A small cluster of strong to severe thunderstorms produced 60 to 70 mph winds near Wilson in Russell County during the evening hours on the 22nd.
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A small cluster of strong to severe thunderstorms produced 60 to 70 mph winds near Wilson in Russell County during the evening hours on the 22nd.
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 22, 5:30 PM CST, 12 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 630 PM CDT FRI JUL 22 2011 .AVIATION...00Z TAFS KRSL/KSLN/KHUT/KICT/KCNU ISOLATED-SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY TO PERSIST THROUGH MID EVENING ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST KS. WILL UTILIZE TEMPO TS AT RSL WITH CB CLOUD GROUPS AT HUT AND SLN WHICH HAVE A LESSER PROBABILITY OF A DIRECT HIT. GUSTY WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN CONCERN NEAR ANY OF THESE STORMS. OTHERWISE...VFR CONDITIONS OUTSIDE OF ANY STORMS TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. JMC && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 323 PM CDT FRI JUL 22 2011/ DISCUSSION... TONIGHT: ISOLATED CONVECTION WILL LIKELY PERSIST UNTIL AROUND SUNSET IN CENTRAL KANSAS. OTHERWISE EXPECT DRY CONDITIONS AND MILD/WARM TEMPERATURES. SAT-SAT NIGHT: WILL CONTINUE SMALL CHANCES FOR LATE AFTERNOON/EVENING THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL KS...AND THIS IS DEPENDENT ON CONVECTION FRI NIGHT LEAVING ENOUGH OF A BOUNDARY TO INITIATE STORMS. OTHERWISE NO REAL CHANGE IN TEMPERATURES/HEAT INDICES. SUN-SUN NIGHT: UNCLEAR WHY NAM/GFS HAVE BEEN SO AGRESSIVE BREAKING OUT CONVECTION SUN AFTER/EVENING...GIVEN THAT HEIGHTS/TEMPERATURES ALOFT ARE NOT CHANGING SIGNIFICANTLY. CHANCES DO APPEAR TO INCREASE A BIT SUN NIGHT...WITH A 850MB BAROCLINIC ZONE CUTTING ACROSS NE KS. NE SECTIONS OF FORECAST AREA COULD GET CLIPPED BY STORMS DURING THE NIGHT...BUT WESTWARD EXTENT IS VERY QUESTIONABLE. GIVEN LATEST TEMPERATURE/DEWPOINT FORECASTS...WILL EXTEND EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING ANOTHER DAY AREAWIDE. MON-FRI: GIVEN LITTLE IF ANY CHANGE IN FORECAST HEIGHTS THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD...DO NOT ANTICIPATE ANY SIGNIFICANT RELIEF FROM ONGOING HEAT WAVE...WITH TRIPLE DIGITS LIKELY OVER MOST OF THE AREA EACH DAY. AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES WILL ALSO BE IN THE TRIPLE DIGITS EACH DAY OVER MOST LOCATIONS...AND HEADLINES WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. THERE IS A CHANCE THAT OUTFLOW AND/OR FRONT WILL WORK INTO CENTRAL KS LATE WEEK...BUT TIMING AND HOW FAR SOUTH BOUNDARY WILL GO IS QUESTIONABLE. BEST ESTIMATE AT THIS TIME FOR PRECIPITATION IN CENTRAL KS IS ON THU NIGHT. -HOWERTON AVIATION...18Z TAFS KRSL/KSLN/KHUT/KICT/KCNU MAIN AVIATION FORECAST CONCERN IS THE CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD FOR ALL TAF SITES. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON THAT COULD IMPACT KRSL AND KSLN. THE BEST CHANCE FOR THESE ISOLATED STORMS WILL BE AT KRSL AND HAVE INCLUDED A CB GROUP FOR THE AFTERNOON HOURS. CONFIDENCE WAS NOT HIGH ENOUGH TO INCLUDE A FULL TEMPO OR FM GROUP AT THIS TIME. OTHERWISE...EXPECT SOUTH TO SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS TO PREVAIL UNDER MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES. BILLINGS && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WICHITA-KICT 79 104 78 102 / 10 10 10 10 HUTCHINSON 79 103 78 102 / 20 10 20 10 NEWTON 79 103 78 102 / 10 10 10 10 ELDORADO 78 101 76 102 / 10 10 10 10 WINFIELD-KWLD 80 103 80 103 / 10 10 10 10 RUSSELL 77 103 75 101 / 30 10 20 20 GREAT BEND 77 104 76 101 / 30 10 20 10 SALINA 80 104 78 101 / 20 10 20 20 MCPHERSON 79 104 77 102 / 20 10 20 10 COFFEYVILLE 79 104 78 103 / 10 10 10 10 CHANUTE 78 102 77 103 / 10 10 10 10 IOLA 78 102 77 104 / 10 10 10 10 PARSONS-KPPF 79 104 78 103 / 10 10 10 10 && .ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING UNTIL 7 PM CDT SUNDAY FOR KSZ032-033- 047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 432 PM CDT FRI JUL 22 2011 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-232145- 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- 432 PM CDT FRI JUL 22 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. ISOLATED STORMS WILL PERSIST UNTIL AROUND SUNSET OVER MAINLY CENTRAL KANSAS. STORMS ARE MOST LIKELY WEST OF A LINE FROM HUTCHINSON TO SALINA. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 50 MPH WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY. CHECK THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS. TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT INDICES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY. ADDITIONAL WARNINGS AND/OR ADVISORIES WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. THERE ARE SLIGHT CHANCES FOR STORMS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS. THESE COULD PERSIST MOST OF SUN NIGHT...AND AFFECT A SMALL PART OF THE FLINT HILLS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. ANY OF THE STORMS THAT DEVELOP COULD BE STRONG. VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER IS FORECAST SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM GREAT BEND TO WELLINGTON ON SATURDAY...TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. .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 HOWERTON
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 640 PM CDT FRI JUL 22 2011 KSZ032-230015- RUSSELL- 640 PM CDT FRI JUL 22 2011 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWEST RUSSELL COUNTY... AT 634 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES NORTH OF GALATIA...OR 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RUSSELL...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. DARMOFAL
The Wichita radar (KICT), 161 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:44 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Winds of 60 to 70 mph were estimated on I-70 near mile-marker 204.
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