The severe threat may or may not be marginalized by the rain and cloud cover in the morning. Some strong storms have been moving across Kansas in the early morning hours gradually weakening as they did so.
We shall see what the timing and instability shall bring later in the afternoon -- most probably some straight line winds and heavy rain.
00:42 -- I had to work, but when I could get a chance, I got screen shots of what was happening around Wichita tonight. There were incredible reports of 6 to 7 inch hail in Wichita, as well as many posts on Youtube of baseball and softball sized hail. In Kansas City, there were just thunderstorms after the air had been stabilized from all the rain we had this morning.
The storms quickly went sever and started rotating vigorously. After hitting Wichita with hail, and tornadoes to the south of Wichita, one cell took aim on Winfield, Kansas, which is worrysome with thousands of people there attending the Walnut Valley Music Festival. I got some incredible screen shots of the hook echo with what looks like a debris cloud. I'm awaiting final reports for the National Weather Service, but there are preliminary reports of damage. A co-worker of my wifes was at the concert. She said that the sirens went off, everyone went under the grand stands and there were a lot of awnings and tents and tree branches blown over everywhere, but concert goers were soon back to enjoying the show.
The storms continued to track southeast into Oklahoma, and kept trying to cycle. The last real effort was over Bartlesville Oklahoma.
Summary from the NWS office in Wichita
Proper credit and attribution has to be given to the National Weather Service office in Wichita Kansas, from where I retrieved these screen grabs...
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/ict/
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00:42 -- I had to work, but when I could get a chance, I got screen shots of what was happening around Wichita tonight. There were incredible reports of 6 to 7 inch hail in Wichita, as well as many posts on Youtube of baseball and softball sized hail. In Kansas City, there were just thunderstorms after the air had been stabilized from all the rain we had this morning.
The storms quickly went sever and started rotating vigorously. After hitting Wichita with hail, and tornadoes to the south of Wichita, one cell took aim on Winfield, Kansas, which is worrysome with thousands of people there attending the Walnut Valley Music Festival. I got some incredible screen shots of the hook echo with what looks like a debris cloud. I'm awaiting final reports for the National Weather Service, but there are preliminary reports of damage. A co-worker of my wifes was at the concert. She said that the sirens went off, everyone went under the grand stands and there were a lot of awnings and tents and tree branches blown over everywhere, but concert goers were soon back to enjoying the show.
The storms continued to track southeast into Oklahoma, and kept trying to cycle. The last real effort was over Bartlesville Oklahoma.
Summary from the NWS office in Wichita
Proper credit and attribution has to be given to the National Weather Service office in Wichita Kansas, from where I retrieved these screen grabs...
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/ict/
Watch live video from stevosvoboda on Justin.tv
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