Thunderstorm Wind, Wichita
- When
- July 21, 5:10 PM CST
- Where
- Wichita County, 4.08 mi NNE of Coronado
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 38.530, -101.260
Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 21, 2014
A few clusters of thunderstorms developed in the afternoon across northwest Kansas. One cluster which was more noteworthy moved slowly east across Wichita County and continuously redeveloped for several hours.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS GLD wrote it up.
A few clusters of thunderstorms developed in the afternoon across northwest Kansas. One cluster which was more noteworthy moved slowly east across Wichita County and continuously redeveloped for several hours. Although radar estimates of rainfall exceeded four inches, no flash flooding reports were received. Hail to the size of quarters and wind gusts measured at 64 mph occurred near Marienthal.
What forecasters said that day
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 Goodland, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 21, 4:50 PM CST, 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 21, 4:50 PM CST, 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
450 PM MDT MON JUL 21 2014
.UPDATE...
ISSUED AT 449 PM MDT MON JUL 21 2014
ADJUSTED POPS/WX TO ACCOUNT FOR CURRENT THUNDERSTORM
COVERAGE/EXTENT. STILL LOOKS LIKE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED...THOUGH
WHERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP THEY WILL BE VERY SLOW TO MOVE. THERE
SHOULD BE A TENDENCY TOWARD PULSE THUNDERSTORMS DUE TO THE MINIMAL
SHEER. I ADDED SEVERE WORDING BASED ON ONGOING FAVORABLE
ENVIRONMENT OF STEEP LAPSE RATES AND HIGH CAPE VALUES (4000-5000
J/KG)...AND FAVORABLE DOWNDRAFT PROFILES. SEVERE THREAT MIRRORS
ACTUAL THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE AS ANY STORMS THAT ACTUALLY DEVELOP
WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE...THE QUESTION IS
JUST WHERE AND HOW WIDESPREAD. CURRENT TREND IS FOR ACTIVITY TO BE
ALONG AND AHEAD OF SURFACE TROUGH WHERE CIN HAS BEEN WEAKENING
ENOUGH FOR DEVELOPMENT OF CURRENT ACTIVITY.
&&
.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY)
ISSUED AT 200 PM MDT MON JUL 21 2014
HIGH BASED SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS ALREADY DEVELOPING ALONG AND
EITHER SIDE OF THE CO/KS BORDER AND AREAL COVERAGE SHOULD SLOWLY
INCREASE AS THE DISTURBANCE APPROACHES.
INVERTED-V SOUNDINGS SUGGEST DAMAGING OUTFLOW WINDS THE PRIMARY
THREATS BUT CANT RULE OUT LARGE HAIL AS WELL. WITH STORM MOTIONS
GENERALLY TO THE NORTHEAST UNDER 10 MPH AND BEING PARALLEL TO UPPER
FLOW SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ALSO POSSIBLE. PRECIPITATION SHOULD
COME TO AN END BY MIDNIGHT.
LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE 60S EXCEPT LOW TO MID 70S FOR THE FAR
EASTERN 1/4 OF THE AREA.
TUESDAY...FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVES THROUGH BRINGING NORTHEAST WINDS
GUSTING 20 TO PERHAPS 25 MPH FOR AREAS ALONG/NORTH OF THE
INTERSTATE. EAST THROUGH SOUTHEAST PORTION OF THE AREA COULD GET MID
TO LATE AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY. DESPITE
THE FRESH NORTHEAST WINDS TEMPERATURES NOT ALL THAT MUCH COOLER WITH
FORECAST HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S ACROSS THE
NORTHWEST HALF OF THE AREA...UPPER 90S TO AROUND 103 ACROSS THE
SOUTHEAST HALF.
MODEL DEWPOINT FORECASTS HAVE BEEN RATHER UNRELIABLE LATELY AND THIS
WILL LIKELY BE THE CASE TUESDAY. THIS WILL IMPACT POTENTIAL FOR A
POSSIBLY NEEDED HEAT ADVISORY. RIGHT NOW HAVE ADVISORY CRITERIA
BEING MET ACROSS NORTON...GRAHAM...PARTS OF GOVE AND SHERIDAN. PER
COORDINATION WITH SURROUNDING OFFICES WILL HOLD OFF ON A HIGHLITE
FOR NOW BUT WILL MENTION THE POSSIBILITY IN THE HWOGLD PRODUCT.
