A cluster of storms moved across portions of Central KS, producing a very limited amount of severe weather in the form of wind and hail.
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The episode as NWS ICT wrote it up.
A cluster of storms moved across portions of Central KS, producing a very limited amount of severe weather in the form of wind and hail.
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 14, 11:21 PM CST, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1221 AM CDT WED JUL 15 2015 ...UPDATED FOR 06Z AVIATION DISCUSSION... .SYNOPSIS... ISSUED AT 151 PM CDT TUE JUL 14 2015 THE FORECAST AREA REMAINS ON THE NORTHERN PERIPHERY OF THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE WHERE THE STRONGER WESTERLIES/PLUME OF TROPICAL MOISTURE REMAINS INTACT. && .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY) ISSUED AT 151 PM CDT TUE JUL 14 2015 THE AIRMASS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING AS LOW LEVEL SOUTHEAST WINDS ADVECT LOWER 70 DEWPOINT TEMPERATURES BACK INTO MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KS IN THE WAKE OF THE MORNING MCS. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WITHIN THE STRONGER LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE NEAR THE SFC TROUGH OVER THE HIGH PLAINS LATE THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING AND PROPAGATE EASTWARD TOWARD THE INSTABILITY AXIS ACROSS CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS TONIGHT POTENTIALLY IMPACTING SOUTHEAST KANSAS LATE TONIGHT. MAINTAINED THE HIGHEST POPS ACROSS CENTRAL KS WHERE THE BETTER MOISTURE TRANSPORT IS PROGGED BUT THE ACTIVITY MAY PROPAGATE FURTHER SOUTH AND EAST ALONG THE EASTERN PERIPHERY OF THE MID LVL THERMAL RIDGE SIMILAR TO THE PREVIOUS NIGHT AND MAINTAINED SOME LOW POPS ACROSS SOUTHEAST KS TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS SCENARIO. THE DIFFUSE SYNOPTIC BOUNDARY IS PROGGED TO MEANDER OVER CENTRAL/NORTHERN KS AGAIN ON WED AND WED EVENING AND MAY PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR DEEP MOIST CONVECTION ONCE AGAIN AS A MORE ROBUST SHORTWAVE TROUGH LIFTS OVER THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS. CONFIDENCE ON WHERE THE BOUNDARY IS DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS REMAINS QUITE LOW BUT MAINTAINED WIDELY SCATTERED POPS WEIGHTED ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA OVER CENTRAL KS THROUGH WED NIGHT. FURTHER SOUTH...INCREASING CINH SHOULD LIMIT STORM COVERAGE. HEAT INDICES MAY CLIMB INTO THE 100-103 RANGE ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. THU-FRI...MAINTAINED LOW POPS ACROSS CENTRAL/PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL KS ON THURSDAY ALONG A DIFFUSE SFC TROUGH AXIS ALTHOUGH LARGE-SCALE FORCING FOR SUBSIDENCE IS EXPECTED IN THE WAKE OF SHORTWAVE TROUGH. AN ISOLATED/WIDELY SCATTERED DIURNAL STORM WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING PEAK HEATING POSSIBLY LINGERING INTO THE EVENING HOURS. MOST HEAT INDICES ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 100-105 DEGREES SO A HEADLINE IS NOT PLANNED AT THIS TIME. HEAT INDICES ON FRIDAY MAY APPROACH ADVISORY CRITERIA ONCE AGAIN WITH VALUES FORECAST IN THE 103-107 DEGREE RANGE. MAINTAINED DRY WEATHER CONDITIONS ON FRIDAY BUT THE PATTERN REMAINS FAIRLY UNCHANGED AND AN ISOLATED DIURNALLY DRIVEN STORM WILL BE HARD TO RULE OUT. .LONG TERM...(SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY) ISSUED AT 151 PM CDT TUE JUL 14 2015 THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE IS PROGGED TO REMAIN ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS STATES AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PERIOD KEEPING THE CENTRAL PLAINS REGION ON THE SOUTHERN PERIPHERY OF THE STRONGER FLOW/TROPICAL PLUME. A SUBTLE SHIFT NORTH/SOUTH WOULD DECREASE/INCREASE OUR STORM COVERAGE. THE ECMWF BREAKS THE MID/UPPER RIDGE DOWN ON SUNDAY AS A VIGOROUS TROUGH TRANSLATES EASTWARD ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS STATES WHILE THE GFS SOLUTION IS SLOWER...NOT BREAKING DOWN THE RIDGE UNTIL MONDAY. EITHER WAY...HIGHER PROBABILITIES FOR DEEP MOIST CONVECTION ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE FROPA WITH A RETURN TO MORE SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES TOWARD THE END OF THE PERIOD. