A few storms traversed across portions of South Central Kansas and produced some low end severe winds in portions of Sedgwick and Butler counties.
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A few storms traversed across portions of South Central Kansas and produced some low end severe winds in portions of Sedgwick and Butler counties.
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 Jun 13, 2:15 PM CST, 3 hours 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 315 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2011 .DISCUSSION... FORECAST CONCERNS WILL BE ISOLATED STORM CHANCES TODAY...WITH BETTER CHANCES IN ERN SECTIONS ON TUE. THEN MAINLY TEMPS LATER IN THE WEEK. THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT: WEAK AREA OF LOW PRESSURE REMAINS OVER SW KS AT THIS TIME...WITH A WEAK COLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY LOCATED ACROSS CEN KS. MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA REMAINS UNDER A WARM AIRMASS ALOFT...WHICH IS KEEPING THE AREA CAPPED. EXPECT THIS TREND TO CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING...WITH THIS WARM AIR CAP KEEPING CONVECTION CHANCES AT A MINIMUM OR NEAR NIL THIS EVENING. FORECAST SOUNDINGS DO SHOW SOME WEAKENING OF THE CAP BETWEEN 22-02Z NEAR KICT/KHUT BUT LACK OF GOOD CONVERGENCE SEEMS TO SUGGEST THAT NOTHING MORE THAN AN ISOLATED STORM IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. IF A STORM CAN GET GOING...THINK AN ISOLATED SVR STORM CHANCE EXISTS...AS AIRMASS BECOMES VERY UNSTABLE ALONG OR JUST BEHIND THE BOUNDARY ACROSS CEN KS. BULK SHEAR ALSO SUGGESTS A POSSIBLE MULTICELL TYPE STORM...WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN THREAT...GIVEN THE INVERTED-V SOUNDING. BETTER CHANCE OF STORMS LOOKS TO REMAIN JUST TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE FORECAST AREA IN NORTHEAST KS...WHERE AIRMASS IS VERY UNSTABLE...AND CAP WILL BE WEAKER. DO NOT THINK ANYTHING THAT CAN DEVELOP WILL LAST MUCH AFTER SUNSET...AS HEATING OF THE DAY ENDS WITH LOW LEVEL JET VEERING INTO NE KS HELPING A COMPLEX OF STORMS FORM IN THIS AREA. FOR THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...SOME UNCERTAINTY ABOUT MOVEMENT OF THE COLD FRONT IN CEN KS...AND WHETHER IT WILL MAKE ANY PROGRESS INTO SOUTH CEN KS LATE THIS EVE OR OVERNIGHT. NAM/WRF IS THE MOST AGGRESSIVE IN PUSHING THE BOUNDARY INTO SRN KS...WHILE THE GFS/ECMWF KEEP IT IN CEN KS UNTIL EARLY ON TUE. NOT SEEING ALOT OF PRESSURE FALLS BEHIND THE BOUNDARY...SO PREFER THE SLOWER GFS/ECMWF FOR FRONTAL MOVEMENT...DELAYING ITS SRN PROGRESSION UNTIL EARLY ON TUE. TUE-WED: PLACEMENT OF THE BOUNDARY WILL CONTINUE TO BE PROBLEMATIC FOR TUE. WITH SLOWER GFS/ECMWF IN MIND...THIS WOULD PUT THE BOUNDARY SOMEWHERE ACROSS THE MIDDLE OF THE FORECAST AREA FOR THE AFTERNOON HOURS ON TUE. WARM AIR ALOFT WILL AGAIN KEEP MOST CONVECTION AT BEY UNTIL THE LATE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS. MAIN DIFFERENCE ON TUE WILL BE AN APPROACHING MID LEVEL SHORTWAVE...WHICH WILL HELP WEAKEN THE CAP ENOUGH FOR CONVECTION TO TAP INTO A VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS EXPECTED TO POOL JUST ALONG OR AHEAD OF THE BOUNDARY...WITH BULK SHEAR AROUND 40KTS AMPLE ENOUGH FOR A SVR THREAT. THINK THIS CONVECTION CHANCE WILL BE A LITTLE MORE WIDESPREAD THAN TONIGHT WITH THE GREATEST AREA OF CONCERN EAST OF THE KANSAS TURNPIKE. CONVECTION ON TUE NIGHT AND COLD POOLS FROM THE CONVECTION WILL HELP PUSH THE BOUNDARY FINALLY TO THE SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA. THIS WILL BRING SOME WEAK RIDGING ACROSS THE AREA FOR WED...WITH ANY CONVECTION CHANCES STAYING TO THE SOUTH OF THE AREA...WITH SEASONAL TEMPS ON TAP. THU: THE DRY CONDITIONS WILL BE SHORT LIVED...AS WARM ADVECTION (WAA) BRINGS THE BOUNDARY RAPIDLY BACK TO THE NORTH ON THU. THIS WAA WILL PUSH THE WARM FRONT BACK ACROSS THE AREA FOR THE DAYLIGHT HOURS ON THU...WITH A CHANCE OF SOME WIDELY SCATTERED AFTERNOON SHRA/TSRA. WILL KEEP A LOW POP IN FOR THIS CHANCE...WITH SEASONAL TEMPS EXPECTED. FRI-SUN: MID LEVEL HEIGHTS LOOK TO GRADUALLY INCREASE INTO THE WEEKEND...WHICH WILL LEAD TO WEAK RIDING ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. ANOTHER WEAK LOW PRESSURE AREA LOOKS TO DEVELOP OVER SW KS AGAIN...WITH THE MAIN SYNOPTIC FEATURES STAYING TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE AREA AND NORTHEAST. SO EXPECTING SFC FEATURES SIMILAR TO THIS AFTERNOON...WITH MOST OF THE CONVECTIVE CHANCES STAYING TO THE NW AND NE OF THE AREA. COULD SEE SOME ISOLATED CHANCES IN THE EXTENDED...BUT PLAN ON LEAVING MOST OF THIS TIME FRAME DRY...EXCEPT FOR SUN...WHEN WEAK RIDGE GRADUALLY BREAKS DOWN. KETCHAM .AVIATION...18Z TAFS KRSL/KSLN/KHUT/KICT/KCNU THE MAIN CHALLENGE FOR THIS FORECAST IS THE TIMING OF THE COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE WHICH WENT THROUGH KRSL ABOUT 15Z. WEAK SURFACE LOW REMAINS IN WESTERN KANSAS AND SHOULD SLOWLY MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST. THERE ARE MODEL DISCREPANCIES AT WHEN THE FRONT WILL REACH KSLN AND KHUT WITH CURRENT THOUGHTS TO HAVE THE TRANSITION TO NORTHERLY WINDS AT KSLN ABOUT 02Z AND KHUT AT ABOUT 6Z. CONFIDENCE IS NOT HIGH IN EXACT TIMING OF THE FRONT FOR ALL BUT KRSL WITH IDEA THAT IT MAY NOT BE UNTIL LATER THAN CURRENT FORECAST. CONTINUAL POSSIBILITIES OF ISOLATED TSRA COULD DEVELOP ALONG THE COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR KRSL...KSLN AND