A cluster of strong to severe thunderstorms affected portions of Russell and Barton counties during the evening hours on the 21st. Winds estimated around 70 mph produced sporadic damage, including a blown over stock trailer.
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A cluster of strong to severe thunderstorms affected portions of Russell and Barton counties during the evening hours on the 21st. Winds estimated around 70 mph produced sporadic damage, including a blown over stock trailer.
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 Jul 21, 2:19 PM CST, 2 hours 26 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 319 PM CDT THU JUL 21 2011 .DISCUSSION... THE MAIN FORECAST CONCERN CONTINUES TO BE THE HEAT AND THEN THE TIMING AND PLACEMENT OF A FRONTAL BOUNDARY FOR TONIGHT AND AGAIN THIS WEEKEND. SYNOPSIS: THE STOUT UPPER RIDGE HAS FINALLY BROKEN DOWN A TINY BIT WITH THE DISTURBANCE MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN CANADA. THIS DISTURBANCE HAS SOME ENERGY DRAPING BACK DOWN TO THE SOUTH OVER WYOMING AND UTAH...HELPING TO FIRE OFF SOME CONVECTION IN THE ROCKIES. AT THE SURFACE A COOL FRONT IS LOCATED OVER NORTHERN KANSAS AND THIS WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR SOME THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT TONIGHT. DESPITE THE COOL FRONT...ALL AREAS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN KANSAS AGAIN TOPPED THE CENTURY MARK...TICKING UP AND UP IN THE COUNT FOR 100+ DEGREE DAYS. TONIGHT: MAIN CONCERN IS WHERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR. A WEAK...NEARLY STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDING FROM WEST CENTRAL KS...ACROSS NORTHERN KS INTO NORTHERN MISSOURI IS NOT EXPECTED TO MOVE MUCH TONIGHT. DEEP MOISTURE POOLING ALONG/NORTH OF THE FRONT AND WEAKENING CONVECTIVE INHIBITION SHOULD ALLOW FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE NAM...GFS...HRRR...AND SREF GUIDANCE SUGGEST STORMS WILL DEVELOP IN THIS AXIS OF MOISTURE ALONG/NORTH OF THE FRONT. THIS ACTIVITY COULD AFFECT SOME OF OUR NORTHWESTERN-MOST COUNTIES IN CENTRAL KS. THE NAM HINTS AT SOME STORM OUTFLOW SURGING SOUTHWARD ACROSS CENTRAL KS OVERNIGHT WHICH DOES NOT SEEM UNREASONABLE. MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL/SOUTHEAST KS SHOULD REMAIN DRY FURTHER AWAY FROM THIS BOUNDARY. -JMC FRIDAY - SATURDAY THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR RESIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING HOURS ALONG I-70S FROM STORMS OVERNIGHT. THE NAM IS SUGGESTING THERE WILL BE CONVECTION ALONG A BOUNDARY INTO THE MORNING HOURS...BUT CONFIDENCE IS NOT OVERLY HIGH AND FEEL THAT THE BETTER CHANCES OF THAT OCCURRING WILL BE FURTHER NORTH INTO NORTHERN KANSAS AND SOUTHERN NEBRASKA. THUS...HAVE LEFT FRIDAY AND SATURDAY DRY AT THIS TIME. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN VERY HOT THROUGH THIS PERIOD. TEMPS WILL TOP 105 AND THE COMBINATION OF THAT AND THE JUICY DEWPOINTS WILL PUSH THE HEAT INDEX CLOSE TO 110 FOR SATURDAY. THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL SATURDAY. SATURDAY NIGHT - MONDAY: THE NEXT UPPER WAVE WILL TRAVERSE THE UPPER PLAINS/SOUTHERN CANADA FOR SATURDAY EVENING AND SUNDAY. THIS WILL HELP PUSH THE BOUNDARY BACK SOUTH INTO THE AREA. THE QUESTION CONTINUES TO BE HOW FAR SOUTH THE BOUNDARY WILL REACH. THE NAM AND ECMWF ARE A LITTLE MORE BULLISH IN PUSHING IT FURTHER SOUTH INTO CENTRAL KANSAS. CONFIDENCE IN THE BOUNDARY REACHING CENTRAL KANSAS IS MODERATE...BUT FEEL IT WILL BE DIFFICULT FOR IT TO REACH SOUTHERN KANSAS. WITH THIS...FEEL IT IS VERY POSSIBLE FOR THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING TO BE PUSHED INTO SUNDAY FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...AND MAYBE INTO MONDAY. HOWEVER...WHILE CONFIDENCE IS INCREASING IT IS NOT HIGH ENOUGH AT THIS TIME TO GO AHEAD AND EXTEND IT. WILL BE SOMETHING TO WATCH THOUGH. THE BOUNDARY ITSELF WILL BRING THE CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION TO THE REGION AGAIN...WITH EASTERN KANSAS BEING THE FOCUS FOR THESE CHANCES. HAVE INCREASED THE CHANCES EVER SO SLIGHTLY FROM THE PREVIOUS FORECAST. TUESDAY - THURSDAY: IN THE EXTENDED...LITTLE CHANGES IN THE OVERALL