An isolated severe thunderstorm produced 40-60 mph gusts in Montgomery County around mid-day on 23rd.
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An isolated severe thunderstorm produced 40-60 mph gusts in Montgomery County around mid-day on 23rd.
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 Jul 23, 8:50 AM CST, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 950 AM CDT WED JUL 23 2014 .UPDATE... ISSUED AT 950 AM CDT WED JUL 23 2014 ELEVATED CONVECTION CONTINUES TO ROLL SOUTHEAST ACROSS EAST- CENTRAL KS. ACTIVITY APPEARS TO HAVE DEVELOPED ALONG AN ELEVATED INSTABILITY GRADIENT IN THE PROGRESSIVE NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT REGIME. 12Z TOPEKA SOUNDING INDICATES AROUND 2000 J/KG OF ELEVATED CAPE FROM PARCELS LIFTED FROM 800-700MB...ALONG WITH MODEST DEEP LAYER SHEAR. CONSEQUENTLY...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE AS THIS ACTIVITY CONTINUES TO ROLL SOUTHEAST INTO SOUTHEAST KS. EVEN THOUGH ACTIVITY SHOULD TEND TO WEAKEN AND BECOME LESS WIDESPREAD WITH TIME...SEE NO REASON WHY IT WON'T HOLD TOGETHER INTO FAR SOUTHEAST KS. ADDITIONAL CONVECTION CURRENTLY OVER SOUTHWEST NE MAY ALSO HOLD TOGETHER AND GET INTO CENTRAL KS BY AFTERNOON...AS IT ROLLS SOUTHEAST ALONG ELEVATED INSTABILITY GRADIENT. ADK && UPDATE ISSUED AT 631 AM CDT WED JUL 23 2014 WILL NEED TO MENTION THUNDERSTORM AT KRSL AND RAIN SHOWERS AT KSLN AS SMALL AREA OF STORMS CONTINUE TO TRACK SOUTHEAST ACROSS NORTHERN KS. TOUGH CALL ON LOW CLOUDS WITH NAM HINTING AT 1200 UTC-15 UTC WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY BEHIND FRONT FOR STRATUS. SO FAR ONLY KRSL HAS MATERIALIZED. WITH SUNRISE...CHANCES SHOULD DIMINISH. OTHERWISE...VFR CONDITION EXPECTED REMAINDER OF THE DAY. LIGHT EAST FLOW TONIGHT MAY ALLOW SOME FOG TO DEVELOP IN RELATIVELY MOIST ATMOS...MOST LIKELY AT KCNU. -HOWERTON && .SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY) ISSUED AT 237 AM CDT WED JUL 23 2014 TEMPERATURES WILL BE LOWER TODAY AS THE SURFACE FRONT PUSHES SOUTH OF THE AREA INTO OKLAHOMA BUT STILL SHOULD SEE HUMID CONDITIONS. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES CONTINUE TO LOOK RATHER LOW AND MAY REMAIN SOUTH OF KANSAS ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY. OTHERWISE...WARM AIR ADVECTION LATE TONIGHT ALONG 700MB TEMPERATURE GRADIENT LOOKS TO SPARK OFF SOME THUNDERSTORMS...BUT THAT ACTIVITY SHOULD REMAIN NORTH OF CENTRAL KANSAS. THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL SHIFT EASTWARD ON THURSDAY AND FLATTEN OUT COME FRIDAY...WITH THE HEAT BUILDING AGAIN OVER KANSAS. HEAT INDICES COULD APPROACH ADVISORY CRITERIA BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR CENTRAL/SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. .LONG TERM...(SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY) ISSUED AT 237 AM CDT WED JUL 23 2014 ANOTHER HOT AND HUMID DAY EXPECTED FOR SATURDAY WITH A FRONTAL BOUNDARY PUSHING SOUTHWARD INTO KANSAS ON SUNDAY. WE WILL MAINTAIN LOW END THUNDERSTORM CHANCES FOR SUNDAY AS PRECIPITATION SIGNAL STILL LOOKS WEAK. MEANWHILE...CONFIDENCE REMAINS HIGH THAT COOLER AIR WILL SPREAD SOUTHWARD INTO KANSAS FOR NEXT WEEK...AS MODELS SHOW UPPER LEVEL TROUGH DEEPENING AND BECOMES ENTRENCHED OVER THE GREAT LAKES. JAKUB && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z THURSDAY MORNING) ISSUED AT 631 AM CDT WED JUL 23 2014 WILL NEED TO MENTION THUNDERSTORMS AT KRSL AND RAIN SHOWERS AT KSLN AS SMALL AREA OF STORMS CONTINUE TO TRACK SOUTHEAST ACROSS NORTHERN KS. TOUGH CALL ON LOW CLOUDS WITH NAM HINTING AT 1200-1500 UTC WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY BEHIND FRONT FOR STRATUS. SO FAR LOW CLOUDS HAVE ONLY MATERIALIZED AT KRSL. WITH SUNRISE...CHANCES SHOULD DIMINISH. OTHERWISE...VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR REMAINDER OF THE DAY. LIGHT EAST FLOW TONIGHT MAY ALLOW SOME FOG TO DEVELOP IN RELATIVELY MOIST ATMOSPHERE AND WEAK UPSLOPE FLOW...MOST LIKELY AT KCNU. -HOWERTON && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WICHITA-KICT 95 70 96 75 / 10 10 10 10 HUTCHINSON 94 70 97 75 / 10 10 10 10 NEWTON 93 69 95 74 / 30 10 10 10 ELDORADO 93 69 93 73 / 40 10 10 10 WINFIELD-KWLD 95 71 95 75 / 10 10 10 10 RUSSELL 93 70 98 74 / 20 10 10 10 GREAT BEND 93 70 98 74 / 10 10 10 10 SALINA 94 68 98 75 / 40 10 10 10 MCPHERSON 94 69 97 75 / 20 10 10 10 COFFEYVILLE 94 70 93 71 / 30 10 10 10 CHANUTE 91 68 92 70 / 50 10 10 10 IOLA 90 67 91 70 / 50 10 10 10 PARSONS-KPPF 92 69 92 71 / 50 10 10 10 && .ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 920 AM CDT WED JUL 23 2014 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-241430- 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- 920 AM CDT WED JUL 23 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST OVER EAST-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS THIS MORNING. GUSTY WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE. AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES AROUND 100 DEGREES WILL AFFECT LOCATIONS MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A GREAT BEND...TO NEWTON...TO INDEPENDENCE LINE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY HEAT INDICES WILL BEGIN TO CLIMB ABOVE 100 DEGREES AGAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. MEANWHILE...ANOTHER SLOW MOVING FRONT WILL SINK SOUTHWARD INTO KANSAS AND BRING MORE CHANCES OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION FOR SUNDAY. .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
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1019 AM CDT WED JUL 23 2014
KSZ070-071-231615-
GREENWOOD-WOODSON-
1019 AM CDT WED JUL 23 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
GREENWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...
SOUTHWESTERN WOODSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...
* UNTIL 1115 AM CDT
* AT 1016 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR HAMILTON...OR 14 MILES
NORTHEAST OF EUREKA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EUREKA...HAMILTON...SEVERY...TORONTO...EUREKA AIRPORT...VIRGIL...
PIEDMONT...CLIMAX AND BATESVILLE.
DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THE STORM INTENSIFIES AND
BECOMES SEVERE, OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
&&
LAT...LON 3760 9628 3760 9639 3804 9646 3816 9618
3784 9573
TIME...MOT...LOC 1519Z 316DEG 27KT 3800 9617
SMITHSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1055 AM CDT WED JUL 23 2014 KSZ070>072-094>096-231645- ALLEN-ELK-GREENWOOD-NEOSHO-WILSON-WOODSON- 1055 AM CDT WED JUL 23 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... WESTERN ALLEN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS... NORTHEASTERN ELK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS... SOUTHEASTERN GREENWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS... NORTHWESTERN NEOSHO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS... WILSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS... WOODSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS... * UNTIL 1145 AM CDT * AT 1052 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM YATES CENTER TO 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF HOWARD...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... IOLA...CHANUTE...NEOSHO FALLS...BUFFALO...FREDONIA...HUMBOLDT... ALTOONA...NEODESHA...COYVILLE...ROSE...NEW ALBANY...BENEDICT... BUXTON...BASSETT...IOLA AIRPORT...PETROLIA AND CHANUTE AIRPORT. DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. 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 3804 9532 3738 9554 3739 9631 3803 9574 TIME...MOT...LOC 1555Z 290DEG 33KT 3793 9569 3752 9615 SMITH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1117 AM CDT WED JUL 23 2014 KSZ094-098-099-231700- CHAUTAUQUA-ELK-MONTGOMERY- 1117 AM CDT WED JUL 23 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... EASTERN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS... SOUTHEASTERN ELK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS... MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS... * UNTIL NOON CDT * AT 1116 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ELK CITY...OR 19 MILES NORTHEAST OF SEDAN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... COFFEYVILLE...HALE...ELK CITY...CHAUTAUQUA...PERU...HAVANA... INDEPENDENCE...CANEY...CHERRYVALE...TYRO...LIBERTY...DEARING... SYCAMORE...NIOTAZE...BOLTON...INDEPENDENCE AIRPORT AND COFFEYVILLE AIRPORT. DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THE STORM INTENSIFIES AND BECOMES SEVERE, OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. && LAT...LON 3700 9553 3700 9628 3739 9629 3738 9552 TIME...MOT...LOC 1617Z 316DEG 34KT 3732 9593 SMITH
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 128 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:33 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The gust occurred near the Highway 400/U.S. Highway 169 intersection.
No details were provided.
A second gust estimated at 60 mph occurred at the same location as the 60 mph that occurred at 1104 AM CST.
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, July 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: 533412, 533413, 533414.