A few marginal thunderstorms produced 1 inch hail and a few areas of severe thunderstorm winds across portions of North Central Kansas.
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The episode as NWS TOP wrote it up.
A few marginal thunderstorms produced 1 inch hail and a few areas of severe thunderstorm winds across portions of North Central Kansas.
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 Jun 14, 5:49 PM CST, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 649 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012 ...UPDATE TO AVIATION... .DISCUSSION... 19Z SFC OBS SHOWED A COLD FRONT FROM NEAR GOODLAND KS NORTHEAST TO AROUND SIOUX CITY IA. AHEAD OF THE FRONT OVER NORTH CENTRAL KS...THERE IS A VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS WITH OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS SHOWING CAPE VALUES AROUND 4000 J/KG. ALOFT WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SUGGESTS THERE IS A DISTURBANCE OVER EASTERN CO MOVING EAST NORTHEAST...AND CONVECTION HAS DEVELOPED ALONG THE BOUNDARY IN SOUTHEAST CO. FOR TONIGHT THINK PRECIP IS LIKELY ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KS AND HAVE INCREASED POPS TO AROUND 80 PERCENT. THINKING IS THAT STORMS OFF THE BOUNDARY WILL FORM INTO SOME KIND OF MCS AND MOVE EAST AND SOUTHEAST INTO THE AREA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. DEEP LAYER SHEER IS SOMEWHAT MARGINAL SUGGESTING THAT SUPERCELL STORM ORGANIZATION COULD BE DIFFICULT TO COME BY. NEVERTHELESS WITH THIS MUCH INSTABILITY...THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS. THE MAIN UNCERTAINTY IS IN HOW FAR EAST CONVECTION WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE IT. INSTABILITY SHOULD DIMINISH INTO WESTERN MO DUE TO LOWER DEWPOINTS. HOWEVER THERE IS NOT A STRONG SIGNAL FOR HIGHER INHIBITION FURTHER EAST. SO THINK THAT IF A COLD POOL IS ABLE TO DEVELOP...THAT STORMS SHOULD MOVE INTO NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KS OVERNIGHT. ANOTHER CONCERN THAT WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED IS THE POTENTIAL FOR EXCESSIVE RAINFALL. WITH PRECIPITABLE WATERS INCREASING TO NEAR 2 INCHES...SOME MODEL QPF SOLUTIONS SHOW RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER 2 INCHES IN SOME LOCATIONS. THINGS ARE A LITTLE MORE UNCERTAIN FOR FRIDAY WITH MODELS SHOWING SOME KIND OF CONVECTIVE MCV OVER NORTHEAST KS WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR NUMEROUS OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES IN THE AREA. THEREFORE MAINTAINED THE PREV FORECAST OF 50 PERCENT POPS. WITH MORE CLOUD COVER EXPECTED AND CHANCES FOR RAIN...HIGHS FRIDAY SHOULD STAY IN THE 80S DUE TO WEAKER MIXING AND SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPS ALOFT. WOLTERS LONG TERM...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...LITTLE OVERALL CHANGE TO FORECAST PHILOSOPHY DURING THE PERIOD...MINUS A SLIGHTLY MORE AGGRESSIVE UPPER WAVE TOWARDS THE END OF THE PERIOD. MODEL CONSENSUS CONTINUES TO DEPICT A PATTERN CHARACTERIZED BY AN ACTIVE NORTHERN STREAM...WITH ONLY SUBTLE WAVES AND SURFACE FEATURES ACROSS OUR REGION THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. THIS CONTINUES SOME DEGREE OF UNCERTAINTY TO THE SPECIFIC TIMING...LOCATION AND PERCENTAGE OF PRECIPITATION CHANCES DURING THE EXTENDED. A STRONG SHORTWAVE THROUGH QUICKLY MOVES ACROSS THE NORTHERN CONUS ON SATURDAY...WITH AN ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT APPROACHING THE KS/NE BORDER BY SAT AFTERNOON. THE PERIPHERY OF STRONGER FLOW ALOFT AND LARGE SCALE ASCENT BRIEFLY OVERSPREADS THE CWA...AND CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE PRIMARY BOUNDARY AND/OR REMNANT OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES...ESPECIALLY DURING PEAK HEATING. CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL OVERSPREAD MUCH OF THE CWA DURING THE EVENING/OVERNIGHT HOURS...WITH A GRADUAL WEAKENING TREND AS THE ACTIVITY MOVES SOUTH WITH THE DEPARTING UPPER SUPPORT AND INCREASING STABILITY. THE EFFECTIVE FRONTAL BOUNDARY...LIKELY PARTIALLY REINFORCED FROM CONVECTION...WILL BECOME QUASISTATIONARY ON SUNDAY AND MAY BEGIN TO DRIFT NORTH. