Large hail and strong winds moved across southern KS on the 10th causing isolated damage.
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Large hail and strong winds moved across southern KS on the 10th causing isolated damage.
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 10, 12:08 PM CST, 2 hours 2 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Wichita KS 108 PM CDT Sat Jul 10 2021 .SHORT TERM...(This evening through Monday night) Issued at 106 PM CDT Sat Jul 10 2021 Water vapor imagery shows shortwave diving southeast across Nebraska into northern KS with a broad area of upper ridging over the Desert Southwest. Mid level theta-e advection has allowed convection over far southeast KS/sw MO to maintain this morning as it pushes off to the southeast. Early morning convection has made for messy surface features, but it appears the synoptic front stretches from just north of Wichita to north of Emporia. Convection is still expected to develop along the front as it sinks south but still not exactly sure how far south it will make it before storms erupt as there should be some subsidence behind the complex of storms in southern MO. So current thinking is that storms may develop near the KS Turnpike in the 2-4 pm time frame but will not become more widespread until they get south of the Turnpike. Line of storms should remain fairly progressive and be south of the forecast area by the 7-9pm time frame. Models remain consistent with unseasonably strong effective shear in the 40-50kt range with an abundance of instability. So hail to golf ball size and damaging winds remain the main threats. In addition, with PW values around 150% of normal, very high rainfall rates will be likely with the storms with flooding possible. Shortwave trough will sink south tonight and will be situated over northern MO by 12z Sun. Some scattered showers or storms will be possible on the backside of this feature on Sun as the main vort lobe rotates through. One of the bigger changes this forecast package was to increase shower/storm chances Sun. Areas generally east of I-135 will have the better chances to see a shower or storm on Sun. By Mon morning upper trough will extend from eastern IA through the Ozark region with subsidence across the forecast area. Below normal temps are still expected Sun with highs only topping out around 80. Normal highs for this time of year are in the low 90s. By Mon we will be back to the mid and upper 80s across the region. .LONG TERM...(Wednesday through Saturday) Issued at 106 PM CDT Sat Jul 10 2021 Still good model agreement on another shortwave moving out of the Northern Rockies Tue and across the Northern Plains by Wed morning. Still looking like the bulk of the precip with this feature will remain north of the forecast area. Slow moving front is expected to try and sink south on Thu and will increase storm chances for the end of the work week. && .AVIATION...(For the 18Z TAFS through 18Z Sunday afternoon) Issued at 1239 PM CDT Sat Jul 10 2021 Challenges: 1) Showers and thunderstorms 2) Cold front timing 3) MVFR ceilings A cold front is positioned from near KPTT to KEWK to Council Grove. Scattered showers and thunderstorms have been around southern Kansas this morning. The battle has been coverage and impact to TAF sites. Convective initiation is anticipated along the front this afternoon, but it is a matter of timing and location. The progress of the front has prompted the removal of any mention for KHUT and KSLN. Given some uncertainty for KICT, vicinity wording with a tempo group was used. Higher confidence exists for KCNU thus the forecast suggests so with a prevailing TSRA. Severe thunderstorms are possible with this afternoon and evening activity with large hail (golf ball sized) and damaging winds (60-70 mph). Again there is uncertainty in the exact timing and location of the severe thunderstorms with the best chances in southeast Kansas. As additional moisture wraps in and the low deepens over Missouri, this will bring in MVFR ceilings to most if not all sites. The western extent is a bit of a question so lower likelihood for KRSL and KGBD. Winds will switch to the north behind the front with speeds around 10-15kts. There is uncertainty with this forecast given the convection potential through the afternoon and early evening. Amendments are likely. Stay tuned for updates. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Wichita-KICT 88 66 81 62 / 30 30 10 0 Hutchinson 90 65 82 60 / 20 20 10 0 Newton 87 65 80 61 / 30 40 10 0 ElDorado 88 65 79 61 / 50 50 20 10 Winfield-KWLD 88 66 81 62 / 50 50 20 0 Russell 87 62 82 58 / 20 10 10 0 Great Bend 88 63 82 59 / 10 10 10 0 Salina 88 65 81 60 / 30 20 10 0 McPherson 88 65 81 59 / 20 20 10 0 Coffeyville 87 66 80 62 / 70 60 30 10 Chanute 86 66 78 62 / 60 60 30 10 Iola 85 66 77 62 / 60 60 40 10 Parsons-KPPF 87 66 79 62 / 70 60 30 10 && .ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && SHORT TERM...RBL LONG TERM...RBL AVIATION...VJP
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Wichita KS 239 PM CDT Sat Jul 10 2021 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-111545- 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- 239 PM CDT Sat Jul 10 2021 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of Central Kansas, South Central Kansas and Southeast Kansas. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and Tonight Severe storms will be possible this afternoon and early evening for locations southeast of the Kansas Turnpike. The main hazards will be large hail up to golf ball size and damaging wind gusts to around 65 mph. Some storms will also produce heavy rainfall with a risk for minor lowland flooding. There is also a conditionally low risk for a brief tornado within the first hour or so of storm development this afternoon. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday There is a slight chance for thunderstorms on Sunday for locations east of I-135. They are not expected to be strong or severe. Chances for storms will return again across much of the area from Wednesday through Friday. The risk severe storms during these times is low. .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
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Wichita KS 233 PM CDT Sat Jul 10 2021 KSZ069-070-102000- Butler KS-Greenwood KS- 233 PM CDT Sat Jul 10 2021 The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a * Significant Weather Advisory for... Southeastern Butler County in south central Kansas... Southwestern Greenwood County in southeastern Kansas... * Until 300 PM CDT. * At 231 PM CDT...National Weather Service meteorologists were tracking a strong thunderstorm near El Dorado...moving southeast at 20 mph. * Hail up to the size of dimes...and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this storm. * Locations impacted include... El Dorado, Leon, Rosalia, El Dorado Airport, Beaumont, El Dorado State Park and El Dorado Lake. LAT...LON 3777 9695 3788 9665 3768 9640 3752 9673 TIME...MOT...LOC 1933Z 326DEG 16KT 3778 9677 BUTLER
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Wichita KS 258 PM CDT Sat Jul 10 2021 KSZ069-070-102030- Butler KS-Greenwood KS- 258 PM CDT Sat Jul 10 2021 The National Weather Service in Wichita has issued a * Significant Weather Advisory for... Eastern Butler County in south central Kansas... Southern Greenwood County in southeastern Kansas... * Until 330 PM CDT. * At 256 PM CDT...National Weather Service meteorologists were tracking a strong thunderstorm 9 miles west of Eureka...moving southeast at 15 mph. * Hail up to the size of nickels...and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this storm. * Locations impacted include... Eureka, Eureka City Lake and Eureka Airport. LAT...LON 3784 9661 3796 9644 3783 9608 3768 9640 TIME...MOT...LOC 1958Z 298DEG 15KT 3785 9646 BUTLER
The Wichita radar (KICT), 63 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:07 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A total of four power poles were snapped in half about 3 miles east of Leon on KS 400.
This was an estimated gust reported by the public.
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