Winds between 60 and 70 mph downed power lines and power poles from Lincoln east to Shady Bend in the evening of the 24th.
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Winds between 60 and 70 mph downed power lines and power poles from Lincoln east to Shady Bend in the evening of the 24th.
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 24, 5:31 PM CST, 2 hours 43 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 631 PM CDT MON JUN 24 2013 UPDATED 00Z AVIATION SECTION. .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY) ISSUED AT 319 PM CDT MON JUN 24 2013 TONIGHT-TUE MORNING: DECENT LOOKING SHORTWAVE ON WATER VAPOR LOOP SHOULD TRAVERSE THE AREA THIS EVENING. THIS SHOULD GENERATE MORE PRECIPITATION THAN HAS OCCURRED OVER THE PREVIOUS FEW DAYS GIVEN SIMILIAR LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND MORE UPPER DYNAMICS. SHEAR IS A BIT MARGINAL...WITH STRONG STORMS LIKELY AND SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE. SUSPECT HAIL WILL BE MARGINAL AND WIND THE MORE LIKELY THREAT. WHAT IS UNCLEAR IS WHAT HAPPENS AFTER WAVE PASSES. BELIEVE THERE WILL STILL BE A CHANCE FOR ISOLATED ELEVATED CONVECTION ROUGHLY EAST OF I-35 IN THE PRE/POST DAWN HOURS. HOWEVER GIVEN BOTH UNCERTAINTY AND COVERAGE... WILL GO LESS THAN 15 PERCENT. WILL HOLD ON TO MOST OF THE WIND ADVISORY...THINKING THAT WITH SHORT TERM CLEARING WILL SEE A BRIEF INCREASE IN MIXING AND RESULT SPEEDS. TUE AFTERNOON-THU: ANOTHER SHORTWAVE MOVES THROUGH THE FLOW ON TUE AFTERNOON/EVENING... SO IF ANY PRECIPITATION DOES DEVELOP DURING THE MORNING...COULD EASILY HANG AROUND WELL INTO THE AFTERNOON. ANY CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THIS PERIOD IS TOO LOW/ UNCERTAINTY TOO HIGH TO MENTION AT THIS TIME. .LONG TERM...(FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY) ISSUED AT 319 PM CDT MON JUN 24 2013 WILL SEE UPPER FLOW SHIFT TO NORTHWEST FLOW AND FRONT MAY DRIFT THROUGH THE AREA ON FRI. SOME PRECIPITATION POSSIBLE WITH THIS BUT NOT MUCH CONFIDENCE ON TIMING/LOCATION AND CAP STRENGTH THIS FAR OUT. ECMWF IS MUCH DRIER THAT GFS. ECMWF CONTINUES TO SHOW SLOWLY DECREASING 850MB TEMPERATURES DURING THIS PERIOD...WITH RESULTANT GRADUAL DECREASE IN MAXES. EVEN COOLER TEMPERATURES MAY BE IN THE WORKS JUST BEYOND THIS PERIOD. -HOWERTON && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z TUESDAY EVENING) ISSUED AT 630 PM CDT MON JUN 24 2013 SHRA/TSRA DEVELOPING NEAR KDDC AT THIS TIME. THIS MULTICELL CLUSTER OF STORMS WILL MOVE GENERALLY TO THE NE AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES. THINK THIS CLUSTER OF STORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE KRSL AND KSLN TAF SITES AFTER 02Z/TUE. SO WILL GO WITH A VCTS FOR NOW...AND SEE HOW THINGS PAN OUT. EXPECT THIS CONVECTION TO BECOME MORE ELEVATED WITH TIME...AND VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED EVEN AS THE TSRA MOVES IN. COULD SEE SOME VARIABLE GUSTY WINDS IN AND NEAR THE STRONGEST STORMS. NOT SURE HOW FAR SOUTHEAST THE TSRA WILL BE...WITH THE SRN EDGE EXPECTED TO BE NEAR KHUT. SO WILL ADD A VCTS TO THIS TAF AS WELL. NOT SURE IF THE TSRA WILL AFFECT THE KICT TAF SO WILL LEAVE THIS OUT FOR NOW. THIS CONVECTION COULD FESTER OVER PORTIONS OF CEN KS FOR A GOOD PORTION OF THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...AS TSRA BECOMES MORE ELEVATED WITH TIME. SO WILL KEEP VCTS IN FOR KRSL/KSLN UNTIL THE EARLY TUE MORNING. OTHERWISE MAIN CONCERN WILL