One lone event occurred in far southeast Kansas.
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One lone event occurred in far southeast Kansas.
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 12, 2:04 PM CST, 1 hour 31 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Wichita KS 304 PM CDT Thu Jul 12 2018 .SYNOPSIS... Issued at 256 PM CDT Thu Jul 12 2018 Upper level high pressure was centered over western Illinois this afternoon. A few disturbances continue to ride along the northern extent of the high. This afternoon, Denver cyclone remained in place across the lee of the Rockies while high pressure centered over the Great Lakes extended into the Ozark region. These were working together to continue the stream of Gulf moisture northward into the forecast area. This has effectively pushed heat indices into the 105 degree range for areas along and east of I-135. Regional radar mosaic shows thunderstorms already developing across southeast Kansas. A second area extended from northern Oklahoma into south-central Kansas. && .SHORT TERM...(This evening through Friday night) Issued at 256 PM CDT Thu Jul 12 2018 For this evening, thunderstorms will persist across south-central and southeast Kansas. Shear/buoyancy combinations do not favor storms to be organized, long-lived, or severe. Forecast remains in the persistence realm. That said, the trend of increasing coverage of storms day over day will continue tomorrow as the mid-level instability increases. This is due to the high that is reflected at 500 mb moving slowly off to the east. Shear/buoyancy combinations still favor storms remaining below severe levels. The heat will remain in place through the remainder of the week. See no reason to lower the heat advisory at this time. It will probably be extended by later shifts into Saturday. .LONG TERM...(Monday through Thursday) Issued at 256 PM CDT Thu Jul 12 2018 The weekend and next week continue to present concerns in the areas of temperature and precipitation. There is general model agreement that a surface trough will stall over the forecast area. These models (GEFS/ECMWF/GEM) all show a trend for early next week (Monday night-Wednesday night) being our best chance for convection as an upper level disturbance moves through. Confidence is relatively high regarding this. As it stands now, if we do get storms, they do have the chance to become severe during that time period. After the disturbance passes, the upper level flow pattern looks to shift as ridge building occurs over the western U.S. This will put us into a cooler northwesterly flow pattern with periodic disturbances moving through the region. So the main challenge to get storms then will be moisture, which confidence is low on whether we will see an appreciable amount of that at this time. && .AVIATION...(For the 18Z TAFS through 18Z Friday afternoon) Issued at 1232 PM CDT Thu Jul 12 2018 Isolated SHRA/TSRA this afternoon/evening, otherwise VFR prevails. No real change in the weather pattern is expected through Friday morning across the area. The threat of an isolated TSRA may extend a bit further west today compared to yesterday, perhaps as far as KICT/KHUT. TSRA activity should decrease this evening. That said, a frontal boundary sagging south into Nebraska later tonight/Friday may be close enough to allow a slight increase in the chance of a SHRA or TSRA during that time near KRSL. Overall, confidence in the location of any TSRA is too low to include at most TAF sites. The one exception is KCNU where the best moisture, instability, and residual boundaries from yesterday's TSRA lends somewhat better confidence. - Martin && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Wichita-KICT 75 97 76 97 / 0 10 20 20 Hutchinson 75 97 74 96 / 0 20 30 30 Newton 74 96 75 95 / 0 10 20 30 ElDorado 73 95 75 95 / 10 10 10 20 Winfield-KWLD 74 96 75 96 / 0 10 10 10 Russell 75 97 72 95 / 10 40 50 20 Great Bend 74 96 72 95 / 10 30 40 20 Salina 77 99 75 96 / 0 30 50 30 McPherson 75 97 73 96 / 0 20 40 30 Coffeyville 74 96 75 96 / 10 10 10 10 Chanute 74 95 75 95 / 10 10 10 20 Iola 74 95 75 95 / 10 10 10 20 Parsons-KPPF 74 96 76 96 / 10 10 10 10 && .ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Heat Advisory until 8 PM CDT Friday for KSZ049-051>053-068>072- 083-092>096-098>100. && SYNOPSIS...KRC SHORT TERM...KRC LONG TERM...KRC AVIATION...RM
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Wichita KS 400 PM CDT Thu Jul 12 2018 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-132100- 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- 400 PM CDT Thu Jul 12 2018 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of Central Kansas, South Central Kansas and Southeast Kansas. .DAY ONE...Tonight Heat indices from 100 to 107 are expected early this evening with the highest values expected along and east of the Interstate 135 corridor. Refer to the Heat Advisory statement for additional details. Isolated thunderstorms are possible again this evening across portions of south-central and southeast Kansas. The primary threat will be gusty winds. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday Heat indices from 100 to 107 are expected again on Friday afternoon with the highest values expected along and east of interstate 135. The heat will continue into Saturday. See the latest Heat Advisory for additional information. Scattered afternoon and evening thunderstorms will persist through the weekend. For Monday through Wednesday, the chances for severe weather increase with some confidence in storms being able to produce large hail and damaging wind. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated tonight. && For a graphical version of this information, see our webpage at: http://weather.gov/wichita/hwo/ KRC
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Wichita KS 402 PM CDT THU JUL 12 2018 KSZ095-122130- Wilson KS- 402 PM CDT THU JUL 12 2018 The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a * Significant Weather Advisory for... Southern Wilson County in southeastern Kansas... * Until 430 PM CDT. * At 401 PM CDT...National Weather Service meteorologists were tracking a strong thunderstorm near Altoona, or near Fredonia... moving northwest at 15 mph. wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this storm. * Locations impacted include... Neodesha, Fredonia, Altoona and Benedict. 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 3745 9560 3739 9580 3757 9593 3765 9573 TIME...MOT...LOC 2102Z 154DEG 14KT 3749 9574 LAWSON
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Wichita KS 411 PM CDT THU JUL 12 2018 KSZ100-122145- Labette KS- 411 PM CDT THU JUL 12 2018 The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a * Significant Weather Advisory for... Northern Labette County in southeastern Kansas... * Until 445 PM CDT. * At 407 PM CDT...National Weather Service meteorologists were tracking a strong thunderstorm near Parsons...moving northwest 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... Parsons, Altamont, Mound Valley, Labette, Dennis, Big Hill Lake and Parsons Tri City 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 3734 9512 3716 9520 3720 9551 3738 9551 TIME...MOT...LOC 2111Z 120DEG 20KT 3727 9527 LAWSON
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 115 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:36 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Three telephone poles were blown down along highway 160 and Gray road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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