July 31st Damaging Storms with Wind in Central Kansas
Published 2024-08-03
Damaging thunderstorms winds moved across north central Kansas during the evening of July 31st.
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Damaging thunderstorms winds moved across north central Kansas during the evening of July 31st.
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Extreme instability developed across the region on July 11 with MLCape values exceeding 6000 J/KG. This extreme instability was paired with anomalously strong mid and upper level NW flow resulting in severe storms that produced very large hail, some exceeding 3 inches in diameter and numerous reports of damaging winds across southeast Kansas on the afternoon and evening of July 11, 2020.
A higher end severe weather event impacts portions of central and south-central Kansas during the afternoon and early evening hours of June 21, 2020. Notable reports include widespread wind damage across the town of Great Bend, wind gusts to 80 mph, as well as hail up to around baseball size.
A rare high wind event, by June's standards, impacted portions of central and south-central Kansas June 9-10, 2020. High wind events aren't unheard of in June, but they are typically associated with thunderstorms. What made this event more rare is that it was not associated with any thunderstorm activity. It was driven by an unusually strong upper level storm system for the time of year.
A stalled frontal boundary was draped across the region on Tuesday ahead of an approaching storm system. Widespread showers and thunderstorms with very heavy rainfall developed across the area once again. These storms inundated areas that were already saturated resulting in widespread flooding across south central Kansas.
The threat for severe storms will shift eastward into the Flint Hills and southeast Kansas this afternoon.
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