An intense surface cyclone that moved slowly east from Nebraska to Iowa caused northwest winds ranging from 55 to 70 mph to whip across Central & South-Central Kansas from mid-afternoon to early in the evening.
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The episode as NWS ICT wrote it up.
An intense surface cyclone that moved slowly east from Nebraska to Iowa caused northwest winds ranging from 55 to 70 mph to whip across Central & South-Central Kansas from mid-afternoon to early in the evening.
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 Apr 28, 11:32 AM CST, 2 hours 43 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1232 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014 ...UPDATED FOR 18Z AVIATION DISCUSSION... .SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY) ISSUED AT 335 AM CDT MON APR 28 2014 STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE FORECAST CONCERN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AS THE DEEP CLOSED LOW ACROSS NEBRASKA TODAY MOVES SLOWLY EAST ACROSS IOWA ON TUESDAY. STRONG AND NEARLY UNIDIRECTIONAL WEST-NORTHWEST FLOW AIDED BY DIURNAL HEATING WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT WIND AGAIN TODAY EASILY EXCEEDING ADVISORY CRITERIA ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. WINDS COULD FLIRT WITH WARNING CRITERIA IN THE RUSSELL/GREAT BEND AREAS...SO DAY SHIFT WILL NEED TO MONITOR TRENDS. DUST FROM SUNDAY WAS STILL SETTLING OUT ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND THE WICHITA METRO EARLY THIS MORNING. HOWEVER THE STRONG WINDS TODAY SHOULD RESULT IN RENEWED AREAS OF BLOWING DUST ORIGINATING FROM NORTHEAST COLORADO AND NORTHWEST KANSAS...SPREADING DOWNSTREAM ACROSS MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA DURING THE DAY AND EARLY EVENING. IF RESTRICTION TO VISIBILITY BECOMES LOW ENOUGH...CLOSER TO 1SM OVER ENOUGH SPACE AND TIME THEN A BLOWING DUST ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED LATER TODAY FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL OR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. A FEW SHOWERS MAY DEVELOP SOUTH OF THE LOW CENTER AND ROTATE SOUTHEAST ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...WITH ANOTHER AREA OF SHOWERS/WEAK CONVECTION POSSIBLE ALONG THE OKLAHOMA BORDER IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. A LOBE OR TWO OF VORTICITY ARE EXPECTED TO ROTATE SOUTHEAST AROUND THE LOW ACROSS KANSAS TONIGHT AND TUESDAY PROVIDING MODEST CHANCES FOR LIGHT SHOWERY PRECIPITATION. THIS WILL ALSO PUSH A SECONDARY FRONT AND MUCH COOLER AIR SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA RESULTING IN UNSEASONABLY CHILLY TEMPERATURES ON TUESDAY. STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED AS WELL WITH ANOTHER WIND HEADLINE QUITE POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS. THE BROADENING UPPER LOW WILL MOVE FURTHER NORTHEAST AWAY FROM THE AREA INTO WEDNESDAY...THOUGH THE COOLISH NORTHERLY FLOW WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS THE AREA. DARMOFAL .LONG TERM...(THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY) ISSUED AT 335 AM CDT MON APR 28 2014 A HIGH AMPLITUDE FLOW REGIME WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE CONUS INTO THE LATTER PORTION OF THE WEEK...WITH THE LINGERING UPPER TROF MOVING EAST OF THE REGION BY FRIDAY. A SOMEWHAT MORE ZONAL FLOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE WEEKEND...WITH A RETURN TO MILDER TEMPERATURES CLOSER TO SEASONAL CLIMO. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z TUESDAY AFTERNOON) ISSUED AT 1230 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014 STEEP LAPSE RATES AND STRONG WINDS ALOFT...WILL RESULT IN VERY WINDY CONDITIONS AT ALL SITES THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD. MODELS FAIRLY CONSISTENT WITH INCREASING LIFT/MOISTURE WHICH WILL LEAD TO LIGHT PRECIPITATION MOST LIKELY AT KRSL/KSLN STARTING AFTER MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUING INTO THE MORNING. PRECIPITATION COULD WORK INTO KHUT/KICT AROUND/AFTER DAYBREAK. PREDOMINATELY VFR CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED...BUT A FEW HOURS OF HIGH MVFR CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE...WITH THE GREATER CHANCES ROUGHLY 1000 UTC-14 UTC AROUND KRSL/KSLN/KHUT. MVFR CONDITIONS ALSO POSSIBLE AT KICT BUT CHANCES LOOK A BIT LOW TO MENTION AT THIS TIME. -HOWERTON && .FIRE WEATHER... ISSUED AT 335 AM CDT MON APR 28 2014 ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT FIRE WEATHER DAY IS POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS WHERE GRASSES REMAIN MOSTLY CURED...GENERALLY WEST OF I-135 AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 54. GUSTY AND POTENTIALLY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS AGAIN TUESDAY WILL ELEVATE THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER THOUGH SLIGHTLY HIGHER HUMIDITY VALUES SHOULD MITIGATE EXTREME GFDI VALUES. KED && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WICHITA-KICT 68 44 57 38 / 10 20 40 20 HUTCHINSON 66 41 56 37 / 10 30 40 20 NEWTON 66 41 54 36 / 10 30 50 20 ELDORADO 67 43 56 38 / 10 20 40 20 WINFIELD-KWLD 71 44 59 38 / 10 20 30 20 RUSSELL 60 39 53 35 / 20 30 60 20 GREAT BEND 63 39 54 34 / 20 30 50 20 SALINA 63 41 54 36 / 20 30 70 30 MCPHERSON 65 40 55 36 / 20 30 50 20 COFFEYVILLE 71 46 61 40 / 20 20 30 20 CHANUTE 68 45 59 38 / 10 20 50 30 IOLA 67 45 58 39 / 10 20 60 30 PARSONS-KPPF 70 45 60 39 / 20 20 30 20 && .ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR KSZ032-033- 047>051-067-068-082-083. WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR KSZ032-033-047>053- 067>069-082-083. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 422 AM CDT MON APR 28 2014 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-290930- 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- 422 AM CDT MON APR 28 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN TODAY ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL KANSAS. THIS WILL RESULT IN VERY HIGH TO EXTREME GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER. THE STRONG WINDS MAY ALSO RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST RED FLAG WARNING AND WIND ADVISORY FOR DETAILS. AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE OKLAHOMA BORDER COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS. HOWEVER STRONG OR SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY GUSTY AND OCCASIONALLY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN ON TUESDAY...WHICH WILL RESULT IN VERY HIGH GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER FOR LOCATIONS GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF I-135. GUSTY WINDS WILL PERIODICALLY ELEVATE THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS ON WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ON SUNDAY. HOWEVER THE RISK FOR ORGANIZED STORMS AND SEVERE WEATHER APPEARS LOW AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT. && FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION...SEE OUR WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE) HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/WICHITA/HWO/HWO.PHP KED
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The report was received via twitter. No damage was reported.
No damage was reported.
No damage was reported.
The gust was measured 5 miles north of Derby at McConnell Air Force Base.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kansas in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, April 2014
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: 512598, 512599, 512600, 512602.