During the early morning hours of June 25, 2013 scattered showers and thunderstorms, a few which were severe, began diminishing across the area. At the same time the low-level jet began increasing out of the south.
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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 TOP wrote it up.
During the early morning hours of June 25, 2013 scattered showers and thunderstorms, a few which were severe, began diminishing across the area. At the same time the low-level jet began increasing out of the south. Some of these strong winds were able to mix down to the surface within the stratiform precipitation across numerous areas.
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 24, 11:16 PM CST, 1 hour 2 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1216 AM CDT TUE JUN 25 2013 .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY) ISSUED AT 350 PM CDT MON JUN 24 2013 SCATTERED CONVECTION CONTINUES ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON IN AN UNCAPPED ATMOSPHERE. A SMALL WAVE WAS MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AT 19Z AND A THETA RIDGE FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ACROSS THE STATE. A STRONGER SHORTWAVE WAS MOVING INTO NEW MEXICO THIS AFTERNOON. THERE MAY BE A LULL OUT IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS THIS EVENING BUT WITH THE SHORTWAVE MOVING OUT OF NEW MEXICO AND STORMS MOVING OUT OF THE HIGH PLAINS AS STORMS DEVELOP ALONG THE DRYLINE LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. HIGH THETA-E AIR WILL CONTINUE TO BE ADVECTED INTO NORTHEAST KANSAS TONIGHT AS THE LOW LEVEL JET INCREASES. GOOD MOISTURE FETCH SHOWING UP FROM OLD MEXICO INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS ON SATELLITE WATER VAPOR IMAGERY. SHEAR IS FORECAST TO BE IN THE 20 TO 30 KT RANGE TONIGHT ESPECIALLY OUT IN THE WESTERN COUNTIES AND ALONG THE BORDER WITH NEBRASKA. IN GENERAL LEFT SMALL POPS FOR MOST OF THE NIGHT. AGAIN HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE AS WELL AS HAIL AND WIND. NAM IS A BIT TOO QUICK WITH THE PROGRESSION OF THE NEW MEXICO WAVE NORTHEAST BY ABOUT 6 HOURS. OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES MAY AGAIN BE A FOCUS FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. THERE IS SOME MODEL CONSENSUS FOR A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FAR EAST EARLY TUESDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE ON THE WARM SIDE AGAIN TONIGHT WITH MID 70S COMMON. HIGHS ON TUESDAY MAY REACH NEAR 100 NEAR CENTRAL KANSAS WITH MID 90S IN THE EAST. PRESSURE GRADIENT TIGHTENS EAST OF THE SURFACE TROUGH AXIS FROM SOUTHWEST KANSAS TO EASTERN NEBRASKA. WINDS SHOULD STAY UP TONIGHT AS BOUNDARY LAYER REMAINS WELL MIXED...THEN INCREASE AGAIN TUESDAY MORNING. .LONG TERM...(TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY) ISSUED AT 350 PM CDT MON JUN 24 2013 WEAK SHORTWAVE TROUGH SHOULD MOVE OFF TO THE EAST OF THE CWA TUESDAY NIGHT SO WILL MAINTAIN A DRY FCST WITH VEERING LLVL WINDS THROUGH THE NIGHT AND NORTH NORTHWESTERLY JUST OF THE SFC ON WEDNESDAY. THIS SHOULD KEEP TEMPS FROM GETTING MUCH WARMER THAN THE HIGHS ON TUESDAY. HOWEVER AS THE FLOW BECOMES MORE SOUTHWESTERLY ON THURSDAY...HIGH TEMPS MAY COME BACK UP ANOTHER DEGREE OR TWO FROM WEDNESDAY RANGING FROM NEAR 95 FAR NORTHEAST TO 100-102 IN THE OTTAWA AND DICKINSON COUNTY AREA. HOWEVER...HEAT INDICES WILL COMMONLY BE IN THE 100-105 DEGREE RANGE FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. WITH A SUBSTANTIAL EML IN PLACE THROUGH THIS PERIOD AND A LACK OF SIGNIFICANT FORCING...WILL KEEP FCST DRY AS WELL WITH MOSTLY SUNNY/CLEAR SKIES. BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND ESPECIALLY THURSDAY NIGHT...MODELS STILL DEVELOPING CONVECTION ACROSS THE NORTH AS MOISTURE AXIS WHICH WAS EARLIER SHUNTED OFF TO THE EAST...IS ADVECTED BACK INTO THE CWA WITHIN A CONVERGENCE ZONE ALONG A WEAK BOUNDARY DROPPING SOUTHWARD. THERE IS SOME TIMING/FORCING LOCATION DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MODELS...BUT THERE IS ENOUGH CONSENSUS TO GO WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR AFTERNOON CONVECTION IN THE NORTHEAST...SPREADING SOUTHEASTWARD THURSDAY NIGHT. WILL KEEP THE HIGHEST POPS...NEAR 40 PERCENT OVER THE FAR NORTHEAST. WILL END PRECIP CHANCES ACROSS THE AREA BY THE DAYTIME ON FRIDAY AS THE BOUNDARY MOVES SOUTHWARD. THIS WILL ALSO MARK THE BEGINNING OF A GRADUAL DECLINE IN BOTH TEMPERATURES AND DEWPOINTS AS A LARGE SCALE UPPER TROUGH DEEPENS THROUGH THE WEEKEND OVER THE EASTERN CONUS. DEWPOINTS WILL COMMONLY BE IN THE UPPER 50S TO LOWER 60S. HIGHS THROUGH THE WEEKEND WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S SATURDAY TO THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 80S SUNDAY. