During the late evening hours on the 25th, a bow echo producing damaging straight-line winds plowed east across much of Russell county, and the northern half of Barton county. Additional weaker storms eventually affected south-central Kansas, producing some flooding across portions of Kingman county during the predawn hours on the 26th.
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During the late evening hours on the 25th, a bow echo producing damaging straight-line winds plowed east across much of Russell county, and the northern half of Barton county. Additional weaker storms eventually affected south-central Kansas, producing some flooding across portions of Kingman county during the predawn hours on the 26th.
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 May 25, 7:52 PM CST, 2 hours 38 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 852 PM CDT TUE MAY 25 2010 .UPDATE... UPDATED TO ADJUST OVERNIGHT PRECIP CHANCES. A COUPLE STORMS CONTINUE TO FESTER OVER SE KS THIS EVENING WHICH SEEM TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH OUTFLOW. MEANWHILE A COMPLEX OF STORMS IS TRACKING EAST ACROSS WEST CENTRAL KS. THE MAIN REASON FOR UPDATE WAS TO DECREASE PRECIP CHANCES ACROSS SE AND SOUTH CENTRAL KS OVERNIGHT. THE MAIN QUESTION OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS WILL BE HOW FAR EAST THE COMPLEX OF STORMS OVER CENTRAL KS MAKES IT. THE 18Z NAM SEEMS TO BE DOING A DECENT JOB WITH THAT ACTIVITY AND PUSHES IT ALL THE WAY ACROSS OUR CENTRAL KS COUNTIES. WILL THEREFORE PLACE THE HIGHEST PRECIP CHANCES IN THESE AREAS AFTER 03Z. EVEN IF THE STORMS DECREASE IN INTENSITY AS THEY TRACK EAST...FEEL THEY MAY GENERATE SOME COOL POOLS/OUTFLOW THAT WOULD KEEP ACTIVITY FESTERING OVER CENTRAL KS FOR MUCH OF THE NIGHT...MUCH LIKE WHAT OCCURRED LAST NIGHT OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KS. LAWSON && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 630 PM CDT TUE MAY 25 2010/ AVIATION...00Z TAFS KRSL/KSLN/KHUT/KICT/KCNU AVIATION CONCERNS WILL BE MINIMAL THROUGH THE NEXT 24 HOURS WITH THE MAIN THREAT ISO STORM CHANCES. AT THIS POINT THE FORECAST AREA IS IN BETWEEN AN AREA OF CONVECTION OUT OVER FAR WESTERN KS AND ADDITIONAL STORMS OVER WESTERN MO. THE CONVECTION TO THE WEST IS ASSOCIATED WITH AN UPPER WAVE LIFTING OUT OF THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES. IT APPEARS THERE IS A LACK OF ACTIVITY OVER OUR FORECAST AREA DUE TO SOME SUBSIDENCE BEHIND THE COMPLEX OF STORMS THAT AFFECTED THE AREA LAST NIGHT. JUST LIKE LAST NIGHT THERE WILL BE MINIMAL CAPPING ABOVE 850MB WITH PLENTY OF INSTABILITY. HOWEVER LACK OF A GOOD FOCUS WILL LIMIT AREA COVERAGE WITH MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA EXPECTED TO REMAIN DRY TONIGHT. THE STORMS LAST NIGHT WERE AIDED BY OUTFLOW/COLD POOLS WHICH LOOK TO BE LACKING TONIGHT. WITH LIGHT WINDS...MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AND SATURATED GROUNDS WENT AHEAD AND INSERTED SOME FOG FOR THE HIGHER ELEVATION SITES(KRSL-KHUT) BUT AT THIS POINT NOT EXPECTING ANYTHING DENSE. LAWSON PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 241 PM CDT TUE MAY 25 2010/ DISCUSSION... MAIN CONCERNS: THUNDERSTORM CHANCES OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...THEN AGAIN IN THE EXTENDED PERIOD. TONIGHT-WEDNESDAY: SYNOPTIC FRONTAL BOUNDARY APPEARS TO HAVE STALLED FROM EASTERN NEBRASKA ACROSS N-CNTRL TO W-CNTRL KS. ATMOSPHERE APPEARS IN PROCESS OF RECOVERING IN MUCH OF OUR FORECAST AREA THIS PM FROM STRONG INSOLATION. NAM-WRF PROGS MODERATE MLCAPES OF 1500-2000 J/KG ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION SOUTH OF THE FRONT BY LATE THIS PM. WEAK SHORTWAVE TROF WILL EJECT NEWD OUT OF THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES THIS PM/EVE PROVIDING SOME LARGE SCALE ASCENT OVER WRN/CNTRL KS. BEST MOISTURE CONVERGENCE TARGETS THE FRONTAL ZONE AND UPSLOPE AREAS FROM WEST CENTRAL KS SOUTHWARD INTO THE OK/TX PANHANDLES. SOLID DIRECTIONAL SHEAR PROGGED IN THAT SAME AREA ALSO. THINKING SCATTERED SUPERCELLS WILL DEVELOP IN THAT AREA THIS PM/EVE WITH A SLOW NE-EWD STORM MOTION OF 10-15 KT. LACK OF A LOW-LEVEL JET TONIGHT MAY MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR THIS ACTIVITY TO PROPAGATE AS FAR EAST AS OUR WESTERN-MOST COUNTIES. OTHERWISE...ANY ACTIVITY DEVELOPING IN OUR AREA THIS PM/EVE WILL LIKELY BE MORE ISOLATED TO WIDELY SEPARATED. HAVE GENERALLY LOWERED POPS SOME AREAWIDE TONIGHT WITH RELATIVELY HIGHER PROBABILITIES IN OUR WEST. A STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE STORM OR TWO POSSIBLE LATE THIS PM/EVE IN OUR AREA GIVEN WEAKER SHEAR BUT RESPECTABLE INSTABILITY. FOR WEDNESDAY...THE GFS AND NAM-WRF SHOW THE DIFFUSE FRONTAL