Storm Impacting the Northwest U.S.; Fire Weather Conditions in Southern California; Severe Weather in the South

A Pacific storm is bringing areas of low elevation rain, moderate to heavy mountain snow, and high winds to the Northwest. Strong Santa Ana winds and very dry conditions are producing elevated to critical fire weather conditions in southern California. Isolated strong to severe thunderstorms are possible through early Wednesday morning across parts of northeast Texas into western Tennessee. Read More >

Overview

Storms developed over far northwest Kansas during the late afternoon hours of Sunday April 28th. These storms tracked east as the evening hours approached, making it into central Kansas by around 10 pm. Hail up to the size of baseballs were reported with the stronger storms along with damaging winds. Strong winds over southern Chase county derailed 21 train cars south of Matfield Green. In addition, several power poles were blown down north of Eureka.

Picture taken by Chip Redmond near Larned, KS (@wx_chip)

Photos & Video

Photos & Video


Picture taken by Chip Redmond near Larned, KS	Severe weather reports	Rainfall amounts from this event

Impressive hail up to 2.75” 8 miles north of Arlington, KS with the first round of storms tonight at around 12:30 AM. Second round deposited several inches of <1” hail an hour later#kswx #svwx pic.twitter.com/Vx1pjzVTOU — Joseph Miller (@macho_diamond) April 29, 2019	Hail in Haven, Ks#KSwx pic.twitter.com/r3o8XEpT4E — Chief Schaffer Haven PD (@Ofc_SchafferHPD) April 29, 2019	Larger than quarter size hail in be NW Hutchinson, KS #KSwx @NWSWichita pic.twitter.com/vEKrr0cZTE — Kellie Swain (@KellieS23) April 29, 2019
Approximately Ping Pong size, West side of Hutchinson, fell in the last 3 minutes. No Power. #kswx @NWSWichita pic.twitter.com/ezTuGNc797 — Elliott Swain (@ElliottTSwain) April 29, 2019	#BNSF spokesperson tells me high, straight line winds caused 21 out of 107 cars to derail, near Matfield Green, around 3:40am. Train was coming from KC and headed to Texas. Cars had mixed freight (didn’t have hazmat). No injuries. Expect the rail to open again tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/kMBa7namuX — Lily Wu KAKE News (@KansasLily) April 29, 2019	Wind damage from the storm this morning north of Eureka Airport #kswx pic.twitter.com/OrVarhRPTI — Greenwood County Emergency Management (@gwcountyem) April 29, 2019

Radar


Radar image of the storm that produced baseball size hail in Reno county	3-D radar image showing the 60+ dbz core reaching over 30,000 ft	Another 3-D image of the storm showing it's top around 50,000ft