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z WEDNESDAY NIGHT) ISSUED AT 1222 AM CDT WED JUL 15 2015 LINE OF (+)TSRA MOVG ENE~25KTS ACRS WRN KS SHOULD ARRIVE KRSL & KSLN ~09Z. POSSESS SUFFICIENT CONFIDENCE TO ASSIGN "TEMPO VRB25G35KT 3SM TSRA" TO BOTH TERMINALS FROM 07Z-09Z AT KRSL & 09Z-11Z AT KSLN. BE LOOKING FOR UPDATES ON THESE FACETS OF THE FCST AS THESE PERIODS DRAW NEARER. AS A "LEAD" MID-LVL SHORTWAVE SCOOTS NE FROM WRN KS TO THE NC KS/SC NEBRASKA BORDER THIS MRNG A STATIONARY FRONT DRAPED IN AN E-W MANNER CLOSE TO I-70 WOULD UNDERGO WARM FRONTOGENESIS 12Z-15Z WITH THE FRONT POSSIBLY REACHING THE KS/NEBRASKA EARLY THIS AFTN. PER THESE REASONS HAVE LIMITED "VCTS/TSRA" ASSIGNMENT TO THE KRSL & KSLN TERMINALS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WICHITA-KICT 75 97 75 98 / 10 10 20 10 HUTCHINSON 75 99 75 100 / 10 20 20 10 NEWTON 75 97 75 98 / 10 10 20 10 ELDORADO 75 95 75 96 / 10 10 20 10 WINFIELD-KWLD 75 96 75 97 / 10 0 20 10 RUSSELL 72 96 72 100 / 50 30 20 10 GREAT BEND 73 97 73 100 / 40 20 20 10 SALINA 74 101 75 102 / 40 20 20 10 MCPHERSON 74 98 75 99 / 20 20 20 10 COFFEYVILLE 75 94 75 95 / 10 10 10 10 CHANUTE 74 92 75 93 / 10 10 20 10 IOLA 74 92 75 93 / 10 10 30 10 PARSONS-KPPF 75 93 75 94 / 10 10 20 10 && .ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 840 PM CDT TUE JUL 14 2015 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-160145- 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- 840 PM CDT TUE JUL 14 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT WIDELY SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER PRIMARILY CENTRAL KANSAS. HAIL AS LARGE AS GOLFBALLS...60 TO 70 MPH WINDS...AND TORRENTIAL RAINS ARE ALL POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY HEAT INDICES FROM 100 TO 105 ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH SUNDAY. HIT OR MISS THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL REMAIN IN THE FORECAST THROUGH MUCH OF THE UPCOMING WEEK...MAINLY DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL CLOSE TO ONE INCH DIAMETER AND WINDS AROUND 55 MPH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TONIGHT. && FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION...SEE OUR WEBPAGE AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/WICHITA/HWO/
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
205 AM CDT WED JUL 15 2015
KSZ032-047-150745-
RUSSELL KS-BARTON KS-
205 AM CDT WED JUL 15 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
WESTERN RUSSELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
NORTHWESTERN BARTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 245 AM CDT
* AT 200 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF CODELL TO NEAR SCHOENCHEN...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE
WITH THESE STORMS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RUSSELL...GORHAM...MILBERGER...PARADISE...GALATIA...WALDO AND
RUSSELL AIRPORT.
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 3913 9904 3913 9880 3862 9880 3862 9903
3872 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 0700Z 255DEG 26KT 3913 9927 3872 9926
ESSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 252 AM CDT WED JUL 15 2015 KSZ032-150830- RUSSELL KS- 252 AM CDT WED JUL 15 2015 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... RUSSELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 330 AM CDT * AT 248 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER RUSSELL...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. HAIL THE SIZE OF DIMES AND 40 TO 50 MPH GUSTS ARE BOTH POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RUSSELL...LUCAS...DORRANCE...BUNKER HILL...WILSON STATE PARK... WILSON LAKE AND RUSSELL AIRPORT. 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 3911 9849 3879 9849 3875 9897 3899 9904 TIME...MOT...LOC 0748Z 259DEG 35KT 3890 9882 ES
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 304 AM CDT WED JUL 15 2015 KSZ033-150900- LINCOLN KS- 304 AM CDT WED JUL 15 2015 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... LINCOLN COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 400 AM CDT * AT 304 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LUCAS...OR 14 MILES NORTH OF WILSON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF DIMES...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LINCOLN...SYLVAN GROVE...BEVERLY...BARNARD...ASH GROVE AND WESTFALL. 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. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS...SHOULD THE RISK FOR MINOR LOW-LAND FLOODING BECOME MORE IMMINENT. && LAT...LON 3922 9793 3887 9793 3887 9848 3922 9849 TIME...MOT...LOC 0804Z 257DEG 28KT 3904 9848 JAKUB
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 159 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:04 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Wind was measured at the NWS observing site at Russell Airport.
Wind gust was estimated by a trained storm spotter.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kansas in 2015Every state in 2015This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, July 2015
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: 596870, 596871, 596872.