.LONG TERM...(TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY)
ISSUED AT 232 PM MDT MON JUL 21 2014
A RIDGE WILL BE OVER THE ROCKIES/PLAINS FROM TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY. A FRONT WILL BE POSITIONED IN NORTHWEST KANSAS ALONG THE
SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE FA TUESDAY EVENING AND THEN MOVE SOUTH AS
HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN BEHIND IT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER
THE REGION THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A SURFACE TROUGH WILL MOVE INTO
EASTERN COLORADO THURSDAY.
PLAN TO CONTINUE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY EVENING
NEAR THE FRONT STALLED OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE FA. CAPE
WILL RANGE FROM 2000 TO 2600J/KG AND SHEAR WILL BE FROM 20 TO 25KTS.
OTHERWISE POPS WILL BE NIL OVER THE FA AS SUBSIDENCE MOVES INTO THE
AREA. SURFACE CONVERGENCE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF EASTERN
COLORADO WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING. POPS WILL BE NIL ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE
FA. A SURFACE TROUGH IN EASTERN COLORADO WILL FOCUS THUNDERSTORM
INITIATION THURSDAY AFTERNOON. A SHORTWAVE WILL PROVIDE FORCING AND
THERE WILL BE ADEQUATE MOISTURE WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE 50S.
MAX TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY WILL BE COOLER WITH READINGS IN THE LOWER
90S. WARMING 850 TEMPERATURES WILL CAUSE MAX TEMPERATURE TO
REBOUND INTO THE UPPER 90S THURSDAY. MIN TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE
FROM THE UPPER 60S TO THE LOWER 70S IN THE EASTERN FA.
IN THE EXTENDED...(THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY)...
A RIDGE OVER THE ROCKIES/PLAINS WILL RETROGRADE TO THE DESERT
SOUTHWEST BY SATURDAY. THE RIDGE WILL REMAIN IN THE SOUTHWEST
THROUGH MONDAY. A SURFACE TROUGH OVER EASTERN COLORADO WILL BE THE
FOCUS FOR A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY EVENING AND
AGAIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING. SEVERAL WEAK SHORTWAVES IN NORTHWEST
FLOW WILL BRING A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TO A LARGE PORTION OF THE
FA EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
MIN TEMPERATURES WILL COOL TO THE MID TO UPPER 60S WITH SOME LOWER
60S IN EASTERN COLORADO AND AROUND 70 IN THE EASTERN FA. MAX
TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM THE LOWER TO UPPER 90S WITH SOME UPPER
80S MONDAY.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z TUESDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 1055 AM MDT MON JUL 21 2014
KGLD...VFR EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD. WINDS THROUGH 13Z GENERALLY
FROM THE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AT 10KTS OR LESS. AFTER 13Z COLD FRONT
MOVES THROUGH SHIFTING WINDS TO THE NORTH THEN NORTHEAST AROUND
10KTS...POSSIBLY A BIT HIGHER AND WITH SOME GUSTS. THUNDERSTORMS
EXPECTED AT/NEAR THE TERMINAL IN THE 20Z-02Z TIME FRAME...PRIMARY
THREATS WILL BE STRONG OUTFLOW WINDS WHICH COULD PRODUCE AREAS OF
BLOWING DUST AND MVFR VISIBILITIES/CIGS. NO MENTION IN CURRENT
TAF AT THE MOMENT BUT WILL ADD IF CONFIDENCE INCREASES.
KMCK...VFR EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD. WINDS THROUGH 14Z
GENERALLY FROM THE SOUTHWEST AT 10KTS OR LESS. AFTER 14Z WINDS
SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST THEN NORTH AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH.
SPEEDS GENERALLY UNDER 10KTS. THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED AT/NAR THE
TERMINAL IN THE 22Z-24Z TIME FRAME...PRIMARY THREATS SIMILAR TO
KGLD WITH STRONG OUTFLOW WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME BLOWING DUST AND
REDUCED VISIBILITIES WHICH MAY CREATE MVFR CONDITIONS.
&&
.GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
KS...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR KSZ003-004-015-016-
029.
CO...NONE.
NE...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR NEZ081.
