Strong winds occurred in Russell County with the airport reporting gusts around 60 mph during the morning hours.
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Strong winds occurred in Russell County with the airport reporting gusts around 60 mph during the morning hours.
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 Oct 13, 5:16 AM CST, 3 hours 34 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Wichita KS 616 AM CDT Fri Oct 13 2023 .SHORT TERM...(Today through Sunday night) Issued at 214 AM CDT Fri Oct 13 2023 A robust mid/upper trough was moving slowly eastward across the Central and Northern Plains early this morning. The dry slot has rotated into central KS with much of the precipitation remaining well north and east of the forecast area. We may still see some widely scattered showers and storms along and ahead of the frontal boundary early in the period. As the pbl begins to mix, we expect to see strong and gusty northwest winds develop in the wake of the frontal boundary. Initially, strong H85 cold air advection will be juxtaposed with steep low level lapse rates and large 6 hr pressure rises in the wake of the front helping to mix down 35 to 45 mph winds, possibly higher at times. A wind advisory remains in effect today for all but far southeast KS today. Below normal temperatures will prevail today with highs struggling to climb out of the 50s along the I-70 corridor in central KS. With breezy northwest winds prevailing tonight we may remain too mixy to see lows fall into the 30s and values were trended upward only slightly across our central KS counties as we continue to see some low level cold air advection. Sat-Sun...We continue to see mean mid/upper troughing across the Great Lakes and Northeast through the period keeping a northerly flow across the Central Plains. This is expected to result in below normal temperatures through the period with highs around 60. The best chance for more widespread frost may arrive Sunday night/Monday morning as high pressure settles across the area bringing light winds and clearing conditions. Another round of frost may be possible early on Tue morning across much of the area. .LONG TERM...(Monday through Thursday) Issued at 214 AM CDT Fri Oct 13 2023 Dry and cool weather will prevail at the start of the period as a pronounced northwest flow aloft keeps a cooler airmass over Central PLains. Shortwave ridging will arrive late Tuesday ahead of the next storm system expected to impact the region towards the middle of the week. We continue to see some uncertainty in phase/amplitude of the mid-week system leading to uncertainty in how widespread the precipitation will be and how long it will linger across the region. && .AVIATION...(For the 12Z TAFS through 12Z Saturday morning) Issued at 609 AM CDT Fri Oct 13 2023 Primarily VFR conditions are expected for this TAF period but winds are expected to be very gusty. All terminals will be out of the west and northwest with winds of 15kts to 30kt sustained and gusts into the 40kt range. KRSL, KGBD and KSLN are the most likely terminals to see the higher winds this afternoon. Additionally, expecting MVFR CIGs at these same terminals today as well. Expect the lower clouds to come in around 17Z to 19Z with some clearing expected toward 00Z to 02Z. && .FIRE WEATHER... Issued at 214 AM CDT Fri Oct 13 2023 Gusty northwest winds will drive the grassland fire danger index into the very high category today for areas generally west of a line from Yates Center to Coffeyville. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Wichita-KICT 62 45 61 44 / 0 0 0 0 Hutchinson 60 43 59 42 / 0 0 0 0 Newton 60 45 58 44 / 0 0 0 0 ElDorado 63 45 59 44 / 0 0 0 0 Winfield-KWLD 66 45 64 44 / 0 0 0 0 Russell 57 42 57 39 / 0 0 0 0 Great Bend 57 41 57 39 / 0 0 0 0 Salina 59 46 58 43 / 0 0 0 0 McPherson 59 43 58 42 / 0 0 0 0 Coffeyville 69 47 63 47 / 50 0 0 0 Chanute 67 47 60 47 / 30 0 0 0 Iola 67 48 59 46 / 30 0 0 0 Parsons-KPPF 69 47 62 47 / 60 0 0 0 && .ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Wind Advisory until 7 PM CDT this evening for KSZ032-033-047-048- 050-067. Wind Advisory until 7 PM CDT this evening for KSZ049-051>053- 068>070-082-083-091>094. && SHORT TERM...MWM LONG TERM...MWM AVIATION...Metzger FIRE WEATHER...MWM
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Wichita KS 432 AM CDT Fri Oct 13 2023 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-140945- 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- 432 AM CDT Fri Oct 13 2023 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of Central Kansas, South Central Kansas and Southeast Kansas. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Strong northwest winds at 30 to 35 mph with gusts to around 50 mph will impact much of the area today. This will result in a very high fire danger and outdoor burning should be avoided. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday Frost is possible Monday morning and again on Tuesday morning across much of the area. A few thunderstorms may develop across southeast Kansas Wednesday night. Strong or severe storms are not expected at this time. .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.
Russell Airport measured wind gusts of 55 to 62 mph during the morning hours.
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