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF ON SUNDAY...BUT SHOULD BE LIMITED IN COVERAGE WITH THE LACK OF UPPER SUPPORT AND AN INCREASING EML. MUCH OF THE AREA WILL REMAIN DRY MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS WEAK UPPER RIDGING BUILDS INTO THE PLAINS...NOTABLE WAVES REMAIN WELL DISPLACED TO THE NORTH...AND A STRONG EML BUILDS INTO THE AREA. THE PATTERN APPEARS TO CHANGE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY AS A MORE AMPLIFIED PATTERN COMMENCES ACROSS THE NORTHERN/CENTRAL PLAINS AND A COLD FRONT MOVES TOWARDS/THROUGH THE CWA. THE HIGHEST PROBABILITIES OF PRECIPITATION WITH THIS SYSTEM LOOK TO OCCUR LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. AS FOR TEMPERATURES...WENT NEAR/ABOVE NUMERICAL MODEL GUIDANCE AS CLIMATOLOGY HAS BEEN TRENDING VALUES TOO LOW. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S SEEMS REASONABLE BASED ON THE PATTERN FOR THE LONG TERM PERIOD. COOLER READINGS CAN BE EXPECTED ON THURSDAY AS THE AFOREMENTIONED FRONTAL BOUNDARY AND PRECIPITATION MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. BLAIR && .AVIATION... COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS IN NEBRASKA STILL EXPECTED TO MOVE SOUTHEAST AND IMPACT THE TAF SITES PRIMARILY IN THE 03Z-08Z TIME FRAME WITH MVFR AND POSSIBLY BRIEF IFR VSBYS IN HEAVIER RAIN. ONCE THE COMPLEX PASSES THROUGH...FEEL THERE MAY BE A BREAK IN PRECIP/LOWER VSBYS AND CIGS INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON...WITH A BETTER CHANCE JUST BEYOND 00Z/16. WINDS WILL BE SOUTH/SOUTHEASTERLY...BUT ANY OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES WILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON SHORT TERM DIRECTION AND SPEED. && .TOP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 327 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-152030- REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS- WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- 327 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL...NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHWEST KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND MOVE INTO NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS BY THE EARLY EVENING. THE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL... EXCESSIVE RAINFALL AND DAMAGING WINDS. STORMS COULD MOVE INTO NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS LATE IN THE EVENING OR OVERNIGHT. HOWEVER IT IS A LITTLE LESS CLEAR WHAT THE SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL WILL BE LATE TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WOLTERS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
747 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012
KSZ008-009-150115-
REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-
747 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR REPUBLIC AND NORTHWESTERN
WASHINGTON COUNTIES...
THROUGH 815 PM CDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH ACROSS PORTIONS OF REPUBLIC AND NORTHWESTERN
WASHINGTON COUNTIES. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT COULD BE AFFECTED INCLUDE
COURTLAND...MUNDEN...NARKA...MAHASKA...SCANDIA...NORWAY...HADDAM...CU
BA AND BELLEVILLE. HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES MAY
ALSO BE POSSIBLE.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT.
&&
LAT...LON 4001 9700 4000 9698 3965 9762 3966 9793
3996 9794 4001 9785
TIME...MOT...LOC 0047Z 308DEG 16KT 4010 9740 3982 9803
$$ GARGANPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
759 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0755 PM TSTM WND GST 11 N BELLEVILLE 39.99N 97.62W
06/14/2012 E55 MPH REPUBLIC KS TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
63The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 100 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:05 UTC.
8 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A trained weather spotter near Mahaska reported a 60 mph wind gust.
A trained spotter near Republic reported a 60 mph wind gust.
A trained spotter near Morrowville reported a 60 mph wind gust.
A trained spotter near Glasco reported a 70 mph wind gust.
A trained spotter near Minneapolis measured a 68 mph wind gust.
A trained spotter near Wells reported a 60 mph wind gust.
A trained spotter near Abilene reported a 60 mph wind gust.
AWOS station near Abilene measured a 62 mph wind gust.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kansas in 2012Every state in 2012This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, June 2012
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: 394733, 394735, 394736, 394737, 394732, 394739, 394740, 394741, 394742.