Severe to extreme drought conditions across portions of central and south central Kansas during the month of June, 2018. But welcome rainfall during the middle and towards the end of the month, actually helped with drought conditions across portions of central Kansas.
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The episode as NWS ICT wrote it up.
Severe to extreme drought conditions across portions of central and south central Kansas during the month of June, 2018. But welcome rainfall during the middle and towards the end of the month, actually helped with drought conditions across portions of central Kansas. Some areas of central Kansas actually received enough rainfall to drop out of a severe drought. The areas still in extreme drought were located along the Little Arkansas River basin from McPherson to Newton to Wichita.
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 May 31, 11:02 PM CST, 58 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Wichita KS 1202 AM CDT Fri Jun 1 2018 .SHORT TERM...(This evening through Sunday night) Issued at 321 PM CDT Thu May 31 2018 Trailing frontal boundary may spark an isolated thunderstorm across far southeast KS before 7 PM, although suspect best chances will remain just southeast of the area across southern MO and northeast OK. Attention then turns to dangerous heat potential Friday. Increasing atmospheric thickness will support forecast high temperatures well into the 90s for most areas. Additionally, increasing southeasterly flow will advect 70+ dewpoints northeastward across the area, with evapotranspiration from recent rains likely contributing to the high dewpoints. This will all support afternoon through early evening heat indices exceeding 100 degrees, with 105+ degree heat indices across mainly south- central/southeast KS. Consequently, issued a heat advisory Friday afternoon. Thinking greatest thunderstorm chances Friday late afternoon through night will be across far northern KS and NE, as stout shortwave energy approaching from the southwest interacts with a very unstable airmass in vicinity of a dryline/cold front approaching from the west/northwest. Severe weather is likely given the strong buoyancy/shear combination along with strong forcing. Given expected storm propagation into a strong low-level jet, some of this activity could conceivably trickle as far south as the I-70 corridor before midnight, and into portions of east- central and southeast KS after midnight. Further south, lack of large scale forcing and increasing convective inhibition should prevent activity building into southern KS. A cool down back to seasonable temperatures is expected for the weekend, as a strong cold front drives south across the area Saturday. Forecast highs will be in the 80s to low 90s, although the biggest change will be much lower dewpoints. .LONG TERM...(Monday through Thursday) Issued at 321 PM CDT Thu May 31 2018 Model consensus suggests thunderstorm chances arriving Monday- Tuesday, as shortwave energy currently off the coast of Baja tops the ridge and approaches from the northwest. At this point it appears instability will be marginal for severe weather. An overall warming trend back into the 90s is expected mid to late next week, as an upper ridge builds back in from the west. && .AVIATION...(For the 06Z TAFS through 06Z Friday night) Issued at 1202 AM CDT Fri Jun 2 2018 Have been watching band of TSRA that has been occurring across SW MO to almost as far W as KJLN. Since ~03Z the TSRA have shown no signs of expanding into far SE KS so for now have kept VCTS out of KCNU. Winds that are SE 5-10kts in most areas will increase markedly Fri morning with sustained 17-22kts likely across C & SC KS by 18Z where ~25kt gusts would occur throughout the afternoon. A few TSRA may spread SE to as far as I-70 ~03Z as a cold front approaches, but since this is near the end of the 01/06Z TAF cycle have left out of the KSLN & KRSL terminals. Wouldn't be surprised to VCTS or even TSRA mentioned in TAFs issued from 18Z onward. All areas will maintain VFR status thru late Fri eve. && .CLIMATE... Issued at 321 PM CDT Thu May 31 2018 May 2018 will likely be in the top 3 warmest for many sites across the region. Wichita will either be #1 or #2 warmest. Additionally, long range outlooks issued by the Climate Prediction Center support continued above normal temperatures through at least the first few weeks of June. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Wichita-KICT 69 96 71 90 / 0 0 0 0 Hutchinson 67 96 69 88 / 0 0 10 0 Newton 68 94 69 88 / 0 0 10 10 ElDorado 69 93 71 88 / 0 0 10 10 Winfield-KWLD 70 95 72 90 / 0 0 0 0 Russell 65 97 66 85 / 0 0 10 0 Great Bend 66 97 66 85 / 0 0 10 0 Salina 67 98 69 88 / 0 10 20 10 McPherson 67 96 68 87 / 0 0 10 0 Coffeyville 70 94 73 92 / 0 0 10 10 Chanute 69 93 72 90 / 0 0 20 10 Iola 69 93 72 89 / 0 0 20 10 Parsons-KPPF 70 93 73 91 / 0 0 10 10 && .ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Heat Advisory from 1 PM to 7 PM CDT Friday for KSZ069-082-083- 091>094-098>100. && SHORT TERM...ADK LONG TERM...ADK AVIATION...EPS CLIMATE...ADK
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Wichita KS 420 PM CDT Thu May 31 2018 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-012130- 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- 420 PM CDT Thu May 31 2018 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of Central Kansas, South Central Kansas and Southeast Kansas. .DAY ONE...Tonight The Saline River near Russell has fallen below flood stage, and waters will continue to subside tonight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday Dangerous heat indices ranging from around 100 to 108 degrees will impact the region Friday, highest across south-central and southeast Kansas from late morning through the early evening hours. Scattered strong to severe storms will impact portions of far northern Kansas and Nebraska Friday late afternoon and night. Some of this activity could possibly reach as far south as the I-70 corridor before midnight, and as far southeast as east-central Kansas after midnight. Another round or two of showers and thunderstorm may impact the region sometime Monday through early Tuesday. The risk for organized severe storms appears low at this time. .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/
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
16 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Extreme drought conditions persisted over the northwest portions of county. But welcome rainfall during the end of the month actually improved the drought to severe for southeast portions of the county by the end of the month.
Extreme drought conditions persisted over entire county during the month of June 2018. Welcome rainfall did occur by the end of the month which actually improved the drought some by the end of the month.
Extreme drought conditions persisted over entire county during the month of June 2018. Welcome rainfall did occur by the end of the month which actually improved the drought some by the end of the month.
Extreme drought conditions persisted over entire county during the month of June 2018. Welcome rainfall did occur by the end of the month, which actually improved the drought some by the end of the month.
Severe to extreme drought conditions persisted over the entire county during the month of June 2018. Welcome rainfall did occur by the end of the month which actually improved the drought in western sections of the county by the end of the month.
Severe to extreme drought conditions persisted over the entire county for the early portions of June 2018. But welcome rainfall during the middle and end of the month improved drought conditions considerably by the end of the month.
Severe drought conditions persisted over the entire county for the month of June 2018.
Severe drought conditions persisted over the entire county for the month of June 2018.
Severe drought conditions persisted over the entire county for the month of June 2018.
Severe drought conditions persisted over the entire county for the month of June 2018.
Severe drought conditions were over the entire county for the early portion of the month, but welcome rainfall during the middle and end of the month improved the drought conditions considerably by the end of the month.
Severe drought conditions were over the entire county for the early portion of the month, but welcome rainfall during the middle and end of the month improved the drought conditions considerably by the end of the month.
Severe drought conditions were over the entire county for the early portion of the month, but welcome rainfall during the middle and end of the month improved the drought conditions considerably by the end of the month.
Severe drought conditions persisted over the entire county for the month of June 2018.
Severe drought conditions persisted over the northwest portions of the county during the month of June 2018.
Severe drought conditions persisted over the northwest portions of the county during the month of June 2018.
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, June 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: 766510, 766511, 766512, 766513, 766514, 766515, 766516, 766517, 766518, 766519, 766520, 766521, 766522, 766523, 766524, 766525.