Numerous thunderstorms drenched Southeast Kansas with 2 to around 5 inches of rain throughout the evening of the 28th that caused widespread flooding & flash flooding. S.
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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.
The episode as NWS ICT wrote it up.
Numerous thunderstorms drenched Southeast Kansas with 2 to around 5 inches of rain throughout the evening of the 28th that caused widespread flooding & flash flooding. The most serious flash flooding occurred in Central Montgomery County, where rescues from vehicles and homes were required in Independence, and in Elk County where U.S. Highway 160 was closed where flowing waters reached 3 feet deep.
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 28, 5:37 AM CST, 5 hours 13 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 637 AM CDT SAT JUN 28 2014 ...UPDATED FOR 12Z AVIATION DISCUSSION... .SYNOPSIS... ISSUED AT 302 AM CDT SAT JUN 28 2014 A LARGE MCS THAT DEVELOPED OVER WESTERN KANSAS AND NEBRASKA HAS TREKKED EASTWARD AND IS IS MOVING EASTWARD ACROSS NEBRASKA AND KANSAS THIS MORNING. GUSTY WINDS ACCOMPANY THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS MCS...AS WELL AS HEAVY RAINFALL. TEMPERATURES HAVE FALLEN INTO THE LOW 60S IN THE RAIN WITH 70S AHEAD OF MAIN LINE. BILLINGS WRIGHT && .SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH MONDAY) ISSUED AT 302 AM CDT SAT JUN 28 2014 TODAY: THE MCS/SQUALL LINE THAT IS OVER CENTRAL.WESTERN KANSAS THIS MORNING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO TRACK EASTWARD ACROSS THE AREA. THE MAIN THREATS WITH THIS ACTIVITY MAY BE SOME BRIEF GUSTY WINDS...BUT THE BIGGER THREAT WILL BE FLOODING EARLY THIS MORNING AS STORM MOTION IS SLOW AND STORMS TRAIN OVER THE SAME AREAS. THIS MCS WILL SLOWLY MOVE EASTWARD EARLY THIS MORNING AND BE OVER EASTERN/SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS DURING THE MID-MORNING HOURS. THE MAIN UPPER WAVE WILL ROTATE EAST/NORTHEASTWARD DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS. THIS WAVE WILL SUPPORT NEW CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT ACROSS MAINLY CENTRAL AND EASTERN KANSAS DURING THE DAY AND EVENING HOURS. CAPE IS PLENTIFUL AROUND 2000-3000 J/KG WITH 30-40 KTS BULK SHEAR. THESE PARAMETERS WILL SUPPORT SEVERE STORMS IF/WHEN STORMS DO DEVELOP. THE CONVECTIVE OUTFLOW FROM THIS MORNINGS MCS COULD CHANGE HOW THE LATER AFTERNOON DEVELOPMENT BEGINS/EVOLVES. FEEL THAT LATER UPDATES MAY BE NEEDED...BUT OVERALL...ANY STORM THAT DEVELOPS COULD BE SEVERE...AND THE PRIMARY AREA OF THREAT WILL BE FOR CENTRAL/SOUTH CENTRAL AND EASTERN KANSAS. SUNDAY - MONDAY: AS THE UPPER WAVE ROTATES NORTHWARD AROUND THE TROUGH...KANSAS WILL BE ON THE SUBSIDENCE SIDE OF THE WAVE. EXPECTING CONVECTION TO DIMINISH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT/EARLY SUNDAY MORNING OVER KANSAS WITH LINGERING ACTIVITY OVER MISSOURI. THE MAIN CONCERN FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY WILL BE HIGH TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY. THE ABUNDANT MOISTURE THAT THE REGION HAS HAD OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS WILL KEEP DEWPOINT TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOW 70S. WITH HIGHS FORECASTED INTO THE 90S...AND EVEN MID 90S BY MONDAY AHEAD OF THE NEXT FRONT...HEAT INDICES WILL REACH BETWEEN 100 AND 105 DEGREES. TAKE PRECAUTIONS IF YOU MUST BE OUTDOORS. THERE WILL BE ANOTHER CHANCE FOR AN OVERNIGHT MCS LATE SUNDAY. WHILE THIS ACTIVITY COULD REACH THE I-70 CORRIDOR AND IMPACT CENTRAL KANSAS...THE SIGNAL IS STRONGER FOR IT TO IMPACT NEBRASKA AND NORTHEASTERN KANSAS. THE NEXT WAVE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS CAUSING A FRONT TO DROP SOUTH ACROSS THE REGION MONDAY AFTERNOON. AS THE FRONT CONTINUES TO DROP SOUTHWARD MONDAY NIGHT...CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG IT ACROSS SOUTHERN KANSAS. BILLINGS WRIGHT .LONG TERM...(TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY) ISSUED AT 302 AM CDT SAT JUN 28 2014 ANOTHER UPPER WAVE WILL DIVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. THE FRONT THAT WILL SINK SOUTHWARD MONDAY WILL SLOW ITS SOUTHWARD PROGRESSION TUESDAY...BUT STILL SINK FURTHER SOUTH INTO OKLAHOMA. SOME STORMS MAY LINGER ON TUESDAY ALONG THE FRONT. THERE ARE SOME DISCREPANCIES BETWEEN GUIDANCE YESTERDAY TO TODAY WITH HOW FAR SOUTH THE FRONT WILL GET AND WHERE THE PRECIPITATION WILL SET UP. THE LATEST GUIDANCE KEEPS MUCH OF THE PRECIPITATION SOUTH OF THE KANSAS/OKLAHOMA BORDER TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. AS THE WAVE EXITS THE REGION WEDNESDAY NIGHT...RIDGING WILL BUILD IN OVER THE WEST WITH LEE TROUGHING RETURNING. WEAK DISTURBANCES COULD THEN CAUSE PRECIPITATION OVER THE AREA THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. CONFIDENCE IN THE FORECAST FOR THE WORK WEEK IS LOW REGARDING PRECIPITATION TIMING AND LOCATION. THE SINKING FRONT WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES IN THE 80S FOR MUCH OF THE WEEK BEFORE WARMING BACK IN THE 90S TOWARDS THE END OF THE WEEK. BILLINGS WRIGHT && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z SUNDAY MORNING) ISSUED AT 632 AM CDT SAT JUN 28 2014 MAIN AVIATION CONCERN WILL BE STORMS TODAY. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND STORMS THAT DEVELOPED OVER NW KS LAST EVENING WEAKENED AS THEY TRACKED SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT LIKELY THROUGH AT LEAST THE MORNING HOURS WITH HEAVY RAIN THE MAIN THREAT. THESE STORMS SHOULD SLOWLY DECREASE FROM WEST TO EAST EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AS THE SHORTWAVE CONTINUES TO SLOWLY PROGRESS EAST. FEEL THAT BY 16-17Z MOST OF THE ACTIVITY SHOULD BE EAST OF KHUT-KRSL. EVEN THOUGH WE REALLY NEVER GET RID OF THE RICH MOISTURE LATE THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING...UPPER RIDGING BEHIND THE WAVE SHOULD LIMIT FURTHER DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE FRONT...WEST OF I-135. JUST LIKE THE LAST FEW NIGHTS...SOME MVFR CIGS SHOULD DEVELOP AROUND 10Z. LAWSON && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WICHITA-KICT 83 70 92 76 / 90 40 10 10 HUTCHINSON 84 70 93 76 / 90 30 10 10 NEWTON 81 69 91 75 / 100 40 10 10 ELDORADO 81 70 90 75 / 80 60 10 10 WINFIELD-KWLD 83 71 92 76 / 70 70 10 10 RUSSELL 85 68 94 74 / 60 10 10 20 GREAT BEND 84 68 94 74 / 60 10 10 20 SALINA 84 70 95 76 / 100 30 10 20 MCPHERSON 82 69 93 75 / 90 30 10 20 COFFEYVILLE 84 73 90 76 / 80 90 20 10 CHANUTE 82 72 90 75 / 80 90 20 10 IOLA 81 71 90 75 / 80 80 20 10 PARSONS-KPPF 83 72 90 76 / 80 90 20 10 && .ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1055 AM CDT SAT JUN 28 2014 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-291600- 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- 1055 AM CDT SAT JUN 28 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS INTO THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE...MAINLY SOUTHEAST OF A LINE...FROM ANTHONY TO WICHITA TO COTTONWOOD FALLS. THE MAIN STORM THREATS WILL BE WIND GUSTS OF 60 MPH OR GREATER...QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH COULD RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS. IF THESE STORMS REACH CENTRAL KANSAS THEY COULD BE SEVERE. AGAIN MONDAY EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS MAY BE POSSIBLE AS A FRONT SLOWLY MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. THE MAIN AREA OF THREAT WILL BE SOUTHERN KANSAS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE PERIODICALLY TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...BUT CONFIDENCE IN TIMING AND LOCATION IS LOW. HEAT INDICES BETWEEN 100 AND 105 ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA SUNDAY AND MONDAY DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF HIGH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND HIGH DAYTIME TEMPERATURES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... A FEW STORM SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY SOUTHEAST OF A LINE...FROM ANTHONY TO WICHITA TO COTTONWOOD FALLS. && 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
808 AM CDT SAT JUN 28 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN 7 W BARNARD 39.19N 98.17W
06/28/2014 M1.91 INCH LINCOLN KS CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN CLAFLIN 38.52N 98.54W
06/28/2014 M1.20 INCH BARTON KS CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN 5 SE ALBERT 38.40N 98.95W
06/28/2014 M1.73 INCH BARTON KS CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN 1 SE LINCOLN 39.03N 98.14W
06/28/2014 M1.33 INCH LINCOLN KS CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN 1 S BARNARD 39.17N 98.04W
06/28/2014 M1.76 INCH LINCOLN KS CO-OP OBSERVER
&&
VJPPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
839 AM CDT SAT JUN 28 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0835 AM HEAVY RAIN 5 S ALBERT 38.38N 99.01W
06/28/2014 M2.00 INCH BARTON KS PUBLIC
INDIVIDUAL REPORTED VIA TWITTER OF 2 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE
THE RAIN BEGAN LAST NIGHT.
