An isolated severe thunderstorm leveled a pole barn 4 miles south/southeast of Windom late in the afternoon.
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An isolated severe thunderstorm leveled a pole barn 4 miles south/southeast of Windom late in the afternoon.
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 Jun 26, 2:50 PM CST, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 350 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2014 .SYNOPSIS... ISSUED AT 350 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2014 THIS AFTERNOON A NARROW LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS CONTINUED TO MARCH SLOWLY EAST TOWARD SOUTHEAST KS WHILE A CLUSTER OF SHOWERS & A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST ~25MPH FROM CENTRAL TOWARD SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS. A HIGH OCTANE FUELED AIRMASS (DEW POINTS PREDOMINANTLY 70-75F ACROSS SOUTH-CENTRAL & SOUTHEAST KS) SUFFICIENTLY COMPENSATING FOR FEEBLE MID-UPPER DYNAMICS TO SUSTAIN THE CONVECTION. && .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY) ISSUED AT 350 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2014 HEADLINES: FLOODING TO ONCE AGAIN BE A CONCERN OVER THE WEEKEND AS MORE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY/VERY HEAVY RAINS RETURN TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. TONIGHT: WITH A MORE ROBUST MID-LEVEL WAVE MOVING SLOWLY EAST/NORTHEAST FROM THE CENTRAL ROCKIES TO WESTERN KS DEVELOPING A NEGATIVE TILT THUNDERSTORMS WILL ONCE AGAIN DEVELOP OVER THE WESTERN PLAINS & VENTURE EAST TOWARD THEN ACROSS CENTRAL & SOUTH-CENTRAL KS. WITH HIGH OCTANE FUEL AWAITING MORE HEAVY RAINS WOULD RESULT. ANY SEVERE POTENTIAL SHOULD REMAIN OVER THE WESTERN PLAINS WHERE DEEP-LAYER ASCENT IS MORE FAVORABLE. FRI & FRI NIGHT: WITH THE INITIAL MID-LEVEL WAVE DISCUSSED EARLIER SHEARING AS IT MOVES EAST THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD GRADUALLY DIMINISH FRIDAY MORNING...HOWEVER A 2ND & EVEN STRONGER MID-UPPER DECK WAVE IS STILL SCHEDULED TO MOVE EAST TOWARD THE NORTHERN & CENTRAL ROCKIES FRI AFTERNOON. THIS NEXT WAVE IS NOT ONLY MUCH DEEPER/EXTENSIVE THAN ITS PREDECESSOR BUT IT TOO POSSESSES A PRONOUNCED NEGATIVE TILT (ESPECIALLY FURTHER UPSTAIRS) AS IT VENTURES TOWARD THE CENTRAL ROCKIES & SOUTHERN PLAINS. A DEEP MOIST AIRMASS REMAINS ENTRENCHED ACROSS THE CENTRAL THIRD OF THE U.S. & WITH INCREASING DEEP-LAYER ASCENT & INCREASING DEEP-LAYER SHEAR (6 KM BULK SHEAR INCREASES TO 30-45KTS OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF KS) SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL IS INCREASING...SO NOT ONLY ARE VERY HEAVY RAINS LIKELY (PRECIPITABLE WATERS 1.50 TO 1.80 INCHES) BUT ARE LARGE HAIL & DAMAGING WINDS. THE GREATER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THREAT WOULD TARGET CENTRAL KS WHERE NO CLOSER TO THE MORE FAVORABLE DYNAMICS. SAT & SAT NIGHT: THE AFORE-MENTIONED DEEP NEGATIVELY-TILTED MID-UPPER WAVE SHOULD STILL LIFT NE TOWARD THE UPPER MS VALLEY AS IT ENCOUNTERS A HIGH-AMPLITUDE RIDGE COVERING THE EASTERN U.S. IN RESPONSE RAPID & VERY INTENSE CYCLOGENESIS OCCURS OVER SOUTHERN SASKATCHEWAN & MANITOBA WHICH WOULD ECAUSE THE ATTENDANT MID-UPPER WAVE TO ACCELERATE NE ACROSS THE UPPER MS VALLEY. THIS WOULD IN TURN CAUSE THE ATTENDANT WEAK SOUTHEAST- MOVING COLD FRONT TO STALL AS IT VENTURES INTO CENTRAL KS BEFORE DISSIPATING. THE EVOLVING PATTERN SHOULD ENABLE THUNDERSTORMS TO END IN A WEST-EAST MANNER LATE SAT NIGHT/VERY EARLY SUN MORNING. SUNDAY & SUNDAY NIGHT: THE AFORE-MENTIONED STRONG MID-UPPER WAVE SHOULD ACCELERATE NE AS ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES. AS SUCH ANY CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS WOULD BE LIMITED TO NORTH & NORTHEAST KS & ALL POINTS NORTH & NORTHEAST OF THESE AREAS. .LONG TERM...(MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY) ISSUED AT 350 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2014 WITH THE EXTREMELY INTENSE CYCLONE POSITONED OVER EXTREME SOUTHERN CANADA MULTIPLE MID-LEVEL SHORTWAVES WILL SURGE SE ALONG THE SOUTHERN PERIMETER OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS. THIS TRANSLATES INTO PERIODIC THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION FOR MUCH OF NEXT WEEK. