An isolated thunderstorm that ventured over Russell County late on the night of the 27th/28th unleashed localized damaging winds at a park 3 miles east/southeast of Wilson Lake where a camping trailer was overturned.
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An isolated thunderstorm that ventured over Russell County late on the night of the 27th/28th unleashed localized damaging winds at a park 3 miles east/southeast of Wilson Lake where a camping trailer was overturned.
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 Sep 27, 11:05 PM CST, 1 hour 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1205 AM CDT SAT SEP 28 2013 .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY) ISSUED AT 259 PM CDT FRI SEP 27 2013 LEE SIDE CYCLOGENESIS OVER EASTERN COLORADO IN ADVANCE OF THE APPROACHING UPPER TROF WILL CONTINUE TO ADVECT DEEPER LOW LEVEL MOISTURE NORTH ACROSS THE PLAINS AND INTO CENTRAL KANSAS THIS EVENING. SOUTH WINDS WILL REMAIN STOUT AS WELL UNTIL DARK. CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS BY EARLY EVENING AS THE COLD FRONT BEGINS TO ADVANCE EAST. ANY SEVERE RISK LOOKS TO BE MAINLY DIURNALLY DRIVEN AND GENERALLY JUST WEST OF THE FORECAST AREA...THOUGH A FEW STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE STORMS MAY AFFECT AREAS ALONG/WEST OF HIGHWAY 14 BEFORE MIDNIGHT. OTHERWISE...EXPECT A SWATH OF SHOWERS AND STORMS TO ALIGN ALONG AND TRANSITION EAST WITH THE COLD FRONT OVERNIGHT. WHILE SOME LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE LIKELY...THE FAIRLY PROGRESSIVE NATURE OF THE FRONT AND CONVECTION SHOULD TEND TO MITIGATE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL. GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL ALSO LIKELY FOLLOW IN THE IMMEDIATE WAKE OF THE FRONTAL PASSAGE THOUGH LASTING JUST AN HOUR OR TWO. THE GOING FORECAST LOOKS ON TRACK...SO ONLY SUBTLE TWEAKS WERE MADE TO THE FORECAST OVER THE WEEKEND AND INTO MONDAY. SHOWERS AND STORMS SHOULD EXIT AREAS WEST OF THE TURNPIKE BY MIDDAY...WITH CONVECTION LINGERING IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS LATER INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. DRIER AND COOLER AIR WILL RESULT IN MORE SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES TO CLOSE OUT SEPTEMBER. DARMOFAL .LONG TERM...(TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY) ISSUED AT 259 PM CDT FRI SEP 27 2013 WHILE THERE IS NOW SOMEWHAT MORE AGREEMENT IN THE 12Z RUN OF THE ECMWF AND GFS...CONFIDENCE OF ANY GIVEN SOLUTION IS STILL SOMEWHAT LOW GIVEN THE SPREAD IN SOME OF THE ENSEMBLE MEMBERS. THE OPERATIONAL RUNS SUPPORT A FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT UPPER TROF AND SURFACE FRONTAL PASSAGE BY THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY ACROSS THE CENTRAL CONUS. CONFIDENCE IS RELATIVELY HIGHER IN THE EARLY WEEK WARM-UP AHEAD OF SUCH FEATURES...WITH TEMPS A BIT ABOVE SEASONAL CLIMO. THERE WAS SOME GIVE AND TAKE IN THE COLLABORATION PROCESS FOR FRIDAY...WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF A SLOWER UPPER TROF PROGRESSION SHOWN BY SOME OF THE ENSEMBLE MEMBERS. FOR NOW WILL EXPAND SLIGHT POPS ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA BY THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT WITH ONLY SLIGHT COOLING INTO FRIDAY. DARMOFAL && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z SATURDAY NIGHT) ISSUED AT 1205 AM CDT SAT SEP 28 2013 NO DOUBT THE CONCERN FOR THE 00Z EDITION IS TIMING THE ARRIVAL OF A COLD FRONT THAT'LL PUSH SLOWLY E/SE ACROSS WRN & CNTRL KS TONIGHT. NUMEROUS SHRA & EMBEDDED TSRA ALONG WITH THE SHARP S=>NW WIND SHIFT WILL ACCOMPANY THE FRONT AS IT CONTINUES IT'S E/SE MARCH. VSBYS OF 3-4SM ARE LIKELY ALONG WITH "LOW-END" MVFR CIGS AS FRONT MOVES THROUGH. POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR CIGS DROP JUST BELOW 1,000FT WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINS IMMEDIATELY AFTER FRONTAL PASSAGE. SKIES SHOULD STILL CLEAR RAPIDLY OVER CNTRL & SC KS 15Z-18Z BUT NOT SE KS UNTIL LATE SAT AFTERNOON. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WICHITA-KICT 49 78 52 80 / 10 0 0 0 HUTCHINSON 46 78 51 80 / 0 0 0 0 NEWTON 47 77 51 79 / 10 0 0 0 ELDORADO 48 77 50 78 / 10 0 0 0 WINFIELD-KWLD 50 79 52 80 / 10 0 0 0 RUSSELL 46 79 52 81 / 0 0 0 0 GREAT BEND 45 78 52 81 / 0 0 0 0 SALINA 47 79 52 81 / 0 0 0 0 MCPHERSON 46 78 51 80 / 0 0 0 0 COFFEYVILLE 51 77 51 79 / 20 0 0 0 CHANUTE 49 77 51 79 / 20 0 0 0 IOLA 48 77 51 78 / 20 0 0 0 PARSONS-KPPF 50 77 51 79 / 20 0 0 0 && .ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && ES
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 339 PM CDT FRI SEP 27 2013 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-282045- 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- 339 PM CDT FRI SEP 27 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO AFFECT CENTRAL KANSAS LATER THIS EVENING...AND THEN DEVELOP EAST ACROSS THE REST OF THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT. A FEW STRONG STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR LOCATIONS WEST OF THE KANSAS TURNPIKE...CAPABLE OF NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH. LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL SHIFT PRIMARILY EAST OF THE KANSAS TURNPIKE DURING SATURDAY MORNING...WITH CHANCES LINGERING ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS INTO THE AFTERNOON. STRONG OR SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED ON SATURDAY. SLIGHT CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN TO THE FORECAST FOR THE LATTER PORTION OF NEXT WEEK...MAINLY WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. THE RISK FOR ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER LOOKS LOW AT THIS TIME. .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 DARMOFAL/LAWSON
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 155 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:01 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A delayed report was received of a camping trailer that was overturned at Otoe Park.
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