A vigorous cold front dropped south across Central Kansas during the early morning hours of September 1st, 2014. This cold front led to a convective complex of storms moving along this boundary to initially produce large hail and damaging winds.
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The episode as NWS ICT wrote it up.
A vigorous cold front dropped south across Central Kansas during the early morning hours of September 1st, 2014. This cold front led to a convective complex of storms moving along this boundary to initially produce large hail and damaging winds. Additional thunderstorms developed along the stalled out boundary during the predawn hours to produce heavy rainfall across Central Kansas. Some locations reported up to 6 inches of rainfall by the late morning hours. This severe weather episode is a continuation of an event that started during the evening hours of August 31st, 2014.
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 Aug 31, 10:47 PM CST, 1 hour 33 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1147 PM CDT SUN AUG 31 2014 ...UPDATED FOR 06Z AVIATION DISCUSSION... .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY) ISSUED AT 309 PM CDT SUN AUG 31 2014 THE MAIN FOCUS AND CHALLENGE REVOLVES AROUND THE PROSPECTS FOR EPISODAL DEEP MOIST CONVECTION TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. A PROGRESSIVE UPPER TROF IN THE STRENGTHENING UPPER FLOW ALOFT WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE NORTH CENTRAL CONUS TONIGHT TO THE GREAT LAKES ON MONDAY. MODERATE INSTABILITY AND STRONG DEEP LAYER SHEAR WILL PREVAIL EARLY THIS EVENING AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING DRYLINE AND COLD FRONT AS IT MOVES INTO CENTRAL KANSAS. THE STOUT CAPPING INVERSION IN PLACE SHOULD BE OVERCOME BEFORE 00Z THIS EVENING AIDED BY SURFACE FRONTAL CONVERGENCE AND FORCING FROM UPPER TROF. THIS WILL RESULT IN STRONG TO SEVERE CONVECTION WHICH IS EXPECTED TO TRACK EAST ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS. THE MAIN CHALLENGE REMAINS THE SOUTHERN EXTENT OF THIS ACTIVITY DUE TO THE AFOREMENTIONED WARM MID-LEVEL TEMPERATURES. THE LATEST SHORT TERM/MESO MODELS ARE NOW MORE SUGGESTIVE OF DEVELOPING CONVECTION FURTHER SOUTH INTO PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS TONIGHT. THIS SUPPORTS AND INCREASES CONFIDENCE IN THE GOING POP FORECAST SO ONLY SUBTLE TWEAKS WILL BE NEEDED. WHILE THIS COMPLEX WILL LIKELY EXIT STAGE RIGHT BY MONDAY MORNING...THE EFFECTIVE SURFACE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO LAY OUT ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL INTO EAST CENTRAL KANSAS DURING THE DAY. THE COMBINATION OF DIURNAL HEATING AND AN APPROACHING TRAILING SHORTWAVE ALOFT MIGRATING EAST ACROSS THE AREA SHOULD RESULT IN RENEWED CONVECTION BY LATE MONDAY INTO MONDAY NIGHT. MODERATE TO STRONG INSTABILITY AND SHEAR SHOULD GIVE RISE TO ANOTHER ROUND OF SEVERE STORMS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN KANSAS MONDAY NIGHT AS THE LOW LEVEL JET IMPINGES ON THE VERY MOIST/UNSTABLE LOW LEVEL AIRMASS WITH POTENTIAL FOR TRAINING CELLS ALONG THE FRONT. A POTENTIALLY VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS ALONG THE QUASI-STATIONARY FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO GIVE RISE TO CONVECTIVE CHANCES TUESDAY...WITH THE FRONT SLOWLY MIGRATING NORTH OF THE AREA BY WEDNESDAY. HEAT INDICES COULD BECOME RATHER SULTRY ON WEDNESDAY. DARMOFAL .LONG TERM...(THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY) ISSUED AT 309 PM CDT SUN AUG 31 2014 AN UPPER TROF TRAVERSING THE NORTHERN TIER/SOUTHERN CANADA LATE IN THE WEEK LOOKS TO PUSH A COLD FRONT SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA BY FRIDAY WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES IN ITS WAKE. WILL CONTINUE TO CARRY MODEST CHANCE POPS WITH THE FRONT THOUGH LATER REFINEMENT IN SPACE AND TIME IS EXPECTED. KED && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z MONDAY NIGHT) ISSUED AT 1134 PM CDT SUN AUG 31 2014 MAIN CONCERN IS ONGOING...LARGE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX OVER CENTRAL KS. THIS COMPLEX SHOULD CONTINUE TO PROPAGATE EAST-SOUTHEAST OVERNIGHT...WITH CONTINUED BACK-BUILDING ON WEST FLANK DUE TO PERSISTENT ISENTROPIC LIFT. VARIABLE/GUSTY WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES...CAN BE EXPECTED AT RSL...SLN...HUT...AND CNU TERMINALS OVERNIGHT. A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH SLOWLY SOUTHEASTWARD THRU CENTRAL KS EARLY MONDAY AM...REACHING SOUTHEAST KS LATE MON PM. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO NORTH BEHIND THE FROPA. SCATTERED STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE MON PM/EVE IN SOUTHEAST KS NEAR THE FRONT. JMC && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WICHITA-KICT 73 92 69 90 / 40 30 50 40 HUTCHINSON 70 90 68 90 / 90 20 40 30 NEWTON 71 90 67 89 / 80 30 40 30 ELDORADO 73 93 67 90 / 60 40 50 40 WINFIELD-KWLD 74 94 70 90 / 20 50 50 40 RUSSELL 65 85 64 88 / 80 10 20 20 GREAT BEND 66 87 65 89 / 80 10 30 20 SALINA 69 87 65 90 / 100 10 20 20 MCPHERSON 69 89 67 89 / 100 20 30 20 COFFEYVILLE 75 94 71 90 / 30 50 60 40 CHANUTE 73 93 70 89 / 70 60 60 40 IOLA 73 92 69 88 / 100 60 60 40 PARSONS-KPPF 74 93 70 89 / 40 50 60 40 && .ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 927 PM CDT SUN AUG 31 2014 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-020230- 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- 927 PM CDT SUN AUG 31 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A COMPEX OF STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS THIS EVENING. THE MAIN STORM THREATS WILL BE WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH...PENNY TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES. THESE STORMS MAY BUILD SOUTHWARD INTO SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS OVERNIGHT. HOWEVER THE RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO LESSEN...THOUGH A FEW STRONG STORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN ON MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...MAINLY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. STORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS...ISOLATED LARGE HAIL AND FLOODING ARE POSSIBLE. WHILE THE SEVERE THREAT WILL WANE AS THE NIGHT PROGRESSES...THE THREAT FOR FLOODING WILL PERSIST OVERNIGHT. STRONG STORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. HEAT INDICES WILL HOVER NEAR 100 DEGREES ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR LOCATIONS GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF I-135. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA ON FRIDAY OR SATURDAY BRINGING ANOTHER THREAT OF STRONG STORMS TO THE AREA. IF YOU ARE CAMPING OR BOATING THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY...MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A WAY TO RECEIVE WARNINGS AND UPDATES. PAY ATTENTION TO THE WEATHER AND HAVE A PLAN OF WHAT YOU WILL DO IF SEVERE WEATHER THREATENS. EVERYONE IS URGED TO CHECK LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR WATCHES AND WARNINGS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING IN CENTRAL KANSAS AND ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS ON MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. && 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
1224 AM CDT MON SEP 1 2014
KSZ050-010600-
RICE-
1224 AM CDT MON SEP 1 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
SOUTHERN RICE COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 100 AM CDT
* AT 1223 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR RAYMOND...OR 19 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF GREAT BEND...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RAYMOND...ALDEN AND STERLING.
DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
&&
LAT...LON 3831 9792 3827 9792 3827 9793 3817 9792
3818 9814 3816 9815 3816 9821 3817 9822
3817 9847 3834 9848
TIME...MOT...LOC 0525Z 276DEG 47KT 3825 9845
BILLINGS WRIGHTPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1225 AM CDT MON SEP 01 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1212 AM TSTM WND GST 2 N MCPHERSON 38.40N 97.66W
09/01/2014 E60 MPH MCPHERSON KS TRAINED SPOTTER
TRAINED SPOTTER ESTIMATED 60 MPH OR GREATER WINDS
APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES NORTH OF MCPHERSON ON INTERSTATE
135.
&&
JMCPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1233 AM CDT MON SEP 01 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1230 AM TSTM WND GST GOESSEL 38.25N 97.35W
09/01/2014 M64 MPH MARION KS MESONET
GUST MEASURED AT SCHOOL WEATHER LAB SITE.
&&
PJHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1237 AM CDT MON SEP 01 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1231 AM TSTM WND GST GOESSEL 38.25N 97.35W
09/01/2014 M68 MPH MARION KS MESONET
GUST MEASURED AT SCHOOL WEATHER LAB.
&&
PJHSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1247 AM CDT MON SEP 1 2014
KSZ069-010615-
BUTLER-
1247 AM CDT MON SEP 1 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
NORTHERN BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 115 AM CDT
* AT 1242 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH A POTENT GUST FRONT NEAR
PEABODY...OR 15 MILES EAST OF NEWTON...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CASSODAY.
WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM AND GUST FRONT.
&&
LAT...LON 3797 9715 3809 9716 3809 9656 3808 9652
3791 9652 3787 9653
TIME...MOT...LOC 0546Z 290DEG 48KT 3811 9702
BILLINGS WRIGHTSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
115 AM CDT MON SEP 1 2014
KSZ070-010645-
GREENWOOD-
115 AM CDT MON SEP 1 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
NORTHERN GREENWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...
* UNTIL 145 AM CDT
* AT 114 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES
SOUTH OF SAFFORDVILLE TO 7 MILES EAST OF MATFIELD GREEN TO 6 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF CASSODAY...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MADISON...HAMILTON...THRALL AND VIRGIL.
WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
&&
LAT...LON 3790 9652 3808 9652 3809 9636 3818 9636
3818 9596 3817 9595 3786 9596
TIME...MOT...LOC 0615Z 274DEG 51KT 3830 9637 3814 9642
3798 9653
BILLINGS WRIGHTThe Wichita radar (KICT), 96 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:19 UTC.
15 heavy rain, 3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tree limbs of unknown size were blown down on Highway 177 near Matfield Green. The limbs were large enough that a chainsaw was needed to cut them up.
A tree fell on the Kansas Turnpike on the south bound side at Mile Marker 101.
The emergency manager measured 6.5 inches of rain.
The Emergency manager reported 5 inches of rainfall.
The COOP observer reported 4.12 inches of rainfall.
The COOP observer reported 2.56 inches of rainfall.
Rainfall report via twitter measured 4.10 inches.
A COOP observer measured 3.72 inches of rainfall.
A COOP observer reported 2.92 inches of rainfall.
A COOP observer reported 5.88 inches of rainfall.
A COOP observer reported 3.77 inches of rainfall.
The public reported 4.9 inches of rainfall.
A COOP observer reported 4.35 inches of rainfall.
A COOP observer measured 3.20 inches of rainfall.
A COOP observer reported 3.36 inches of rainfall.
A COOP observer reported 3.35 inches of rainfall.
A COOP observer measured 3.88 inches of rainfall.
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, September 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: 543366, 543367, 543373, 543374, 543375, 543376, 543377, 543378, 543379, 543380, 543381, 543382, 543383, 543384, 543385, 543386, 543387, 543368.