A strong cold front moved across Kansas producing strong winds at many locations. The strongest was recorded at Russell with a gust of 58 mph.
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A strong cold front moved across Kansas producing strong winds at many locations. The strongest was recorded at Russell with a gust of 58 mph. Other wind gusts were 51 mph near Canton and McPherson, 49 mph at Hutchinson and Jabara airports, and 48 mph at Great Bend, Kingman, and Ellsworth.
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 Nov 8, 5:41 AM CST, 4 hours 3 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Wichita KS 541 AM CST Sun Nov 8 2020 .SHORT TERM...(Today through Tuesday night) Issued at 304 AM CST Sun Nov 8 2020 Wind, wind and more wind. This is the narrative for today and most of Monday. A long wave trough will continue to encroach on the region today with a decent ridge off to the east. This will allow the pressure gradient to remain rather tight keeping the winds howling today. Wind advisory criteria is a very easy decision for today for most of the CWA. Areas to the east of the turnpike are more of a question but breezy conditions are expected none the less. Winds are expected to in the 30-40 mph range in the High Plains this afternoon and in the 25-35 mph range along and north of U.S. 54 and west of the turnpike. Areas on the high plains could see a few wind gusts in the 45 mph range this afternoon. Temperatures will remain on the warm side for today and Monday with the southerly flow however, do not see record highs as the WAA is very weak. Late Monday afternoon and evening, the rain chances will pick up as the front approaches. Moisture transport will continue to feed into the incoming front. By the evening Monday, showers and thunderstorms look likely and most areas of the CWA are likely to get some rain. The short range ensembles show relatively light amounts across the CWA with the heavier amounts more likely to the north and east. This system looks to be very progressive which will keep the the rain amounts down. Behind the front, temperatures will take a significant dive and will likely bring our temperatures down below normal for the rest of the week. Winds behind the front will be breezy at first but will slowly die off as Tuesday morning arrives. Metzger .LONG TERM...(Wednesday through Saturday) Issued at 304 AM CST Sun Nov 8 2020 The extended range will be fairly active and rather cold. Temperatures through the weekend look to remain on the cold side of normal. The long range ensembles indicate a pair of short waves will be pushing through the region. This first short wave will encroach on the region Thursday but will come through dry. Moisture transport just does not have time to set up to aid in precipitation. This short wave will bring another shot of colder air to keep temperatures below normal. Friday evening and Saturday will see the second short wave. Most of the long range ensembles show decent moisture transport staring on Thursday into Saturday. Showers and thunderstorms look to become a strong possibility Friday night and into Saturday as the main upper level support arrives. Unfortunately, the ensembles are divergent with their solutions, especially with intensity. As such, did not stray much of the NBM initialization at this point as there does not seem to be much consensus in this solution. Metzger && .AVIATION...(For the 12Z TAFS through 12Z Monday morning) Issued at 540 AM CST Sun Nov 8 2020 A large area of MVFR/IFR stratus clouds will continue to stream north across the Flint Hills this morning. This expanding areas of clouds will affect the KICT and KCNU taf sites this morning. So will go with an MVFR cig deck for this chance for the morning hours. As the daytime hours progress, think this stratus deck will break up or become scattered, as strong southerly surface winds increase. Windy conditions are expected for most taf locations for the afternoon hours, with some wind gusts to 30 to 40 kts. The stratus deck will redevelop late tonight or early on Mon morning, especially across central and south central KS. Ketcham && .FIRE WEATHER... Issued at 304 AM CST Sun Nov 8 2020 Warm weather and strong winds will bring the grassland fire danger index into the very high category for most of the CWA today. Some areas on the high plains are likely to reach critical levels for a few hours this afternoon. Due to increasing dew point temperatures, it does not appear most areas will reach critical grassland fire danger categories today and areas that do will only achieve this . for a few short hours. As such, a red flag warning does not look warranted. Metzger && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Wichita-KICT 75 62 74 40 / 0 0 10 60 Hutchinson 74 60 72 36 / 0 10 10 60 Newton 72 60 72 37 / 0 0 10 60 ElDorado 73 62 73 42 / 0 0 10 60 Winfield-KWLD 74 62 73 44 / 0 0 10 60 Russell 74 60 72 30 / 0 20 20 50 Great Bend 74 59 72 31 / 0 10 20 50 Salina 74 60 73 35 / 0 10 20 70 McPherson 73 60 72 35 / 0 10 20 70 Coffeyville 76 63 75 53 / 0 0 10 70 Chanute 74 63 74 50 / 0 0 10 70 Iola 75 63 74 49 / 0 0 10 70 Parsons-KPPF 75 63 75 51 / 0 0 10 70 && .ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Wind Advisory until 6 PM CST this evening for KSZ032-033-047>052- 067>069-082-083. && SHORT TERM...ELM LONG TERM...ELM AVIATION...Ketcham FIRE WEATHER...ELM
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Wichita KS 343 AM CST Sun Nov 8 2020 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-090945- 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- 343 AM CST Sun Nov 8 2020 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of Central Kansas, South Central Kansas and Southeast Kansas. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Strong and gusty winds are expected for most of the day today. Highest winds will be along and north of Highway 54 and west of the turnpike. A wind advisory is in effect for today. See the latest bulletin for details. Very high fire danger is expected today for the region. The highest values will be in Ellsworth, Russell and Barton counties where critical fire danger is expected for a few hours this afternoon. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday Very high grassland fire danger is forecast on Monday for all but extreme southeast Kansas. Strong winds are forecast on Monday during the morning and afternoon,with sustained winds around 25 mph and gusts up to 35 mph. A few thunderstorms are possible from Monday afternoon through Tuesday morning. Organized severe thunderstorms are not anticipated, although isolated small hail and gusty winds are possible Monday afternoon and evening. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated today or tonight. && For a graphical version of this information, see our webpage at: https://weather.gov/crh/ghwo?sid=ict
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Official NWS measurement at Russell Municipal Airport.
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