A line of severe thunderstorms came through central Kansas during the evening of the 7th and into the early morning hours of the 8th. This thunderstorm complex continued into southeast Kansas as well during the early morning of the 8th.
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The episode as NWS ICT wrote it up.
A line of severe thunderstorms came through central Kansas during the evening of the 7th and into the early morning hours of the 8th. This thunderstorm complex continued into southeast Kansas as well during the early morning of the 8th. Winds up to 81 mph were recorded. Additionally, there were numerous reports of tree damage across Russell, Lincoln, Marion and Saline counties.
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 Jun 7, 5:47 PM CST, 2 hours 43 minutes earlier. Its key messages:
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Wichita KS 647 PM CDT Fri Jun 7 2024 ...Updated Aviation Discussion... .KEY MESSAGES... - Evening/overnight storm chances, especially across eastern KS. MCS expected to come off the High Plains Sat and affect much of the area Sat night. - Cooler for the Sun-Tue time frame. && .DISCUSSION... Issued at 250 PM CDT Fri Jun 7 2024 Currently have upper ridging from West TX into NM with an upper low over central Saskatchewan with west/northwest flow aloft over the Plains. Water vapor imagery also shows some upper energy moving into the Great Basin. At the surface, lee troughing is continuing to intensify with high pressure over the Lower Mississippi Valley. Showers and a few storms tracked out of southwest KS this morning in an area of 700mb warm advection and continue to linger across east-central KS this afternoon. Additional storms are expected late this afternoon from southeast CO into southwest KS in a hot and highly mixed environment. However, the bigger show tonight will for storms to develop over central Nebraska and expand into an MCS as they track off to the southeast early this evening. This activity will be aided by strong 850-700mb moisture transport which will be focused into northeast/eastern KS. Will be plenty of elevated instability and deep layer shear for severe storms. Still thinking that our northeast fringes will have the best chance to be impacted, generally in a line along and northeast of Salina to Chanute. The main limited factor for activity further southwest will be the very warm mid level temps which should also limit eastward progression of activity that develops over southwest KS this afternoon. By 12z Sat, majority of the activity will be affecting MO and northern AR. Cold front, reinforced by outflow, will push south on Sat, and by the late afternoon hours will be situated from southern MO generally across or just south of the KS/OK border. Confidence is increasing that convection will develop over the High Plains of eastern CO/far western KS Sat afternoon in a great upslope setup. This activity will then track southeast through the evening and overnight hours, affecting at least the southern half of our forecast area. Even though complex of storms will be north of the front, still looks to be plenty instability for large hail Sat night and great directional shear between 850-500mb. In addition, PW values are expected to be around 175% of normal Sat night so high rainfall rates and pockets of flooding will also be possible. Some lingering showers and storms will be possible across far southern and southeast KS Sun morning but by the late morning hours the majority of the activity will be moving off into southern MO/eastern OK. Once convection moves off Sunday morning, the rest of the day is expected to be dry with cooler temps as the front pushes back to the south of the forecast area. Confidence in precip chances drops off considerably starting Mon and continuing through at least Tue. The GFS slowly lifts some weak upper energy out of NM and across south central KS Mon morning into the afternoon/evening hours. Meanwhile the ECMWF is slower with this upper feature and tracks it across the OK/KS border on Tue into Tue evening. So for now will not hit the pops too hard for Mon- Tue until models come into better agreement. While precip chances are in question for the start of next week, confidence is high that we will see below normal temps for the Sun-Tue time frame with highs generally in the mid and upper 70s. Cool down will be short lived with a return to above normal temps for Wed and Thu. && .AVIATION /00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z SUNDAY/... Issued at 639 PM CDT Fri Jun 7 2024 A bit of a complicated and uncertain forecast will highlight the first 12 hours of the TAF period with strong to severe storms possible across central Kansas tonight. Currently, all TAF sites are VFR, but after 02Z, strong to severe storms will approach the I-70 corridor, and it appears as though KRSL and KSLN will have the best chances at seeing storms this evening into tonight (primarily before 06Z). Further south, warm mid-level temperatures should prevent intense storms, but a few showers and isolated storms will still be possible, although it will be a low chance (under 20%). After 06Z, attention will turn towards southeast Kansas for strong to severe storms activity, potentially impacting KCNU after 08Z or so. A cold front will also accompany these storms, and surface winds will shift from southerly to northerly tonight into Saturday morning. LLWS prior to, and just after, frontal passage will also be possible for a brief period of time as the front sweeps through the area. After about 12-15Z, VFR conditions should return across the entire area with light winds out of the north and northeast. && .ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && DISCUSSION...RBL AVIATION...JC
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Wichita KS 404 PM CDT Fri Jun 7 2024 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-080915- 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- 404 PM CDT Fri Jun 7 2024 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of Central Kansas, South Central Kansas and Southeast Kansas. .DAY ONE...Tonight Storms will be likely this evening and overnight across northern and eastern Kansas. Locations generally along and northeast of Salina to El Dorado to Chanute line will have the best chance to see storms. Damaging straight-line winds and hail up to half dollar size will be the main threats. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday Another round of thunderstorms is expected Saturday evening and overnight across the region. Once again, large hail, damaging winds, and heavy rainfall will accompany the strongest activity. Non-severe showers and thunderstorms may linger over mainly southern and southeast Kansas Sunday morning. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed this evening. && For a graphical version of this information, see our webpage at: https://www.weather.gov/erh/ghwo?wfo=ict
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 159 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:29 UTC.
20 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Emergency manager reported tree limbs and power lines down.
Russell Municipal Airport measured a 74 mph wind gust.
Russell Municipal Airport measured an 81 mph wind gust.
Bunker Hill Mesonet station measured a 72 mph gust.
Trained spotter estimated winds over 80 mph in Ellsworth. Large tree limbs were down. Law enforcement reported power outages in Ellsworth.
Report from a home weather station.
Russell Municipal Airport ASOS wind gust of 59 mph.
Emergency manager reports power lines down.
Kansas State mesonet site. Winds associated with outflow winds.
Social media report of a 74mph wind gust about two miles east of the Salina Municipal Airport.
Wind gust reported via social media. Time is estimated by radar.
Estimated wind gust from NWS employee.
Emergency call center reports trees down.
Emergency manager had a measured wind gust of 59.7 (60 mph) in Marion.
There was a report of rain blowing sideways with visibility less than 300 feet.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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