Scattered strong to severe storms produced strong wind gusts that produced damage across portions of southern and southeastern Kansas during the afternoon and evening hours of September 19th. While the highest recorded wind gust was 62 mph, damage in certain areas suggest wind gusts up to 80 mph occurred.
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The episode as NWS ICT wrote it up.
Scattered strong to severe storms produced strong wind gusts that produced damage across portions of southern and southeastern Kansas during the afternoon and evening hours of September 19th. While the highest recorded wind gust was 62 mph, damage in certain areas suggest wind gusts up to 80 mph occurred. The damage included snapped power poles and a camper being blown off of a road.
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 Sep 19, 1:17 PM CST, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier. Its key messages:
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Wichita KS 217 PM CDT Thu Sep 19 2024 .KEY MESSAGES... - Storms still expected this evening across the Flint Hills into southeast KS with a few strong/severe storms possible. - Above normal temps once again forecast for Friday with highs in the upper 90s to around 100 across south central and southeast KS. - Increasing shower/storm chances for the weekend with the Sat night-Sun time frame looking like that best chance for most of the area to get wet. && .DISCUSSION... Issued at 216 PM CDT Thu Sep 19 2024 Water vapor imagery currently shows a shortwave impulse tracking across southern Manitoba with another upper low about to come onshore over Southern CA. At the surface, cold front extends from eastern Nebraska into central KS. A few storms developed early this afternoon across southeast KS in an area of strong mid level moisture transport with this activity about to move out of the forecast area. Still looking for additional development by early this evening along the cold front/trough with current thinking that the initial development maybe over north central OK. Any storm that develops southeast of the KS Turnpike will have a good chance to be severe given 2,000-2,500J/KG of CAPE and effective deep shear of 35-40kts. For Fri into Fri evening, West Coast upper low will track from Southern CA into the Desert Southwest. In response we will get back into some return flow across the area on Fri as what is left of the cold front washes out. Confidence in storm chances is very low for Fri. There will be plenty of instability by the afternoon but surface convergence and especially upper support isn't that great. At this time, feel the better storm chances will be Fri night across mainly eastern KS where 850-700mb moisture transport will be maximized. By Sat afternoon, there is good model agreement in the upper low tracking over the Four Corners region and across the Central Rockies Sat night. At the same time a stationary front will stretch from Eastern Nebraska into northwest KS. Still looking for the most widespread shower and storm activity Sat-Sat evening to be tied to the front with this feature expected to move through the forecast area from early Sun morning through early Sun evening. Feel that this is when most of our forecast area will get wet with this system. By Mon morning the upper impulse will be tracking into IA with cold front exiting the forecast area. Still looking for highs in the 70s for both Mon and Tue with a gradual warm-up as we head into the end of next week. && .AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z FRIDAY/... Issued at 1226 PM CDT Thu Sep 19 2024 Widely scattered showers/storms expected along a surface trof/dry-line front this afternoon through early this evening across southeast Kansas. Localized IFR/MVFR vsbys can be expected in heavy rain with storms along with strong, possibly severe wind gusts and hail. Otherwise, VFR conditions expected with a wind shift associated with the passage of the boundary. KED && .ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && DISCUSSION...RBL AVIATION...KED
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Wichita KS 357 PM CDT Thu Sep 19 2024 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-201615- 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- 357 PM CDT Thu Sep 19 2024 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of Central Kansas, South Central Kansas and Southeast Kansas. .DAY ONE...Tonight A few severe thunderstorms will be possible this evening for locations along and especially east of the Kansas Turnpike. The stronger storms will be capable of half dollar size hail along with 60 mph downburst winds. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday A few storms will be possible Friday evening across mainly central and eastern Kansas. A few strong storms will be possible with this activity. Storm chances will increase as we head into late Saturday afternoon and will remain fairly high through Sunday. Strong to marginally severe storms will be possible along with locally heavy rainfall. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated tonight. && For a graphical version of this information, see our webpage at: https://www.weather.gov/erh/ghwo?wfo=ict
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
402 PM CDT Thu Sep 19 2024
KSZ093-192200-
Cowley KS-
402 PM CDT Thu Sep 19 2024
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL COWLEY COUNTY THROUGH
500 PM CDT...
At 402 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Winfield, moving east at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Winfield, Burden, Cambridge, and Winfield City Lake.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3717 9704 3729 9711 3745 9670 3719 9660
TIME...MOT...LOC 2102Z 252DEG 23KT 3724 9700
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
BAERGSpecial Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
435 PM CDT Thu Sep 19 2024
KSZ069-093-094-192230-
Butler KS-Cowley KS-Elk KS-
435 PM CDT Thu Sep 19 2024
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT WESTERN ELK...NORTHEASTERN
COWLEY AND SOUTHEASTERN BUTLER COUNTIES THROUGH 530 PM CDT...
At 434 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 6
miles northeast of Burden, or 19 miles northeast of Winfield, moving
east at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Howard, Moline, Grenola, and Cambridge.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3740 9675 3753 9658 3761 9633 3760 9618
3740 9609 3731 9671
TIME...MOT...LOC 2134Z 249DEG 32KT 3738 9667
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
BAERGThe Wichita radar (KICT), 69 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:01 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Multiple power poles were knocked down along 252nd Road between 11th and 31st Streets.
A camper trailer was blown over and off of Highway 166 near the Cowley-Chautauqua county line. Nearby, a video showed a barn was severely damaged along with several power lines and trees snapped or down.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kansas in 2024Every state in 2024This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, September 2024
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1218514, 1218515, 1218517, 1218518.