BE CONTINUED GUSTY SOUTH WINDS REMAINING OVER THE REGION FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. KETCHAM && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WICHITA-KICT 77 97 77 100 / 20 10 10 0 HUTCHINSON 77 100 76 102 / 30 10 10 10 NEWTON 77 99 77 101 / 20 10 10 10 ELDORADO 76 94 77 98 / 10 10 10 10 WINFIELD-KWLD 77 95 78 99 / 10 10 10 0 RUSSELL 77 103 71 102 / 40 10 10 0 GREAT BEND 76 102 72 103 / 40 10 10 0 SALINA 78 101 75 101 / 30 10 10 0 MCPHERSON 77 101 75 102 / 20 10 10 10 COFFEYVILLE 76 93 76 96 / 10 10 10 0 CHANUTE 76 92 76 96 / 10 10 10 10 IOLA 76 92 76 96 / 10 10 10 10 PARSONS-KPPF 76 92 76 96 / 10 10 10 10 && .ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR KSZ032-033-047-048- 050-067-082-083-091-092. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 801 PM CDT MON JUN 24 2013 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-260115- 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- 801 PM CDT MON JUN 24 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN WESTERN KANSAS WILL MOVE EAST NORTHEAST INTO CENTRAL KAKSNAS LATE THIS EVENING. THE BEST CHANCE OF SEVERE STORMS WILL BE NORTH OF HIGHWAY 50. THE MAIN CONCERN FROM ANY STORM THAT MOVES IN...WILL BE WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH AND QUARTER SIZED HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY HEAT INDICES OF 100 TO 105 ARE FORECAST OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON...AND AREA WIDE ON BOTH WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY NIGHT OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS. STRONG STORMS ARE POSSIBLE. .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/KETCHAM
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
829 PM CDT MON JUN 24 2013
KSZ032-047-048-050-250230-
BARTON-ELLSWORTH-RICE-RUSSELL-
829 PM CDT MON JUN 24 2013
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BARTON...ELLSWORTH...RICE AND RUSSELL
COUNTIES...
AT 822 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR ELLINWOOD...OR 8 MILES EAST OF
GREAT BEND...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE AS THESE STORMS CONTINUE TO COLLAPSE.
&&
LAT...LON 3885 9902 3886 9793 3817 9793 3818 9846
3819 9848 3825 9848 3825 9884 3829 9902
TIME...MOT...LOC 0127Z 245DEG 30KT 3835 9862
SMITHSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
852 PM CDT MON JUN 24 2013
KSZ052-053-250245-
CHASE-MARION-
852 PM CDT MON JUN 24 2013
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CHASE AND MARION COUNTIES...
AT 849 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MARION...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
&&
LAT...LON 3852 9693 3851 9636 3844 9636 3822 9698
3838 9709
TIME...MOT...LOC 0152Z 239DEG 18KT 3834 9694
SMITHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
911 PM CDT MON JUN 24 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0910 PM TSTM WND GST LINCOLN 37.16N 95.60W
06/24/2013 E50.00 MPH MONTGOMERY KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
COLLAPSING STORMS PRODUCING GUSTS TO 50-55 MPH. SMALL
LIMBS DOWN.
&&
BDKThe Grand Island radar (KUEX), 145 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:13 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Power lines and power poles were downed across the city of Lincoln extending east to near the Shady Bend area.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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