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z TUESDAY NIGHT) ISSUED AT 1116 PM CDT MON JUN 24 2013 TRACKING SCT TSRA EXITING EASTWARD PAST KTOP/KFOE. MAY SEE SOME LINGERING RAIN SHOWERS AT THESE SITES FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. CLOUD BASES ARE NEAR 7 KFT AND EXPECT CIGS TO STAY IN VFR STATUS AT KTOP/KFOE/KMHK. STRONG SOUTH WINDS SHOULD CONTINUE TO BLOW BETWEEN 20 AND 25 KTS SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS UP TO NEAR 30 KTS. IF WINDS ARE ABLE TO WEAKEN BLO 10 KTS OVERNIGHT...LLWS MAY BE POSSIBLE AS SOUNDING PROFILERS SHOW STRONG LOW LEVEL WINDS JUST OFF THE SFC APPROACHING 50 KTS. SHORT TERM TEMPO FOR WINDS AND SHOWERS AT TOP/FOE. AFT 15Z ALL MENTION OF PRECIPITATION CLEARS THE AREA WITH BKN MID LEVEL CLOUDS AND SOUTH WINDS INCREASING AGAIN AOA 15 KTS WITH GUSTS AOA 20 KTS. && .TOP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SHORT TERM...53 LONG TERM...63 AVIATION...BOWEN
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 452 PM CDT MON JUN 24 2013 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-252200- REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS- WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- 451 PM CDT MON JUN 24 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL...NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING AND AGAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. SOME STORMS MAY BE SEVERE ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS. LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARDS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHEAST KANSAS ON TUESDAY MORNING...MAINLY EAST OF HIGHWAY 75 AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70. AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 100 TO 105 DEGREES TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS UNLIKELY THROUGH TONIGHT.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
943 PM CDT MON JUN 24 2013
KSZ034-250315-
OTTAWA-
943 PM CDT MON JUN 24 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR OTTAWA COUNTY...
THROUGH 1015 PM CDT...A SMALL AREA OF POTENTIALLY STRONG WINDS WILL
MOVE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH ACROSS PORTIONS OF OTTAWA COUNTY. NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT STRONG WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 50 MPH MAY BE POSSIBLE. THIS AREA OF STRONG WIND HAS CAUSED TREE
AND POWER LINE DAMAGE IN PARTS OF LINCOLN COUNTY. SOME LOCATIONS
THAT COULD BE AFFECTED INCLUDE MINNEAPOLIS...TESCOTT...CULVER...
ADA...BENNINGTON...NILES AND WELLS.
&&
LAT...LON 3921 9793 3931 9741 3930 9737 3896 9737
3895 9778 3896 9794
TIME...MOT...LOC 0241Z 245DEG 23KT 3910 9771
BARJENBRUCHSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
117 AM CDT TUE JUN 25 2013
KSZ037-038-054-055-250700-
LYON-MORRIS-OSAGE-WABAUNSEE-
117 AM CDT TUE JUN 25 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WEST CENTRAL OSAGE...SOUTHEASTERN
MORRIS...NORTHERN LYON AND SOUTHERN WABAUNSEE COUNTIES...
THROUGH 200 AM CDT...RAIN SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST
ACROSS NORTHERN LYON INTO SOUTHERN WABAUNSEE AND WESTERN OSAGE
COUNTIES. AHEAD OF THESE SHOWERS...RADAR INDICATES AN AREA OF
STRONG WINDS...LIKELY IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH...ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST.
MOTORISTS ALONG THE KANSAS TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 134 AND 159
COULD ALSO BE AFFECTED...AS WELL AS RESIDENTS OF ALLEN AND DUNLAP.
&&
LAT...LON 3851 9636 3852 9636 3852 9639 3854 9653
3887 9636 3880 9579 3848 9608
TIME...MOT...LOC 0615Z 180DEG 0KT 3880 9636The Topeka radar (KTWX), 61 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:49 UTC.
7 thunderstorm wind, 3 high wind, 3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Non-thunderstorm wind gusts 3 miles south of Bushong.
Non-thunderstorm wind gusts 3 miles south southwest of Dunlap. There were 10 inch diameter tree limbs down...time estimated from radar.
A delayed report from social media of non-thunderstorm wind gusts in Americus. Report of roof blown off of a shed. Estimated the winds possibly near 80 mph.
A delayed report from social media of estimated wind gusts up to 75 mph with several large tree limbs down.
Wind gusts of 50 to 60 mph with tree limb damage at intersection of hwy 77 and 157.
Small tree limbs down and 1.5 inches of rainfall in 30 minutes.
Also reporting 4 inches of standing water on hwy 106 in Minneapolis.
There were 6 inch diameter tree limbs down time estimated from radar.
Delayed report...time estimated from radar.
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, June 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: 450704, 450705, 450690, 450706, 450691, 450692, 450693, 450694, 450695, 450696, 450697, 450698, 450699.