Storms fired across portions of South Central Kansas in which one rare tornado touched down in Harper county causing minimal damage to trees and round hay bales.
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The episode as NWS ICT wrote it up.
Storms fired across portions of South Central Kansas in which one rare tornado touched down in Harper county causing minimal damage to trees and round hay bales.
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 Dec 14, 5:28 PM CST, 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 528 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2014 ...UPDATED FOR 00Z AVIATION DISCUSSION... .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY) ISSUED AT 235 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2014 THE VIGOROUS STORM OVER THE SOUTHERN/CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS CONTINUES TO MAKE SLOW PROGRESS TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST TODAY. A WELL DEFINED DRY SLOT WILL BRING A MORE RAPID DEMISE TO THE PRECIPITATION ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN KANSAS THIS EVENING WHILE SOME WRAP- AROUND PRECIPITATION MAY LINGER INTO THE MORNING HOURS ON MONDAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN KANSAS. ANY BRIEF TRANSITION TO SNOW ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS IS NOT EXPECTED TO RESULT IN ANY ACCUMULATION. MORE SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES ARE ANTICIPATED IN THE WAKE OF THE STORM SYSTEM WITH HIGHS MAINLY IN THE LOW 40S MON-WED. SHORTWAVE RIDGING WILL MAINTAIN DRY WEATHER CONDITIONS TUE-EARLY WEDNESDAY BEFORE A SHORTWAVE TROUGH APPROACHES LATE ON WEDNESDAY BRINGING INCREASING CHANCES FOR LIGHT MIXED PRECIPITATION. .LONG TERM...(THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY) ISSUED AT 235 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2014 MAINTAINED LOW POPS WED NIGHT THROUGH FRI NIGHT ALTHOUGH LARGE PHASE/AMPLITUDE DIFFERENCES AND LACK OF RUN-TO-RUN CONSISTENCY LEAD TO A LOW CONFIDENCE FORECAST AT THIS TIME. MAINTAINED MIXED PHASE PRECIPITATION AS A SERIES OF SHORTWAVE TROUGHS LIFT OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT WHILE MAINTAINING SEASONABLY COOL TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE AREA. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z MONDAY EVENING) ISSUED AT 521 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2014 A LINE OF RAIN SHOWERS WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING...WITH SOME LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS RE-DEVELOPING OVER CENTRAL KANSAS LATER TONIGHT. LOW CLOUDS IN THE MVFR RANGE WILL CONTINUE TO LINGER OVER THE AREA...WITH SOUTHERLY WINDS SWITCHING TO THE NORTHWEST AS A COLD FRONT SWEEPS SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE REGION. THE NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BECOME STRONG AND GUSTY DURING THE DAY ON MONDAY. JAKUB && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WICHITA-KICT 41 46 28 43 / 40 20 0 0 HUTCHINSON 40 45 25 41 / 40 30 0 0 NEWTON 41 46 26 40 / 50 30 0 0 ELDORADO 41 46 28 41 / 60 20 0 0 WINFIELD-KWLD 41 47 29 43 / 40 10 0 0 RUSSELL 35 41 21 38 / 50 30 0 0 GREAT BEND 35 42 23 40 / 40 30 0 0 SALINA 40 44 25 40 / 80 30 10 0 MCPHERSON 41 44 25 40 / 50 30 0 0 COFFEYVILLE 46 51 31 44 / 100 20 0 0 CHANUTE 47 51 29 42 / 100 20 10 0 IOLA 48 51 29 41 / 100 20 10 0 PARSONS-KPPF 46 51 30 43 / 100 20 10 0 && .ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 321 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2014 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-152130- 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- 321 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY LINGER INTO THE EVENING HOURS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. STRONG OR SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY A LIGHT WINTRY MIX MAY DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH PERIODIC CHANCES CONTINUING INTO FRIDAY NIGHT AS A SERIES OF SUBTLE STORM SYSTEMS LIFT OVER THE REGION. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED 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
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
534 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2014
KSZ082-091-150000-
HARPER KS-KINGMAN KS-
534 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
NORTHEASTERN HARPER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
SOUTHEASTERN KINGMAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 600 PM CST
* AT 531 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR HARPER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40
MPH.
A BRIEF FUNNEL CLOUD OR TWO...AND HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE ARE POSSIBLE
WITH THIS STORM.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HARPER...NORWICH...DANVILLE AND RUNNYMEDE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THE STORMS INTENSIFY AND
BECOME SEVERE...OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
&&
LAT...LON 3722 9812 3752 9802 3748 9781 3738 9780
3719 9792
TIME...MOT...LOC 2331Z 215DEG 34KT 3731 9796
CARUSOThe Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 62 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:36 UTC.
1 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado moved to the north causing minor damage to trees and round hay bales.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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