A strong storm produced strong winds, hail, and some flooding at many locations across the area.
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The episode as NWS ICT wrote it up.
A strong storm produced strong winds, hail, and some flooding at many locations across the area.
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 13, 1:47 PM CST, 3 hours 17 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Wichita KS 247 PM CDT Tue Jun 13 2017 .SHORT TERM...(This evening through Friday night) Issued at 240 PM CDT Tue Jun 13 2017 An upper low over Montana this afternoon will lift northeastward across the northern Plains tonight into Wednesday. The trailing end of the upper trough axis will move eastward across Kansas tonight into Wednesday morning. Low-level winds will back in the warm sector, with increased convergence along the dryline extending from central Kansas to the Texas Panhandle late this afternoon and evening, despite the dryline retreating slightly westward this evening. Weakening inhibition, combined with lift from the approaching upper trough and dryline convergence, should allow fairly isolated storms to develop near the western fringes of the forecast area by early this evening. A small cluster or two may evolve overnight, aided by upper-level diffluent flow and a strengthened low-level jet. Not expected widespread storm coverage. Any isolated storms early on could be supercells given very strong instability and moderately strong shear. A few reports of large hail and severe wind gusts will be possible, with fairly high LCL's. As the upper low lifts into Canada on Wednesday, the trailing frontal boundary is progged to stretch from northeast Kansas to south-central Kansas, to northwest Oklahoma. Strong insolation and rich Gulf moisture along/south of the front will lead to very strong to extreme diurnal instability, with cap strength weakening from northeast to southwest along the front in the afternoon. Weak frontal convergence with some increased diffluent upper flow may allow a cluster or two of storms to initiate southwestward along the front in the pm/eve hours. Primarily, a multicell storm mode seems favored with localized severe winds/hail possible. Moderate west-northwesterly flow aloft is indicated Thursday into Friday, with a lingering frontal/outflow/dryline intersection in the Kansas region. Rich, Gulf moisture/instability will persist in the warm sector with above normal temperatures, and continued periodic chances for strong-severe storms over central/eastern Kansas. Heat indices of 100-104 degrees are possible both afternoons. .LONG TERM...(Saturday through Tuesday) Issued at 240 PM CDT Tue Jun 13 2017 The GFS and ECMWF continue to indicate a shortwave trough amplifying as it moves across the northern Plains/Upper Mississippi Valley into the Great Lakes over the upcoming weekend. This pushes a cold front southward through the forecast area Saturday night, with an accompanying chance of thunderstorms. A return to more seasonal temperatures is indicated behind the front from Sunday into early next week. && .AVIATION...(For the 18Z TAFS through 18Z Wednesday afternoon) Issued at 1228 PM CDT Tue Jun 13 2017 VFR weather will prevail through this period. Strong south winds will continue to howl at all taf sites with gusts into the middle 30s and all sites except KCNU. A dry line is present to the west of the forecast area and will advect eastward this afternoon before retreating west this evening. There is a slight chance for storms at KRSL and KGBD early this evening due to the dryline proximity. However, it is quite possible that the strong cap will remain in place and inhibit storm development. Cumulus clouds are developing which implies rising air and instability, so you will need to monitor the verticality of the cumulus clouds to gauge thunderstorm potential as the dry line approaches. The winds at KRSL will swing around to the NW tomorrow with boundary passage. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Wichita-KICT 73 93 71 96 / 30 20 20 20 Hutchinson 71 93 68 97 / 30 10 10 20 Newton 71 92 70 95 / 30 20 10 30 ElDorado 72 92 70 94 / 20 30 30 20 Winfield-KWLD 74 93 71 95 / 20 30 30 20 Russell 68 92 65 97 / 30 0 0 30 Great Bend 68 92 65 98 / 30 0 0 20 Salina 72 94 68 97 / 30 10 10 40 McPherson 71 93 68 97 / 30 10 10 30 Coffeyville 75 89 71 92 / 10 20 30 20 Chanute 74 88 71 92 / 20 30 40 20 Iola 74 88 70 93 / 20 40 40 20 Parsons-KPPF 75 89 71 92 / 10 30 30 20 && .ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && SHORT TERM...JMC LONG TERM...JMC AVIATION...CWH
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Wichita KS 331 PM CDT Tue Jun 13 2017 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-142045- 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 Tue Jun 13 2017 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of Central Kansas, South Central Kansas and Southeast Kansas. .DAY ONE...Late this afternoon and Tonight Heat indices will again be close to 100 degrees across much of central and south central Kansas until early this evening. Isolated thunderstorms are expected to develop between 4 and 6 pm across west-central Kansas, with a slow eastward track this evening. Locations generally along and west of Highway 14 will have the best chance to experience a severe storm this evening. Hail to the size of golf balls and 65 mph winds will be possible with any storm that can develop early this evening. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday A few storms will be possible mainly Wednesday afternoon and evening, for areas near and southeast of the Kansas Turnpike. Hail up to golf ball size and damaging downburst winds will be possible with the strongest storms. Chances for scattered storms will remain in the forecast for Thursday through Saturday night. Any storms that develop during this time frame will have a good chance to become severe with large hail and damaging winds being the main threats. Heat indices of 100 to 104 are possible across much of the area during the afternoon and early evening hours both Thursday and Friday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... A few storm spotters may be needed this evening, generally along and to the west of Highway 14. && For a graphical version of this information, see our webpage at: http://weather.gov/wichita/hwo/
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 158 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:03 UTC.
12 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Two semi tractor trailers were blown over west of town on interstate 70.
Three to four in diameter tree limbs were blown out of trees.
Just north of Sylvan Grove on Highway 14.
This report is courtesy KFDI radio.
Report from Twitter on social media.
Minor street flooding is also noted.
Several roads along highway K15 north of 47th street have water over them.
Minor street flooding across the city was reported.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kansas in 2017Every state in 2017This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, June 2017
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: 707630, 707632, 707618, 707631, 707633, 707619, 707620, 707621, 707622, 707623, 707624, 707625, 707626, 707627, 707628, 707629, 707616, 707617.