Late during the night and very early morning from the 28th to the 29th, an isolated severe thunderstorm struck Chautauqua County where a 77-mph gust was measured in Cedar Vale.
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Late during the night and very early morning from the 28th to the 29th, an isolated severe thunderstorm struck Chautauqua County where a 77-mph gust was measured in Cedar Vale.
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 Apr 28, 11:06 PM CST, 2 hours 29 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1206 AM CDT FRI APR 29 2016 .UPDATE... ISSUED AT 927 PM CDT THU APR 28 2016 AREAS OF SHOWERS & ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE SPREADING NE FROM TX & OK PANHANDLES ACROSS NW OK TO SW KS. AT 9 PM CDT THE NE LEADING EDGE HAD REACHED PRATT...SW KINGMAN & THE BARBER/HARPER CO LINE. THE MODEST CONVECTION IS BEING SUSTAINED BY INCREASING ISENTROPIC ASCENT IN THE 300-315K LAYER BEING INDUCED BY A MID-UPPER DECK LOW CENTERED OVER THE SE UT/NE AZ BORDER THAT IS DRIFTING S-L-O-W-L-Y TOWARD THE 4 CORNERS. RAINFALLS IN AREAS W OF I-35/I-135 WILL NOT EXCEED 0.10 INCH THRU MID-NIGHT. && .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT) ISSUED AT 241 PM CDT THU APR 28 2016 A STRONG UPPER TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE FROM THE SOUTHWESTERN STATES INTO THE FOUR CORNERS REGION OVERNIGHT. UPPER-LEVEL DIFFLUENCE WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT AHEAD OF THE UPPER SYSTEM...IN CONJUNCTION WITH SOUTHEASTERLY 850 MB MOISTURE TRANSPORT...AND ISENTROPIC LIFT IN THE 300-305K LAYER. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDER LATER TONIGHT (MAINLY OVER CENTRAL/SOUTH- CENTRAL KANSAS). INSTABILITY IS PROGGED TO BE MARGINAL WITH LIGHTER RAIN AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THE UPPER TROUGH WILL EJECT OUT ACROSS THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN PLAINS FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT...WHILE TAKING ON A NEGATIVE-TILT. ELEVATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY ACROSS MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA FRIDAY...TO THE NORTH OF A WARM FRONT WHICH MAY LIFT AS FAR NORTH AS I-40 OR SLIGHT FURTHER NORTH IN OKLAHOMA. THE HIGH STORM CHANCES WILL BE IN RESPONSE TO INCREASED 850 MOISTURE TRANSPORT AND UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE JUST AHEAD OF THE UPPER TROUGH. THE SYSTEM LOOKS TO OCCLUDE FRIDAY NIGHT...WITH SLIGHTLY RICHER BOUNDARY LAYER DEWPOINTS SPREADING NORTHWARD INTO FAR SOUTHERN/EASTERN PORTIONS OF KANSAS. MUCAPES OF 1000-2000 J/KG ARE PROGGED OVER SOUTH-CENTRAL/SOUTHEAST KS...USING A BLEND OF THE GFS/NAM-WRF MODELS...WITH VERY HIGH CLOUD-BEARING SHEAR OF 45-70 KNOTS. WILL CONTINUE WITH MENTION OF LARGE HAIL POSSIBLE OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...ALTHOUGH LEFT MOVING SUPERCELLS MOVING NORTHWARD OUT OF OKLAHOMA FRIDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING COULD PRODUCE VERY LARGE HAIL >2 INCH DIAMETER VERY CLOSE TO THE OKLAHOMA BORDER. THE STRONG MID-UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN AND SHEAR EASTWARD THIS WEEKEND. HAVE MAINTAINED LOW PROBABILITIES (20-30%) OF SHOWERS...ISOLATED THUNDER FOR MAINLY WRAP-AROUND MOISTURE UNDERNEATH THE UPPER TROUGH/MID-LEVEL COLD POCKET. COOLER AIR WILL SPREAD SOUTHWARD INTO THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY AS WINDS BECOME NORTHERLY. EXPECTING 1 TO 2 INCH WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM...WITH THE BULK OF THE HEAVIER RAIN OCCURRING FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. THIS IS SOME POSSIBILITY A FLOOD WATCH MAY BE NEEDED ALTHOUGH OUR FORECAST AREA IS NOT OUTLOOKED FOR EXCESSIVE RAINFALL AT THIS TIME. .LONG TERM...(MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY) ISSUED AT 241 PM CDT THU APR 28 2016 AN UPPER TROUGH OVER THE SOUTHWEST ON SUNDAY...IS PROGGED TO WEAKEN AS IT EJECTS OUT OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS EARLY IN THE WEEK. THIS FEATURE COULD PRODUCE SMALL CHANCES FOR LIGHT SHOWERS EARLY IN THE WEEK...WITH DRY WEATHER ANTICIPATED FOR WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY. COOLER THAN SEASONAL TEMPERATURES EARLY IN THE WEEK...ARE EXPECTED TO CLIMB TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE SEASONAL AVERAGES BY WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z FRIDAY NIGHT) ISSUED AT 1205 AM CDT FRI APR 29 2016 AREAS OF -RA WL CONT TO SPREAD NE ACRS PRIMARILY SC KS THE REST OF THE NGT. IN MOST AREAS VSBYS WOULD REMAIN VFR...ALTHO 3-5SM VSBYS WOULD BE PSBL WHERE MODERATE RA OCCURS. CIGS ACRS ALL AREAS WOULD QUICKLY DROP INTO "LOW-END" MVFR COUNTRY W/ CNTRL & SC KS TERMINALS LKLY TO DROP INTO THIS CATEGORY ~09Z. IFR CIGS ARE LKLY AT KGBD & KRSL ~12Z. TS WOULD BE NO GREATER THAN ISOLD & AS SUCH TSRA HAS BEEN LEFT OUT OF ALL TERMINALS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WICHITA-KICT 53 67 53 71 / 50 80 80 10 HUTCHINSON 50 62 49 67 / 80 80 80 20 NEWTON 50 65 53 68 / 60 70 80 20 ELDORADO 52 67 54 70 / 30 70 80 20 WINFIELD-KWLD 54 70 54 73 / 40 80 80 10 RUSSELL 44 54 43 61 / 70 80 90 40 GREAT BEND 45 57 44 63 / 80 80 80 20 SALINA 46 60 50 66 / 80 70 80 40 MCPHERSON 49 62 50 66 / 80 70 80 20 COFFEYVILLE 53 71 59 75 / 30 70 80 20 CHANUTE 51 69 59 72 / 20 50 80 30 IOLA 50 68 59 72 / 20 50 80 30 PARSONS-KPPF 53 70 59 74 / 20 60 80 20 && .ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && UPDATE...EPS SHORT TERM...JMC LONG TERM...JMC AVIATION...EPS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 331 PM CDT THU APR 28 2016 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-292045- 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- 331 PM CDT THU APR 28 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS... EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT MINOR FLOODING WILL PERSIST ALONG THE NEOSHO RIVER IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST FLOOD WARNING STATEMENTS FOR THE MOST UP TO DATE INFORMATION. CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN TO THE FORECAST LATE TONIGHT. STRONG OR SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT...WHICH COULD CAUSE MORE FLOODING CONCERNS. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME POSSIBLE LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY NIGHT. THE SEVERE THREAT WILL BE MAINLY OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...ESPECIALLY CLOSER TO THE OKLAHOMA BORDER...WHERE HAIL OF QUARTER TO GOLFBALL SIZE IS POSSIBLE. RIVER FLOODING ON THE NEOSHO IS FORECAST TO PERSIST INTO SATURDAY. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY LINGER OVER THE WEEKEND...HOWEVER STRONG OR SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. .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/
The Wichita radar (KICT), 103 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:34 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A trained spotter measured the 77-mph gust on a home weather station. The time is estimated from radar. No damage was reported.
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