Gusty winds after a frontal passage across the region produced widespread wind gusts between 40 and 55 mph. The highest wind gust was at Russell Municipal Airport where ASOS measured a 60 mph wind gust.
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Gusty winds after a frontal passage across the region produced widespread wind gusts between 40 and 55 mph. The highest wind gust was at Russell Municipal Airport where ASOS measured a 60 mph wind gust.
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 13, 5:36 AM CST, 5 hours 49 minutes earlier. Its key messages:
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Wichita KS 536 AM CST Wed Nov 13 2024 .KEY MESSAGES... - Showers lingering early this morning in southeast Kansas. - Mild and dry Thursday through Saturday - Another round of beneficial precipitation late Sunday into Monday. && .DISCUSSION... Issued at 122 AM CST Wed Nov 13 2024 A mid/upper trough over northeast Colorado is progged to move eastward along the I-80 corridor before emerging over the Middle Mississippi Valley area tonight. Showers and thunderstorms have already developed along the pacific front and this activity will sweep eastward through the early morning hours likely clearing our southeast KS counties by 15-16Z. Breezy west and northwest winds will follow the frontal passage with some 40kt wind gusts possible in our central Kansas counties. Wind speeds should begin to diminish after 20Z. Seasonable temperatures are anticipated today with highs near 60. Light winds, clear conditions and dry air will allow seasonable temperatures tonight with lows in the 30s. Thu-Sat...moderating temperatures are anticipated through the period as an upper level ridge impacts the area bringing rising heights/increasing thickness. Highs in the low to mid 60s are anticipated on Thu with upper 60s/near 70 expected by Sat. Sun-Tue...Another vigorous mid/upper trough is progged to dig into the Southwest/Northern Mexico before emerging over the Southern Rockies late in the weekend and finally impacting the Southern and Central Plains early in the week. This system is progged to lift negatively tilted across the area on Monday bringing another round of beneficial precipitation to the area. Much cooler air will arrive in the wake of this system with below average temperatures likely as we move towards the middle of the week. && .AVIATION /12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z THURSDAY/... Issued at 533 AM CST Wed Nov 13 2024 Scattered showers and thunderstorms will impact southeast Kansas this morning before diminishing from west to east. Some MVFR cigs this morning will gradually mix out with VFR anticipated for all but far eastern Kansas where some uncertainty remains. Gusty northwest winds with gusts around 40 kts will be possible in central KS early this afternoon before winds gradually diminish thereafter becoming light and westerly tonight. && .FIRE WEATHER... Issued at 122 AM CST Wed Nov 13 2024 Gusty northwest winds will combine with relative humidity in the 35 percent range driving the grassland fire danger into the very high category for both Russell and Barton counties this afternoon. && .ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && DISCUSSION...MWM AVIATION...MWM FIRE WEATHER...MWM
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Wichita KS 758 AM CST Wed Nov 13 2024 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-141400- 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- 758 AM CST Wed Nov 13 2024 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of Central Kansas, South Central Kansas and Southeast Kansas. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Lingering thunderstorms will exit far southeast Kansas by late morning. The storms are not expected to be strong or severe. Stronger northwest winds from late morning through the afternoon may result in periods of very high grassland fire danger for parts of central Kansas. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday A chance for showers and thunderstorms will return to the area on Sunday night into Monday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated today or tonight. && For a graphical version of this information, see our webpage at: https://www.weather.gov/erh/ghwo?wfo=ict
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A wind gust of 60 mph was measured at Russell Municipal Airport.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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