A couple isolated severe storms produced up to 60-mph wind gusts in Kingman and Rice Counties the night of May 29. No damage was reported from these storms.
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A couple isolated severe storms produced up to 60-mph wind gusts in Kingman and Rice Counties the night of May 29. No damage was reported from these storms.
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 May 29, 4:48 PM CST, 1 hour 22 minutes earlier. Its key messages:
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Wichita KS 548 PM CDT Fri May 29 2026 ...Updated Aviation Discussion... .KEY MESSAGES... - Daily rain and storm chances over the next week - A few severe thunderstorms are possible this evening and again on Saturday afternoon/evening - Slightly above normal temperatures over the next week with highs in the middle 80s to lower 90s && .DISCUSSION... Issued at 213 PM CDT Fri May 29 2026 Currently, the cutoff low is being lifted over the Rockies by a trough off the Pacific Coast with upper level southwesterly flow over the Plains. A shortwave trough remains extended across the Central Plains, leading to cloud cover and a few spotty showers moving northeast over the area this morning. At the surface, a weak low pressure is situated over the High Plains. The shortwave and corresponding surface low will lift a weak frontal boundary/dryline from the Panhandles into the central portions of the state by this evening. This will be the focus of potential storm development for this afternoon/evening. Sufficient instability and decent 0-3km shear will support a few stronger to marginally severe storms that will develop initially to our southwest this afternoon and then move into the forecast area by this evening. Currently have POPs increasing for our western counties beginning at 00Z. The strongest storms will be capable of baseline severe threats with 60 mph gusts and quarter size hail, primarily for our south-central into central Kansas counties. Activity will remain progressive, and severity will diminish between 03-06Z, but spotty showers and isolated thunderstorms will remain possible for much of the area through the early morning hours. As we move into Saturday, a few showers and thunderstorms will linger across eastern Kansas in the morning hours. By Saturday afternoon, the western trough will push into the High Plains and the surface low will linger in the lee of the Rockies, pushing a sharpening dryline from western into central Kansas during the afternoon into evening hours. Ample instability (3500-4000 J/kg MLCAPE) and deep shear (30 kts) will make the most of a relatively uncapped environment leading to another day of potential severe development. Strong winds and large hail would be the primary threats with the strongest storms, though a brief tornado or two cannot be ruled out. Initial discrete cells will merge into a broken line that will quickly move northeast across the area, with storms shifting out of the area by 06Z. As the upper level and lee surface trough slowly move over the High Plains into Sunday morning, a few widely scattered showers could linger, especially over northern and eastern portions of the forecast area through the morning hours. Then for Sunday afternoon and into early next week, a mid/upper level ridge will begin to build in over the region. This will lead to not only increasing temps (upper 80s, lower 90s), but also a less supportive environment for more potent convection due to subsidence. But given the buoyant lower-level airmass, some diurnally driven showers and storms could develop each afternoon/evening. Confidence remains low on exact location and intensity of any convection for Sunday afternoon through Thursday. && .AVIATION /00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z SUNDAY/... Issued at 547 PM CDT Fri May 29 2026 VFR conditions are largely expected to prevail at all sites through the end of the period. Scattered showers and thunderstorms are possible at all sites, particularly in the evening hours prior to 06Z in central and south central KS. Given the hit-or-miss nature of these, decided to cover with a PROB30 for this cycle and will AMD as trends in radar and models become available. Appears showers may linger behind this activity through the overnight hours with a gradual eastward shift. Otherwise, look for relatively light SE winds tonight before SSE winds in the 12-15 kt range pick up by mid morning at most sites. && .ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && DISCUSSION...AMD AVIATION...JWK
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Wichita KS 221 PM CDT Fri May 29 2026 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-301930- 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- 221 PM CDT Fri May 29 2026 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of central Kansas, east central Kansas, south central Kansas and southeast Kansas. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight Thunderstorms will impact portions central and south central Kansas this evening into tonight. These thunderstorms may become severe with large hail near quarter size and wind gusts near 60 mph. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday Scattered thunderstorms are possible Saturday afternoon into Saturday night. The strongest thunderstorms may produce hail up to golf ball size and damaging winds up to 70 mph. Additional thunderstorms are possible Sunday through Thursday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated this afternoon or tonight. && For a graphical version of this information, see our webpage at: https://www.weather.gov/erh/ghwo?wfo=ict
The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 84 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:12 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
There was a brief gust up to 60 mph with little to no rain from the outflow of a nearby thunderstorm.
Wind gusts were estimated to be up to 60 mph.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 1336551, 1336552.