A decent little severe weather event occurred across portions of South Central Kansas. Strong winds up to 70 mph were noted with many of the storms.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS ICT wrote it up.
A decent little severe weather event occurred across portions of South Central Kansas. Strong winds up to 70 mph were noted with many of the storms. The damage was limited to power lines and trees.
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 Aug 6, 12:10 PM CST, 21 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 110 PM CDT TUE AUG 6 2013 .UPDATE... ISSUED AT 110 PM CDT TUE AUG 6 2013 HAVE UPDATED THE FORECAST THIS MORNING TO INCLUDE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS. THESE SCATTERED STORMS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. OTHERWISE...FORECAST LOOKS ON TRACK. BILLINGS && .SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY) ISSUED AT 253 AM CDT TUE AUG 6 2013 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL TAPER OFF ACROSS SOUTHERN KANSAS EARLY THIS MORNING...WITH A STRONG OUTFLOW BOUNDARY SURGING SOUTHWARD INTO OKLAHOMA. SKIES WILL BEGIN TO CLEAR OUT IN THE WAKE OF OVERNIGHT CONVECTION WITH WARM AND VERY HUMID CONDITIONS TODAY. THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHERN KANSAS IF THE BOUNDARY IS ABLE TO RE-DEFINE ITSELF...OTHERWISE THE BETTER CHANCES WILL BE OVERNIGHT AS MOISTURE TRANSPORT/LOW LEVEL JET RAMPS UP AGAIN. MEANWHILE...CURRENT SATELLITE WATER VAPOR SHOWS A WELL DEFINED UPPER WAVE WITH-IN SUBTROPICAL PLUME OVER THE BAJA REGION. MODELS HAVE THIS UPPER WAVE ROTATING AROUND THE UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE CENTER AND MOVING SLOWLY OUT INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT/THURSDAY. WE ARE STILL SEEING A OMINOUS SIGNAL IN THE MODELS FOR ANOTHER EPISODE OF HEAVY RAINFALL THIS PERIOD...AS MOISTURE TRANSPORT OF HIGH PRECIPITABLE WATER SPREADS OVER THE REGION ALONG WITH POSSIBLE TRAINING OF THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF THIS UPPER WAVE. THEREFORE WE WILL EXTEND THE FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING SINCE MORE HEAVY RAINFALL IS LIKELY TO OCCUR OVER THE SATURATED GROUND SOILS IN CENTRAL/SOUTHERN KANSAS. .LONG TERM...(FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY) ISSUED AT 253 AM CDT TUE AUG 6 2013 THE WEATHER PATTERN LOOKS TO FINALLY QUIET DOWN FOR THE FRIDAY/SATURDAY TIME FRAME AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE REGION...AS SURFACE BOUNDARY IS PUSHED WELL SOUTH OF KANSAS AND SLIGHTLY COOLER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES. THUNDERSTORMS LOOK TO COME BACK INTO THE PICTURE FOR SATURDAY NIGHT-MONDAY...AS FRONTAL BOUNDARY MIGRATES NORTHWARD BACK INTO KANSAS. JAKUB && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON) ISSUED AT 110 PM CDT TUE AUG 6 2013 THE MAIN AVIATION FORECAST ISSUE IS THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN TONIGHT. ANOTHER COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING AND PERSIST THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. HAVE INCLUDED TEMPO GROUPS FOR PREVAILING -TSRA...WITH VCTS ELSEWHERE. CURRENT THINKING IS THAT STORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER WESTERN KANSAS AND TRACK EASTWARD IMPACTING THE AREA NEAR TO OR JUST AFTER 00Z. WINDS REMAIN LIGHT WITH THE BOUNDARY IN THE AREA. HAVE WINDS BECOMING MORE SOUTHEASTERLY THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE BACKING TO BE EASTERLY TONIGHT AS THE BOUNDARY MOVES FURTHER SOUTH. MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT...BUT THIS IS OUTSIDE OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. EXPECTING VFR CONDITIONS EXPECT FOR THUNDER AND THE OCCASIONAL REDUCTION DUE TO HEAVY RAIN. BILLINGS && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WICHITA-KICT 95 74 85 68 / 20 50 60 80 HUTCHINSON 95 72 83 67 / 10 60 60 80 NEWTON 94 72 83 67 / 20 60 60 80 ELDORADO 93 74 85 67 / 20 50 60 80 WINFIELD-KWLD 96 75 89 70 / 20 40 50 80 RUSSELL 93 71 80 64 / 10 60 60 70 GREAT BEND 93 71 80 65 / 10 70 70 80 SALINA 93 73 81 66 / 10 60 70 70 MCPHERSON 94 71 82 66 / 10 60 70 80 COFFEYVILLE 95 75 90 71 / 20 30 50 80 CHANUTE 93 73 87 69 / 20 40 50 80 IOLA 91 74 86 68 / 20 40 50 80 PARSONS-KPPF 94 74 89 70 / 20 30 50 80 && .ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING FOR KSZ032-033-047>053- 067>072-083-092>096-098>100. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 416 AM CDT TUE AUG 6 2013 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-070930- 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- 416 AM CDT TUE AUG 6 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...THEN TRANSITION TO A HEAVY RAIN THREAT OVERNIGHT AS THE THUNDERSTORMS BECOME MORE NUMEROUS. PLEASE SEE LATEST FLOOD WATCH FOR MORE DETAILS. COUNTY FLOOD AND RIVER WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT ACROSS CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS FROM RECENT HEAVY RAINS. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST FLOOD STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS FOR DETAILS. HEAT INDICES OF 100 TO 105 DEGREES WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN KANSAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY COUNTY AND RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS WILL LIKELY REMAIN IN EFFECT INTO WEDNESDAY AND MAYBE LONGER FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST FLOOD STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS FOR DETAILS. CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE WEEK AND INTO THE UPCOMING WEEKEND ACROSS THE AREA. THE HIGHEST CHANCES FOR AREA-WIDE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THIS WILL ONLY PROLONG OR WORSEN THE FLOODING PROBLEMS ACROSS THE REGION. MORE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. && FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION...SEE OUR WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE) HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/WICHITA/HWO/HWO.PHP CJ
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
744 AM CDT TUE AUG 06 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN NEWTON 38.04N 97.34W
08/06/2013 M2.57 INCH HARVEY KS CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN POTWIN 37.94N 97.02W
08/06/2013 M2.47 INCH BUTLER KS CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN 5 S CHERRYVALE 37.20N 95.55W
08/06/2013 M1.82 INCH MONTGOMERY KS CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN HESSTON 38.14N 97.43W
08/06/2013 M1.80 INCH HARVEY KS CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN ALTAMONT 37.19N 95.29W
08/06/2013 M1.95 INCH LABETTE KS CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN INMAN 38.23N 97.77W
08/06/2013 M2.58 INCH MCPHERSON KS CO-OP OBSERVER
&&
VJPPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
927 AM CDT TUE AUG 06 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1113 PM TSTM WND DMG EUREKA 37.82N 96.29W
08/05/2013 GREENWOOD KS EMERGENCY MNGR
EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS 30 INCH DIAMETER TREE UPROOTED
AT THE COUNTRY CLUB AND A FEW OF SIMILAR SIZE COULD BE
FOUND UPROOTED IN TOWN AS WELL.
&&
VJPThe Wichita radar (KICT), 73 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:31 UTC.
10 thunderstorm wind, 3 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Roads were closed along Cow Creek from flood waters.
Numerous roads east of Inman had water over the road.
Numerous county roads had water over them.
Reported by a trained spotter.
Power lines were reported down.
Several trees were reported to have been blown down.
Several trees were reported to have been blown down.
A tree had been blown down onto a house.
Reported by local law enforcement.
Large branches were broken off of some trees.
Reported on the Kansas turnpike at mile post 97.
Reported by county official.
Reported by a trained spotter.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kansas in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, August 2013
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: 474371, 474372, 474374, 473280, 473281, 473282, 473283, 473285, 473287, 473288, 473289, 473291, 473292.