Wichita, Kansas
Weather Forecast Office
Overview
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			 A few storms developed during the early evening hours of April 11th along a line of deeper moisture that was lifting north. The strongest storm tracked over Marion county, where up to baseball size hail was reported in the town of Marion. Additional severe storms producing large hail tracked through Topeka about an hour after the storms hit Marion county.  | 
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Photos & Video
| Wichita radar animation | Visible satellite animation showing the intense storm over Marion county along with another severe storm heading toward Topeka. | 
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| Radar image of large hail producing supercell near Marion around 6:30pm | 3-D radar image of the same storm showing its core extend to above 40,000 feet. | 
			
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| View from Harvey county | View from Hutchinson | 
Environment
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Near-storm environment summary.
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| Visible/IR satellite sandwich product | Low level water vapor imagery | 
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