Strong southerly winds developed over portions of Central Kansas on November 3rd, 2013. A tightening pressure gradient, associated with a vigorous storm system, developed ahead of an approaching cold front to produce wind gusts to 57 mph across portions of Central Kansas, along Interstate 70.
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The episode as NWS ICT wrote it up.
Strong southerly winds developed over portions of Central Kansas on November 3rd, 2013. A tightening pressure gradient, associated with a vigorous storm system, developed ahead of an approaching cold front to produce wind gusts to 57 mph across portions of Central Kansas, along Interstate 70.
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 Nov 3, 11:44 AM CST, 9 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1144 AM CST SUN NOV 3 2013 .UPDATE... ISSUED AT 1136 AM CST SUN NOV 3 2013 WE HOISTED A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR RUSSELL AND BARTON COUNTIES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...AS EXTREMELY STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL IMPACT THE HIGHER ELEVATION AREAS ACROSS THOSE COUNTIES. DEEP MIXING HAS ALREADY BEGUN WHICH IS BRINGING THE STRONGER WIND SPEEDS ALOFT DOWN TO THE SURFACE. TRAVEL ON I-70 FOR THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE HAZARDOUS AND DANGEROUS. JAKUB && .SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY) ISSUED AT 308 AM CST SUN NOV 3 2013 A SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVING OVER THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES EARLY THIS MORNING IS PROGGED TO LIFT RAPIDLY NORTHEAST ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS STATES THROUGH TONIGHT. THE LEFT EXIT REGION OF THE H3 JET WILL SUPPORT A TRANSIENT PERIOD OF MID CLOUDS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON/EVENING WHILE SFC CYCLOGENESIS OVER THE HIGH PLAINS OF EASTERN COLORADO WILL FAVOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF VERY STRONG SOUTH WINDS OVER CENTRAL KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WAS ALL HANDLED WELL IN THE PREVIOUS FORECAST WITH ONLY MINOR ADJUSTMENTS PLANNED AT THIS TIME. MONDAY-WEDNESDAY...ANOTHER SEASONABLY MILD DAY IS ANTICIPATED ON MONDAY ALTHOUGH A FEW SPRINKLES MAY DEVELOP OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS WITHIN AN AREA OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE ADVECTION/ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE. BETTER CHANCES FOR WETTING RAINS ARE EXPECTED TO ARRIVE LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY ACROSS THE REGION AS A VIGOROUS TROUGH MOVES OVER THE ROCKIES AND EMERGES OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS LATE TUESDAY. CONFIDENCE IN ACCUMULATING SNOW ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS REMAINS LOW AS THE GFS AND ECMWF ARE SLOWER WITH THE FROPA AND ASSOCIATED PHASE CHANGE ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS. WE MAY STILL SEE A TRANSITION AROUND KRSL IN THE 04-06Z TIME FRAME ON WEDNESDAY HOWEVER MUCH OF THE PRECIPITATION MAY SHIFT EAST OF THE AREA BY THIS TIME. MAINTAINED A RAIN/SNOW MENTION ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS LATE TUE NIGHT/EARLY WED MORNING AS LARGE-SCALE FORCING FOR ASCENT REMAINS IN PLACE ALTHOUGH THE MID LEVEL FRONTAL-SCALE FORCING IS PROGGED TO REMAIN RATHER TRANSIENT SHIFTING EAST OF THE AREA LIKELY LIMITING ANY ACCUMULATIONS. THE H5 TROUGH AXIS WILL ARRIVE ON WED WITH INCREASING LARGE-SCALE FORCING FOR SUBSIDENCE SWEEPING EASTWARD ACROSS THE AREA. PULLED POPS AFTER 18Z WITH CLEARING SKIES ALTHOUGH HIGHS MAY STRUGGLE TO CLIMB OUT OF THE 40S ACROSS CENTRAL/SOUTH CENTRAL KS. .LONG TERM...(THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY) ISSUED AT 308 AM CST SUN NOV 3 2013 A PROGRESSIVE MID/UPPER FLOW REGIME IS PROGGED LATE IN THE WEEK ACROSS THE CONUS AS SHORTWAVE RIDGING RETURNS TO THE CENTRAL PLAINS BRINGING MODERATING TEMPERATURES AND DRY WEATHER CONDITIONS. A SHORTWAVE TROUGH IS PROGGED TO RACE EASTWARD ACROSS THE NORTHERN ROCKIES/NORTHERN PLAINS ON FRI-SAT WITH AMPLITUDE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE EC AND GFS. THE EC DEVELOPS A MORE ROBUST NORTHERN PLAINS TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WHILE THE GFS IS NOT AS AGGRESSIVE. GENERALLY FOLLOWED THE PREVIOUS THEME WITH MODERATING TEMPERATURES AND DRY WEATHER ACROSS THE AREA. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z MONDAY AFTERNOON) ISSUED AT 1136 AM CST SUN NOV 3 2013 VERY STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION TODAY...WITH CENTRAL KANSAS EXPERIENCING GUSTS OVER 55MPH AT TIMES. THE WINDS WILL DECREASE AROUND SUNSET BUT STILL REMAIN BREEZY OVERNIGHT. A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL DROP SOUTHWARD ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS MONDAY MORNING. JAKUB && .FIRE WEATHER... ISSUED AT 308 AM CST SUN NOV 3 2013 A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS TODAY AS VERY STRONG SOUTH WINDS DEVELOP OVER CURED GRASSES ALLOWING THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX TO CLIMB INTO THE EXTREME CATEGORY. THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX WILL REMAIN ELEVATED ACROSS THE REST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WICHITA-KICT 66 48 65 52 / 0 10 10 50 HUTCHINSON 66 47 63 48 / 0 10 10 60 NEWTON 62 47 63 50 / 0 10 10 50 ELDORADO 62 47 65 52 / 0 10 20 50 WINFIELD-KWLD 63 48 67 52 / 0 10 20 50 RUSSELL 66 46 60 41 / 0 10 10 60 GREAT BEND 68 46 61 42 / 0 10 10 70 SALINA 66 48 63 45 / 0 10 10 50 MCPHERSON 65 46 63 47 / 0 10 10 50 COFFEYVILLE 64 49 66 50 / 0 10 20 50 CHANUTE 61 48 65 50 / 0 10 20 50 IOLA 61 48 65 51 / 0 10 20 50 PARSONS-KPPF 63 48 66 50 / 0 10 20 50 && .ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR KSZ033-048>052-067- 068-082-083-091. RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR KSZ032-033-047- 048-050. HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR KSZ032-047. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1128 AM CST SUN NOV 3 2013 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-041730- 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- 1128 AM CST SUN NOV 3 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT VERY STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL AFFECT CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS TODAY...SEE LATEST WIND WARNING AND WIND ADVISORY FOR MORE INFORMATION. IN ADDITION...THE STRONG SOUTH WINDS AND DRIER GRASSLANDS WILL GIVE WAY TO VERY HIGH AND EXTREME FIRE DANGER LEVELS THIS AFTERNOON OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. PLEASE SEE LATEST RED FLAG WARNING FOR MORE DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED LATE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY AS A STRONG STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. THE RISK FOR STRONG OR SEVERE STORMS APPEARS LOW AT THIS TIME. A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER CENTRAL KANSAS LATE TUESDAY NIGHT...LITTLE TO NO SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT. && FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION...SEE OUR WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE) HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/WICHITA/HWO/HWO.PHP
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Wind report was measured by a NWS observing system.
A tree was blown over in Great Bend.
A COOP observer reported the gust.
A couple of roads signs were blown down at Wilson Lake State Park.
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, November 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: 484404, 484410, 484430, 484407.