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

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.

Large hail in Marion

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Wichita radar animation	Visible satellite animation showing the intense storm over Marion county along with another severe storm heading toward Topeka.


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.

Had an awesome chase today with @nathangwx1 on a storm near Florence Ks! Saw hail up to baseball size at times! @CatTaylorKAKE @KAKEnews @NWSWichita pic.twitter.com/ZYWfgfch72
— Adrian Campa â›ˆ (@adrianc_wx) April 12, 2020

Hail in Marion @KWCH12 @KWCHMichael pic.twitter.com/UWUg8Cge1q
— Kim Dugger Attwater (@kimduggeratt) April 11, 2020

@NWSWichita outside Marion pic.twitter.com/05jjn7fHag
— Shana S Thornhill (@ShanaThornhill) April 11, 2020


View from Harvey county		View from Hutchinson

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Visible/IR satellite sandwich product	Low level water vapor imagery

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

April 11th very large hail!