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z FRIDAY AFTERNOON) ISSUED AT 1135 AM CDT THU JUN 26 2014 STORM COMPLEX CONTINUES AS OF MIDDAY OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...AIDED BY WEAK CONVECTIVE MESOSCALE VORT MAX. THIS THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL PRIMARILY AFFECT SLN/HUT/ICT TERMINALS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. IF IT HOLDS TOGETHER...IT MAY AFFECT CNU LATER THIS AFTERNOON. WORSE CONDITIONS EXPECTED AT ICT IN FIRST HOUR OF TAF WITH BRIEF IFR VSBYS/CIGS IN +TSRA AND VARIABLE GUSTY WINDS. OTHERWISE...GRADUAL LIFTING OF MVFR CEILINGS INTO THIS AFTERNOON EXPECTED. IF STORMS CAN DEVELOP OVER HIGHER TERRAIN OF EASTERN COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON...SOME OF THIS ACTIVITY MAY SURVIVE EASTWARD AFFECTING AREAS WEST OF HIGHWAY 14 LATE TONIGHT. NOT CONFIDENT ENOUGH TO MENTION TSRA IN TAFS RIGHT NOW. SOUTHERLY FLOW AND RICH DEWPOINTS WILL LIKELY ALLOW MVFR CEILINGS/VSBYS TO REDEVELOP OVER MOST AREAS EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. JMC && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WICHITA-KICT 69 89 73 88 / 20 20 30 70 HUTCHINSON 70 89 73 87 / 30 20 50 70 NEWTON 69 87 72 85 / 20 20 40 70 ELDORADO 69 86 72 86 / 20 20 30 80 WINFIELD-KWLD 69 88 74 88 / 20 20 20 70 RUSSELL 71 89 71 88 / 40 30 60 50 GREAT BEND 69 90 72 88 / 30 30 60 50 SALINA 71 89 73 88 / 30 20 60 70 MCPHERSON 69 88 73 86 / 30 20 50 70 COFFEYVILLE 68 88 74 87 / 30 20 20 60 CHANUTE 68 88 73 86 / 20 20 20 70 IOLA 68 87 72 85 / 20 20 20 70 PARSONS-KPPF 68 88 74 87 / 20 20 20 70 && .ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && ES
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 231 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2014 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-271945- 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- 231 PM CDT THU JUN 26 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE MOVING EASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL BE BRIEF TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. OTHER ISOLATED STORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE HIGH PLAINS LATE THIS AFTERNOON...MAY MOVE EAST INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS LATE TONIGHT...HOWEVER CHANCES ARE SLIM. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BE STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE...WITH WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 60 MPH AND LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY PERIODIC CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN IN THE FORECAST THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. STRONG STORMS...AND SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN...WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE PERIOD. A SOMEWHAT BETTER RISK FOR ORGANIZED SEVERE STORMS APPEARS TO BE FRIDAY NIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL KANSAS...AND SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY NIGHT ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS. THE MAIN RISKS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT. && FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION...SEE OUR WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE) HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/WICHITA/HWO/HWO.PHP
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1131 AM CDT THU JUN 26 2014
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..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
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1115 AM HEAVY RAIN TURON 37.81N 98.43W
06/26/2014 M1.20 INCH RENO KS CO-OP OBSERVER
COOPERATIVE OBSERVER MEASURES 1.20 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE
7AM WITH RAIN STILL FALLING AT THE TIME OF THE REPORT.
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VJPThe Wichita radar (KICT), 84 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:08 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A pole barn was leveled 1/2 mile west of 3rd Avenue and Frontier Road.
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