BOUNDARY FROM W-E ACROSS CENTRAL KS BY PM...WITH SLIGHT HEIGHT RISES OCCURRING IN THE MID-LEVELS. GIVEN SUFFICIENT HEATING...AT LEAST MODERATE DIURNAL INSTABILITY SHOULD DEVELOP AREAWIDE WITH VERY WEAK SHEAR. ANY LIFT WILL HAVE TO COME FROM WEAK CONVERGENCE ALONG THE FRONT/REMNANT BOUNDARIES. WITH LACK OF SYNOPTIC FORCING/LOW-LEVEL JET...DIURNAL CONVECTION SHOULD WANE/DISSIPATE LATER WED EVE. THURSDAY-FRIDAY: AN UPPER HIGH WILL BUILD TEMPORARILY ACROSS THE NORTHERN/CENTRAL PLAINS. DECENT BOUNDARY LAYER TO 850 MOISTURE AND DIURNAL INSTABILITY WILL REMAIN ACROSS OUR AREA DURING THE PERIOD. HOWEVER...GIVEN WEAK SUBSIDENCE REGIME...ANY DIURNAL CONVECTION SHOULD BE RATHER SPARSE AND MOST AREAS SHOULD REMAIN DRY. MAINTAINING HIGHS ~5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. SATURDAY-TUESDAY: GFS AND ECMWF BOTH SHOW THE UPPER RIDGE GRADUALLY BREAKING DOWN AND SHIFTING EASTWARD LATER THIS WEEKEND WHILE THE UPPER LOW IN THE WEST SHIFTS NEWD. THERE ARE SUBSTANTIAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THESE MODELS AND ALSO WITHIN THE INDIVIDUAL GFS ENSEMBLE MEMBERS THEMSELVES WHICH INDICATES UNCERTAINTY. HOWEVER...THEY ALL INDICATE THAT A MAIN BELT OF WESTERLIES ALOFT WILL DEVELOP FROM THE NORTHEAST PACIFIC ACROSS THE NORTHERN CONUS WITH DIFFICULT TO TIME INDIVIDUAL SHORTWAVES WITHIN THE INCREASED MID-UPPER FLOW PATTERN. SOME INDICATIONS OF A FRONTAL ZONE SINKING SOUTHWARD INTO KANSAS BY EARLY NEXT WEEK. THEREFORE...THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL RETURN BY LATE IN THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. JMC && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WICHITA-KICT 67 85 65 86 / 30 30 30 20 HUTCHINSON 66 85 64 85 / 30 30 30 20 NEWTON 66 85 65 84 / 30 30 30 20 ELDORADO 67 85 65 84 / 20 30 30 20 WINFIELD-KWLD 67 85 65 87 / 20 30 30 20 RUSSELL 63 84 63 84 / 40 30 30 20 GREAT BEND 63 84 64 85 / 40 30 30 20 SALINA 65 84 64 85 / 40 30 30 20 MCPHERSON 66 84 64 85 / 30 30 30 20 COFFEYVILLE 67 85 66 86 / 20 30 30 20 CHANUTE 67 84 65 85 / 20 30 30 20 IOLA 67 84 65 85 / 20 30 30 20 PARSONS-KPPF 67 85 65 86 / 20 30 30 20 && .ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1041 PM CDT TUE MAY 25 2010 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-262045- 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- 1041 PM CDT TUE MAY 25 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 3 AM FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF A GREAT BEND TO MCPHERSON LINE. LARGE HAIL TO HALF DOLLAR SIZE AND WINDS TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA THERE WILL ALSO BE A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS. STORM COVERAGE IS EXPECTED TO BE ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG...PRODUCING HAIL UP TO NICKEL SIZE AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED. MINOR LOW-LAND FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG THE CHIKASKIA RIVER IN SUMNER COUNTY. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST RIVER FLOOD WARNING AND STATEMENT FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA WEDNESDAY...WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF STORMS LINGERING THURSDAY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE ALONG WITH SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL RETURN TO THE AREA LATE IN THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. A FEW STRONG STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TONIGHT. && FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION...SEE OUR WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE) HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/WICHITA/HWO/HWO.PHP JMC/KED/COX
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 757 PM CDT TUE MAY 25 2010 KSZ072-260130- ALLEN- 757 PM CDT TUE MAY 25 2010 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEAST ALLEN COUNTY... AT 755 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTH OF KINCAID...OR 14 MILES EAST OF IOLA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 131 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:29 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Some power lines were downed, causing a small row of trees to catch fire.
A trained spotter estimated 80 mph winds 6 miles north of Susank.
Measured by ASOS equipment at the Russell Airport. Some power lines were downed in Russell.
A semi truck was blown over on Highway 281.
The hail likely occurred with winds of 60 to 70 mph.
Four to five inches of water covered Highway 54 in Kingman in an area that is prone to flooding. Damage estimates, if any, are unknown.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 234343, 234344, 234347, 234348, 234350, 234352.