&&
VJPPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1019 AM CDT SAT JUN 28 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0730 AM HEAVY RAIN N MILBERGER 38.72N 98.92W
06/28/2014 M2.37 INCH RUSSELL KS COCORAHS
0730 AM HEAVY RAIN 2 SSW RUSSELL 38.86N 98.87W
06/28/2014 M2.35 INCH RUSSELL KS COCORAHS
0730 AM HEAVY RAIN 2 ENE DORRANCE 38.86N 98.56W
06/28/2014 M2.01 INCH RUSSELL KS COCORAHS
&&
VJPSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1107 AM CDT SAT JUN 28 2014
KSZ092-281630-
SUMNER-
1107 AM CDT SAT JUN 28 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
SOUTHERN SUMNER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 1130 AM CDT
* AT 1104 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF CALDWELL...OR
15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WELLINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SOUTH HAVEN...PERTH AND HUNNEWELL.
WINDS TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. ADDITIONALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM BASED ON THE RAINFALL RATES
APPROXIMATED FROM RADAR.
THIS STORM MAY PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. LISTEN FOR LATER
STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE FLOODING WARNINGS...SHOULD THE RISK FOR MINOR
LOW-LAND FLOODING BECOME MORE IMMINENT.
&&
LAT...LON 3700 9767 3722 9767 3723 9715 3700 9715
3699 9740
TIME...MOT...LOC 1607Z 267DEG 29KT 3710 9754
PEARCESPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1142 AM CDT SAT JUN 28 2014 KSZ092-093-281715- COWLEY-SUMNER- 1142 AM CDT SAT JUN 28 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... SOUTHWESTERN COWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTHEASTERN SUMNER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 1215 PM CDT * AT 1139 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHILOCCO...OR 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WINFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ARKANSAS CITY...STROTHER FIELD AIRPORT AND MAPLE CITY. WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM MAY PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE FLOODING WARNINGS...SHOULD THE RISK FOR MINOR LOW-LAND FLOODING BECOME MORE IMMINENT. && LAT...LON 3700 9732 3713 9733 3725 9681 3700 9674 TIME...MOT...LOC 1642Z 251DEG 35KT 3704 9712 PEARCE
The Wichita radar (KICT), 74 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:47 UTC.
6 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Emergency Manager reported a 2.5 foot diameter limb was blown down as was a 3 foot diameter maple tree with rotted roots that was uprooted in a yard in Crestwood Acres near Madison Avenue. Time of event was estimated from radar.
Water had started flowing over Highway 160. A trained spotter had measured 2.25 inches of rain from 1600 to 1819 CST.
One person was rescued from a vehicle near the intersection of Evergreen and Road 7 around 1 mile north of Grenola.
Highway 160 was closed near Elk Falls.
High water flowed across Highway 160 in several locations from Elk Falls, through Moline to Grenola. Depths reached 3 feet in some locations, prompting the closure of Highway 160. A trained spotter measured 5.20 inches of rain in Moline from 1600 to 1948 CST.
Numerous trees were blown down 3 miles south of Cherryvale.
Street flooding occurred in town.
High water of unspecified depths was reported over several streets in Independence that resulted in some closures.
There were a few rescues from vehicles and homes. A trained spotter measured 2.75 inches of rain from 1900 to 2052 CST.
Highway 160 was flooded near Oak Valley.
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, June 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: 533440, 533869, 533860, 533861, 533862, 533438, 533870, 533863, 533867, 533868.