Kansas storm..Rest of week's weather

Well not much is going on in our area, so I want to talk about a severe thunderstorm in southern Kansas, just south of Wichita. Take a look at the current warnings for the south Kansas area.



Cowell County, Kansas, just southeast of Wichita is under a Tornado Warning. It is very hard to see the tornado warned area as it is hidden within the darker red box. This dark red box is a Flash Flood Warning as this storm is just sitting there dumping rain.

Here is what the NWS is saying about the flooding rain.

AT 959 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TOINDICATE A SLOW MOVING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINOVER THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL RATES OF 2 INCHES PERHOUR WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM COULD PRODUCE OVER 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN A SHORT TIME. FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT!

As you can see, there is a Severe Thunderstom Warning (in the pink), so more storm are possible. Other than a possible tornado indicated by dopplar radar, the main threat is flooding out of this storm.

Now lets look back up to our area for Wednesday's weather...High pressure is settling in and it is going to pretty warm if not hot. Highs Wednesday should top out on either side of 90 degrees. We will have to watch for thunderstorms late Wednesday as storms in Nebraska may make a run toward us, especially northern Missouri. It will be even hotter on Thursday with highs in the low to mid 90's. Another cold front will arrive sometime on Friday and there is a chance of some severe weather. I am not expecting anything like last night's MCS, but a slight risk exists.

Ill update the blog tomorrow on the warm up.

Alex Pickman