSZ009-KSZ010- KSZ011-KSZ012-KSZ020-KSZ021-KSZ022-KSZ023-KSZ024-KSZ026-KSZ034- KSZ035-KSZ036-KSZ037-KSZ038-KSZ039-KSZ040-KSZ054-KSZ055-KSZ056- KSZ058-KSZ059. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 421 AM CDT WED JUL 14 2010 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-151000- REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS- WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- 421 AM CDT WED JUL 14 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL...NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES IN THE 105 TO 100 DEGREE RANGE ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON IN FAR NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT AS THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ALL POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA. THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE NEAR THE NEBRASKA BORDER ON MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 89 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:29 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Trained spotters reported 60 mph wind gusts across Republic County.
Trained spotters reported wind gusts of 60 mph in Washington County.
ASOS in Concordia measured a 61 mph wind gust. A trained spotter also reported 60 mph wind near Clyde.
Very heavy rainfall caused street flooding in Emporia.
Flash flooding was reported along Benedict Creek at 22nd and Garner.
Water was reported running across Americus Road, just north of Americus.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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