LARGE SCALE PATTERNS...WITH A RIDGE OVERHEAD. ANOTHER PULSE MOVES OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND WILL AGAIN TRY TO FLATTEN THE RIDGE SOME...BUT BRINGING LITTLE IN THE WAY OF RELIEF TO THE INTENSE 100+ DEGREE HEAT AND DRY FORECAST. BILLINGS && .AVIATION...18Z TAFS KRSL/KSLN/KHUT/KICT/KCNU WEAK STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDED FROM NORTHWESTERN KS TO SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA AS OF MIDDAY. RICH 700 MB THETA-E AXIS WILL BE ALIGNED ALONG THIS FRONT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DEVELOP THIS PM/EVE ALONG/NORTH OF THIS FRONT WITH ACTIVITY MOVING SLOWLY EASTWARD OVERNIGHT. FOR NOW...WILL INCLUDE VCTS AT RSL/SLN. OTHERWISE...VFR WEATHER IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE 24 HOUR TAF VALID PERIOD. JMC && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WICHITA-KICT 79 104 80 106 / 10 10 10 10 HUTCHINSON 79 106 80 106 / 10 10 10 10 NEWTON 79 105 79 106 / 10 10 10 10 ELDORADO 78 103 79 105 / 10 10 10 10 WINFIELD-KWLD 78 103 80 104 / 10 10 10 10 RUSSELL 76 103 79 104 / 40 10 10 10 GREAT BEND 77 105 78 105 / 30 10 10 10 SALINA 78 106 80 106 / 20 10 10 10 MCPHERSON 78 106 80 106 / 10 10 10 10 COFFEYVILLE 77 103 79 104 / 10 10 10 10 CHANUTE 77 102 78 104 / 10 10 10 10 IOLA 77 101 78 103 / 10 10 10 10 PARSONS-KPPF 77 102 79 104 / 10 10 10 10 && .ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING UNTIL 7 PM CDT SATURDAY FOR KSZ032-033- 047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 348 PM CDT THU JUL 21 2011 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-222100- 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- 348 PM CDT THU JUL 21 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT DANGEROUS HEAT WILL AFFECT THE ENTIRE AREA THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS...PLEASE CHECK THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING FOR DETAILS. WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP ALONG A WEAK COLD FRONT LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS. LOCATIONS ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF A SALINA TO GREAT BEND LINE WILL HAVE THE BEST CHANCE TO EXPERIENCE A STORM. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 50 MPH WINDS. VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER WILL BE IN PLACE THIS AFTERNOON FOR LOCATIONS WEST OF A WICHITA TO WELLINGTON LINE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY DANGEROUS HEAT WILL PERSIST THROUGH AT LEAST SATURDAY. PLEASE CHECK THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING FOR DETAILS. HEAT INDICES WILL CONTINUE TO BE NEAR 105 IN SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS THROUGH MID NEXT WEEK. A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR STORMS WILL RE-ENTER THE FORECAST FOR SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AS A WEAK COLD FRONT TRIES TO APPROACH THE AREA FRONT THE NORTH. ANY STORM THAT DEVELOPS THROUGH THIS TIME FRAME WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE STRONG. VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER WILL BE IN PLACE EACH AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY FOR LOCATIONS WEST OF A WICHITA TO WELLINGTON LINE. .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 BILLINGS/JMC/LAWSON
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 545 PM CDT THU JUL 21 2011 KSZ032-212315- RUSSELL- 545 PM CDT THU JUL 21 2011 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN RUSSELL COUNTY... AT 538 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTH OF GALATIA...OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RUSSELL...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. DARMOFAL
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 141 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:44 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A power pole and tree limb was downed.
Winds were estimated around 60 mph.
Winds estimated around 70 mph produced some damage near the Russell/Barton county line 6 miles north of Susank, including a blown over stock trailer and downed tree limbs and power lines.
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