Garden variety thunderstorms produced a very weak and brief landspout west of Whitewater KS. The landspout was occurred along the intersection of two boundaries that collided.
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Garden variety thunderstorms produced a very weak and brief landspout west of Whitewater KS. The landspout was occurred along the intersection of two boundaries that collided.
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 28, 5:28 PM CST, 12 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 628 PM CDT FRI AUG 28 2015 ...UPDATED FOR 00Z AVIATION DISCUSSION... .SYNOPSIS... ISSUED AT 253 PM CDT FRI AUG 28 2015 WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS A COMPACT SHORTWAVE TRACKING ACROSS CENTRAL/NORTHERN IA WITH RIDGING OVER THE DESERT SW/SOUTHERN ROCKIES. AT THE SURFACE...COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM FAR EASTERN NEBRASKA INTO SW KS WITH A BROAD AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE EASTERN SEABOARD. && .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY) ISSUED AT 253 PM CDT FRI AUG 28 2015 STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE COLD FRONT IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS FIRST OVER NORTHEAST KS WITH THIS ACTIVITY TRYING TO WORK SOUTHWEST THIS EVENING. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD BE AIDED BY THE MID LEVEL TROUGH THAT STILL HAS TO PASS ACROSS THE AREA. HOW MUCH OF THIS ACTIVITY MAKES IT INTO THE FORECAST AREA IS THE MAIN QUESTION AND FOR NOW HAVE THE HIGHEST CONFIDENCE FOR THE NORTHEAST AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. WITH AROUND 2,000J/KG OF CAPE AND 25-30KTS OF 0-6KM SHEAR...ANY STORM THAT DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE STRONG/LOW END SEVERE. BY SAT MORNING THE BULK OF THE PRECIP WILL BE SE OF THE FORECAST AREA. UPPER RIDGING WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD OVER THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES/DESERT SW AS SOME UPPER ENERGY DIVES OUT OF THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND RETROGRADES SLIGHTLY INTO EASTERN OK. THIS IMPULSE IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY INTO THE START OF THE WORK WEEK WITH ANY RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FEATURE STAYING SOUTHEAST OF THE AREA. A WARMING TREND WILL COMMENCE SUNDAY AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE START OF THE WORK WEEK. 850MB TEMPS SUPPORT HIGHS IN THE MID 90S AREA WIDE BY MON WITH SOME UPPER 90S EVEN POSSIBLE OVER CENTRAL KS. .LONG TERM...(TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY) ISSUED AT 253 PM CDT FRI AUG 28 2015 THE MAIN THEME THROUGH THESE EXTENDED PERIODS WILL BE FOR ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS AND DRY CONDITIONS. BY TUE A SLOW MOVING UPPER TROUGH WILL BE COMING ON SHORE OVER THE PACIFIC NW WITH SURFACE LEE TROUGHING SLOWLY STRENGTHENING. 850MB TEMPS WOULD CONTINUE TO SUPPORT ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS WITH HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S. GOOD MODEL AGREEMENT WITH THE UPPER TROUGH REMAINING ANCHORED OVER THE NW FOR MID/LATE WEEK WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO PROMOTE A WARMING TREND AND WITH WARMING MID LEVEL TEMPS...PRECIP CHANCES WILL REMAIN LOW. LAWSON && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z SATURDAY EVENING) ISSUED AT 628 PM CDT FRI AUG 28 2015 WIDELY SCATTERED CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALONG A COLD FRONT AS IT MOVES SOUTHEAST ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS TONIGHT. MOST OF THIS ACTIVITY WILL BE PRIOR TO MIDNIGHT WITH A FEW SHOWERS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. OTHERWISE NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE FRONT...SPREADING FROM CENTRAL INTO SOUTHEAST KANSAS BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. SOME STRATOCU IS EXPECTED BEHIND THE FRONT ON SATURDAY WHICH MAY BE ENHANCED WITH DIURNAL HEATING. KED && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WICHITA-KICT 67 86 64 88 / 20 10 0 10 HUTCHINSON 64 86 62 89 / 10 0 0 0 NEWTON 64 85 62 88 / 20 10 0 0 ELDORADO 65 86 63 90 / 20 10 10 10 WINFIELD-KWLD 67 87 65 89 / 20 10 10 10 RUSSELL 63 89 62 92 / 10 0 0 0 GREAT BEND 63 89 62 92 / 10 0 0 0 SALINA 63 88 62 91 / 10 0 0 0 MCPHERSON 64 85 62 89 / 10 0 0 0 COFFEYVILLE 67 85 65 88 / 30 10 10 10 CHANUTE 66 85 64 87 / 30 10 10 10 IOLA 65 84 64 87 / 40 10 10 10 PARSONS-KPPF 67 85 65 88 / 30 10 10 10 && .ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 343 PM CDT FRI AUG 28 2015 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-291000- 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- 343 PM CDT FRI AUG 28 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT ALONG A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT...MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE KANSAS TURNPIKE. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND WINDS TO 60 MPH...WITH THE HIGHEST CHANCE OF SEVERE STORMS ALONG AND NORTH OF AN EL DORADO TO CHANUTE LINE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT DUE TO THE ISOLATED NATURE OF THE THREATS. && FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION...SEE OUR WEBPAGE AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/WICHITA/HWO/ LAWSON
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
441 PM CDT FRI AUG 28 2015
KSZ052-053-282230-
CHASE KS-MARION KS-
441 PM CDT FRI AUG 28 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
CENTRAL CHASE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
EAST CENTRAL MARION COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 530 PM CDT
* AT 440 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF FLORENCE...
MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF DIMES...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COTTONWOOD FALLS...STRONG CITY...FLORENCE...BAZAAR...ELMDALE...
CEDAR POINT AND TALLGRASS PRAIRIE PRESERVE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE.
&&
LAT...LON 3825 9705 3835 9687 3847 9680 3848 9644
3823 9644
TIME...MOT...LOC 2140Z 265DEG 23KT 3835 9681
KETCHAMSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
536 PM CDT FRI AUG 28 2015
KSZ053-069-282315-
CHASE KS-BUTLER KS-
536 PM CDT FRI AUG 28 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
SOUTHERN CHASE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
NORTHEASTERN BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 615 PM CDT
* AT 533 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF BURNS...OR 9
MILES SOUTHEAST OF FLORENCE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF DIMES...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CASSODAY...MATFIELD GREEN...CEDAR POINT AND WONSEVU.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 3824 9638 3809 9651 3808 9652 3807 9652
3793 9664 3808 9685 3809 9685 3809 9684
3832 9684
TIME...MOT...LOC 2233Z 286DEG 18KT 3818 9677
KETCHAMSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 631 PM CDT FRI AUG 28 2015 KSZ069-290030- BUTLER KS- 631 PM CDT FRI AUG 28 2015 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... NORTHWESTERN BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 730 PM CDT * AT 630 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR POTWIN...OR 9 MILES EAST OF WHITEWATER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF DIMES...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... EL DORADO...POTWIN...CASSODAY...EL DORADO LAKE AND EL DORADO AIRPORT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE. && LAT...LON 3792 9713 3808 9706 3808 9659 3775 9680 TIME...MOT...LOC 2330Z 300DEG 16KT 3798 9697 KETCHAM
The Wichita radar (KICT), 38 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:41 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
An off duty weather service employee reported a very weak landspout in open country. The width of the landspout was 40 yards.
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