A couple of isolated wind events occurred across central Kansas.
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The episode as NWS ICT wrote it up.
A couple of isolated wind events occurred across central 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 15, 11:16 AM CST, 1 hour 54 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Wichita KS 1216 PM CDT Sun Jul 15 2018 .SHORT TERM...(Today through Tuesday night) Issued at 257 AM CDT Sun Jul 15 2018 The flow aloft remains rather weak and any isolated or widely scattered storms that manage to develop within the moist plume situated across south central and southeast KS should have a minimal risk of producing severe weather. Locally heavy rain will remain possible given the slow storm motions and high precipitable water content. As we move through the day, the best chance for seeing some widely scattered afternoon and evening storms may be across portions of northern/central Kansas where a channel of low level easterly flow is progged to develop. The airmass is progged to remain weakly capped and we may have enough convergence to see some afternoon storms. A weak LLJ nosing into south central KS may allow some of this activity to fester into the overnight hours. Mon-Tue...Easterly upslope flow is progged to continue on Mon as a frontal boundary meanders over the area. There remains uncertainty in how far south the boundary will move and maintained broad pops across much of the area. Any activity developing across the Central High Plains will likely propagate toward our area as the mean flow becomes more northwesterly and the instability axis is progged to be situated across our forecast area. Northwest mid/upper flow is progged to increase as we move into Tue with continued chances for deep moist convection. It'll be hard to rule out a severe storm or two but confidence in timing and coverage remain rather low at this time. .LONG TERM...(Wednesday through Saturday) Issued at 257 AM CDT Sun Jul 15 2018 A more robust mid/upper trough is progged to impact the area on Wed-Wed night. This system will likely bring a round of severe weather to the region and later forecasts will begin to work out the details. As we move through the remainder of the week, a large mid/upper trough is progged to impact the Great Lakes area while the mid/upper ridge remains anchored over the Southwest States allowing northwest mid/upper flow to prevail across the forecast area. This may leave the door open for some additional thunderstorm activity but confidence in the details remains low at this time. && .AVIATION...(For the 18Z TAFS through 18Z Monday afternoon) Issued at 1211 PM CDT Sun Jul 15 2018 TSRA to impact portions of the area through this evening with gusty winds and reduced VIS. A frontal boundary stretches from NW to SE across central KS early this afternoon. Satellite imagery already shows increasing cumulus development along this boundary, and it is in this area where the greatest risk of TSRA will likely be focused. For now, I have opted to go with VCTS at all TAF sites, but later amendments will likely be needed as storms develop and as confidence in timing/location increases. All TSRA today will be capable of gusty/erratic winds of 30-45kt and reduced VIS due to very heavy rain. A gradual decreasing trend in TSRA is possible overnight, although the threat won't be zero thanks to the boundary remaining in the area. - Martin && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Wichita-KICT 95 73 93 74 / 30 30 30 30 Hutchinson 93 71 91 71 / 30 30 30 40 Newton 93 72 91 71 / 40 30 30 40 ElDorado 93 72 91 71 / 30 30 30 30 Winfield-KWLD 94 73 92 73 / 30 30 30 30 Russell 93 69 89 69 / 50 40 30 60 Great Bend 93 68 89 69 / 30 20 30 50 Salina 95 72 91 71 / 50 40 30 40 McPherson 92 70 90 71 / 40 40 30 40 Coffeyville 94 74 93 73 / 30 40 30 30 Chanute 94 73 91 71 / 30 30 30 10 Iola 93 73 91 71 / 40 40 30 10 Parsons-KPPF 94 74 92 73 / 30 30 30 20 && .ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && SHORT TERM...MWM LONG TERM...MWM AVIATION...RM
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Wichita KS 730 AM CDT Sun Jul 15 2018 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-161230- 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- 730 AM CDT Sun Jul 15 2018 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of Central Kansas, South Central Kansas and Southeast Kansas. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Heat indices will climb into the 100 to 105 degree range across the area this afternoon. Scattered thunderstorms are possible across much of the area this afternoon. The strongest thunderstorms would be capable of producing heavy rain and some winds to around 50 mph. Thunderstorms may linger this evening and overnight with locally heavy rains being the primary threat. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday The threat of thunderstorms will exist each day through at least Thursday. Heavy rain, isolated instances of flooding, and strong winds around 60 mph are possible with the strongest activity. The potential of severe thunderstorms may increase across the area Wednesday and Wednesday night. Dangerous heat indices around 100 may return to the area toward the end of the week. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated today or 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 PM CDT SUN JUL 15 2018 KSZ032-033-048-151930- Ellsworth KS-Russell KS-Lincoln KS- 205 PM CDT SUN JUL 15 2018 The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a * Significant Weather Advisory for... Northern Ellsworth County in central Kansas... East central Russell County in central Kansas... Southwestern Lincoln County in central Kansas... * Until 230 PM CDT. * At 201 PM CDT...National Weather Service Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm with locally heavy rainfall near Sylvan Grove, or 10 miles northeast of Wilson...moving northeast at 10 mph. wind gusts up to 55 mph will be possible with this storm. * Locations impacted include... Lucas, Sylvan Grove, Wilson Lake and Wilson State Park. 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. Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. && LAT...LON 3897 9815 3881 9838 3898 9865 3915 9844 TIME...MOT...LOC 1904Z 212DEG 9KT 3897 9839 Martin
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 146 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:06 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Lincoln county Sheriff reported a shed had been blown over with some damaged power lines in the area. The report was relayed via via NWS Topeka.
Several trees and power lines were blown down in the city of Lindsborg. In addition, a garage door was partially damaged.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kansas in 2018Every state in 2018This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, July 2018
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: 772219, 772221.