KHUT...HOWEVER REMAINED WITH TREND TO LEAVE OUT BECAUSE OF ISOLATION. WRAP AROUND MOISTURE FROM THE MOVEMENT OF THE LOW COULD BRING IN SOME MVFR CIGS AND REDUCED VIS FOR CENTRAL KANSAS BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. DUE TO CURRENT CONSISTENCY BETWEEN MODELS OF DROPPING CIGS AND VIS...DECIDED TO BRING IN JUST TO KRSL FOR THE LATE NIGHT INTO EARLY MORNING HOURS. VP && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WICHITA-KICT 71 90 68 90 / 20 10 10 10 HUTCHINSON 69 88 66 89 / 20 10 10 10 NEWTON 69 88 67 88 / 20 10 10 10 ELDORADO 70 90 67 88 / 10 20 10 10 WINFIELD-KWLD 72 93 68 91 / 10 20 20 10 RUSSELL 66 86 63 88 / 20 10 10 10 GREAT BEND 66 88 63 88 / 20 10 10 10 SALINA 68 85 65 88 / 20 10 10 10 MCPHERSON 68 87 66 88 / 20 10 10 10 COFFEYVILLE 71 93 69 89 / 10 20 40 10 CHANUTE 71 90 68 87 / 10 20 30 10 IOLA 71 90 67 87 / 10 20 30 10 PARSONS-KPPF 71 90 68 88 / 10 20 40 10 && .ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 436 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2011 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-142145- 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- 436 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP THIS EVENING ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS ALONG A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT. IF A STORM CAN DEVELOP...DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE THE MAIN THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY ANOTHER ROUND OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS TUESDAY SPREADING INTO SOUTHEAST KANSAS BY TUESDAY EVENING AND TUESDAY NIGHT. THE GREATEST THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER ON TUESDAY APPEARS TO BE ALONG AND EAST OF THE KANSAS TURNPIKE. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN FOR THURSDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL BE ON THE RISE LATE IN THE WEEK AND THROUGH THE WEEKEND WHERE HEAT INDICES WILL HOVER AROUND 100 ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING IF A STORM CAN DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL KANSAS. && FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION...SEE OUR WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE) HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/WICHITA/HWO/HWO.PHP KETCHAM/MWM
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 515 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2011 KSZ067-082-132245- KINGMAN-RENO- 515 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2011 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWEST KINGMAN COUNTY...AND THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF RENO COUNTY... AT 509 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR PENALOSA...TO JUST NORTHWEST OF PRETTY PRAIRIE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. WINDS TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE, OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. KLEINSASSER
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 534 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2011 KSZ067-082-132300- KINGMAN-RENO- 534 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2011 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWEST KINGMAN AND SOUTHERN RENO COUNTIES... AT 528 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CUNNINGHAM...OR 15 MILES EAST OF PRATT...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. MORE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER SOUTH-CENTRAL RENO COUNTY...ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST. SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE, OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. KLEINSASSER
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 620 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2011 KSZ067-082-083-132345- KINGMAN-RENO-SEDGWICK- 620 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2011 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEAST KINGMAN...SOUTHERN AND EASTERN RENO...AND WESTERN SEDGWICK COUNTIES... AT 613 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR KINGMAN...AND MOVING EAST TO NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. MORE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED SOUTH OF HUTCHINSON...AND ALSO WEST OF ANDALE. PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE, OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. KLEINSASSER
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 635 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2011 KSZ067-068-140000- HARVEY-RENO- 635 PM CDT MON JUN 13 2011 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HARVEY AND EASTERN RENO COUNTIES... AT 632 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BURRTON...OR 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HUTCHINSON...AND MOVING EAST TO NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 40 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE...OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. KLEINSASSER
The Wichita radar (KICT), 13 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:33 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The report was provided by an off duty National Weather Service Employee.
A large tree was reported to be blown down and laying across the road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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