&&
UPDATE...DR
SHORT TERM...99
LONG TERM...FS
AVIATION...99Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 21, 12:30 PM CST, 4 hours 40 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1230 PM MDT MON JUL 21 2014 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-221200- YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON- SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- 1230 PM MDT MON JUL 21 2014 /130 PM CDT MON JUL 21 2014/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...NORTHWEST KANSAS AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 8 PM CDT FOR COUNTIES ALONG AND EAST OF A RED WILLOW TO GOVE COUNTY LINE WHERE HEAT INDICES WILL REACH UP TO 108 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FROM EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING AS A WEATHER DISTURBANCE MOVES INTO THE AREA FROM SOUTHWEST. THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING OUTFLOW WINDS AND ASSOCIATED AREAS OF BLOWING DUST FOLLOWED BY LARGE HAIL. WITH STORM MOTIONS AROUND 10 MPH OR LESS LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY STRONG OR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70 ALONG A COLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WOULD BE THE PRIMARY THREATS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 21, 1:47 PM CST, 3 hours 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
147 PM MDT MON JUL 21 2014
KSZ027-212015-
WALLACE-
147 PM MDT MON JUL 21 2014
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WALLACE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
AT 143 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR WESKAN...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM.
BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND
BECOME SEVERE.
&&
LAT...LON 3878 10200 3891 10193 3887 10157 3870 10167
3870 10168
TIME...MOT...LOC 1948Z 287DEG 14KT 3883 10188
THEDESpecial weather statement, Jul 21, 3:01 PM CST, 2 hours 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
301 PM MDT MON JUL 21 2014
KSZ027-212130-
WALLACE-
301 PM MDT MON JUL 21 2014
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WALLACE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
AT 252 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTH OF SHARON SPRINGS MOVING EAST AT
10 MPH.
PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM.
BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND
BECOME SEVERE.
&&
LAT...LON 3870 10205 3875 10205 3910 10196 3910 10148
3870 10158
TIME...MOT...LOC 2101Z 288DEG 7KT 3881 10174
024Special weather statement, Jul 21, 3:11 PM CST, 1 hour 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 311 PM MDT MON JUL 21 2014 KSZ002-212145- RAWLINS- 411 PM CDT MON JUL 21 2014 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR RAWLINS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS... AT 402 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES SOUTH OF BEARDSLEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE. && LAT...LON 3982 10084 3957 10083 3957 10128 3974 10123 TIME...MOT...LOC 2111Z 225DEG 10KT 3963 10116 024
Special weather statement, Jul 21, 3:58 PM CST, 1 hour 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
358 PM MDT MON JUL 21 2014
KSZ028-212230-
LOGAN-
458 PM CDT MON JUL 21 2014
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LOGAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
AT 448 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RUSSELL SPRINGS...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM.
BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND
BECOME SEVERE.
&&
LAT...LON 3888 10148 3902 10120 3879 10095 3870 10110
3870 10113 3870 10149
TIME...MOT...LOC 2158Z 225DEG 10KT 3876 10132
024Special weather statement, Jul 21, 4:08 PM CST, 1 hour 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 408 PM MDT MON JUL 21 2014 KSZ002-014-212245- RAWLINS-THOMAS- 508 PM CDT MON JUL 21 2014 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THOMAS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS AND RAWLINS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS... AT 502 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTH OF LEVANT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE. && LAT...LON 3971 10105 3955 10084 3936 10113 3951 10132 TIME...MOT...LOC 2209Z 242DEG 5KT 3948 10113 JERRYK
Special weather statement, Jul 21, 4:46 PM CST, 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 446 PM MDT MON JUL 21 2014 KSZ002-014-212315- RAWLINS-THOMAS- 546 PM CDT MON JUL 21 2014 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THOMAS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS AND RAWLINS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS... AT 543 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES NORTH OF COLBY...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...WINDS TO 50 MPH AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE. && LAT...LON 3976 10083 3946 10077 3942 10125 3961 10131 TIME...MOT...LOC 2246Z 270DEG 22KT 3952 10107 024
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 101 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:11 UTC.
Event by event
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Wichita
- When
- July 21, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Wichita County, 4.08 mi NNE of Coronado
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 38.530, -101.260
Dime to nickel size hail covered the ground. A few hailstones were up to the size of quarters.
Thunderstorm Wind, Wichita
- When
- July 21, 5:53 PM CST
- Where
- Wichita County, 9.62 mi SSE of Marienthal
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 38.360, -101.130
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Minnesota, July 21 to 22, 2014
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, July 21, 2014
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in North Dakota, July 21 to 22, 2014
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 21 to 22, 2014
- Excessive Heat in Oklahoma, July 21 to 23, 2014
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Florida, July 21, 2014
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 21, 2014
- Tornado in Texas, July 21, 2014
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 21, 2014
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 21, 2014
- Flash Flooding in North Carolina, July 21, 2014
- High Wind in Minnesota, July 21 to 22, 2014
More
Every storm in Kansas in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, July 2014
Sources
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: 532187, 532188, 532189.