A severe storm embedded within a larger area of showers and storms produced quarter-sized hail in far southern Butler County late at night on November 19th.
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A severe storm embedded within a larger area of showers and storms produced quarter-sized hail in far southern Butler County late at night on November 19th.
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 19, 11:19 PM CST, 19 minutes earlier. Its key messages:
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Wichita KS 1119 PM CST Wed Nov 19 2025 .KEY MESSAGES... - Showers and storms over mainly southeast KS tonight, with some hail possible from stronger storms. - Widespread rain for Thursday afternoon through Friday for all of the forecast area. - Rain chances return for Sunday evening through Monday. && .DISCUSSION... Issued at 218 PM CST Wed Nov 19 2025 Upper level trough is currently situated over Southern CA with upper ridging across the Mid/Lower Mississippi Valley. Stationary front currently stretches from central AR into southern OK. A lead mid level impulse is generating some light returns across western KS and will likely result in some sprinkles or very light rain across much of central KS late this afternoon and early evening. Still good model agreement that the better 850mb-700mb moisture transport will get going generally after 06z this evening and will allow for showers and storms to develop from eastern OK into southeast KS. Still looking for around 1,000J/KG of CAPE above 850mb with around 30kts of effective shear. This should be enough for the stronger storms to produce some dime to quarter size hail, especially across far southeast KS, mainly after 08z. By 12z Thu, upper trough will extend from central AZ down to western Sonora with a warm front stretching from northeast OK into southwest OK and will be lifting north. Upper trough will rapidly lift northeast during the day Thu and will become more negatively tilted as it progresses northeast. Increased upper diffluence combined with strong mid level theta-e advection will allow a large area of showers and a couple storms to lift north across the entire area on Thu. However, feel that most of the area will remain dry through the morning hours with precip not lifting north across southern KS until the early afternoon and not overspreading central KS until after 21z Thu. This is delayed somewhat from previous model runs. This impulse will start to shear-out as it slides across northern OK/KS for late Thu night through Fri. This will keep high rain chances in place Fri, especially across northern KS. As far as rainfall amounts, we are still looking for a very high chance that all sites see more than a half inch, with a good chance several sites see around or more than an inch through Fri. By 12z Sat, what is left of this wave will be quickly moving into the Ohio Valley, with another deep upper low approaching Northern Baja. Confidence is high that we are looking for dry conditions for Sat with temps a couple degrees above seasonal normals. The GFS is a bit faster with the upper low compared to the ECMWF and would bring-in showers to our western flank faster, by Sun afternoon, while the ECMWF holds off with precip until Sun evening. So at a minimum, the early Sun evening through Mon evening time frame looks wet as the upper low swings through. && .AVIATION /06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z FRIDAY/... Issued at 1114 PM CST Wed Nov 19 2025 Scattered light showers will impact central and south central Kansas early this morning while gradually shifting northeastward with the lead wave. We are still expecting some elevated storms to impact southeast Kansas through the overnight hours. Some of the stronger storms could produce nickel to perhaps quarter sized hail. If we get some breaks in the mid clouds over central KS there is still some concern that IFR/LIFR cigs may develop during the predawn hours possibly impacting the KRSL terminal but higher probabilities for that are expected to remain north and northeast of our area. More widespread showers and storms will arrive as we move into the afternoon hours on Thursday with MVFR gradually deteriorating to IFR late tomorrow or as we move into the evening hours. Light easterly winds are anticipated through the period. && .ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && DISCUSSION...RBL AVIATION...MWM
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Wichita KS 300 PM CST Wed Nov 19 2025 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-201645- 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- 300 PM CST Wed Nov 19 2025 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of Central Kansas, South Central Kansas and Southeast Kansas. .DAY ONE...Tonight Scattered thunderstorms are expected late tonight mainly southeast of the Kansas Turnpike. The strongest storms may produce hail in the dime to quarter size range, although widespread severe weather is not expected. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday Scattered thunderstorms will continue into the morning hours of Thursday across southeast Kansas. Small hail will be possible with the stronger storms. A few storms will be possible Thursday afternoon across southern Kansas. Severe storms are not expected with this activity. .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
The Wichita radar (KICT), 46 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:35 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A spotter reported lots of dime to quarter-sized hail resulting in about one to two inches of hail accumulation.
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