July 28th straight-line winds & large hail...

Overview

Storms developed during the late afternoon hours of July 28th and tracked southeast through the evening hours. These storms developed into a line and eventually a small bow echo, producing 60 to 85 mph winds as they tracked southeast. In addition, tennis ball size hail was reported over Reno county along with a brief tornado touchdown in Kingman county.

Shelf cloud in Wichita, KS. Taken by Rich Williams

Wind & Hail
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Wind & Hail:

Wind


Shelf cloud approaching Wichita. Picture taken by Chris Jakub	Picture of shelf cloud from the NWS Office in Wichita. Picture by Kevin Darmofal	Picture of shelf cloud from the NWS Office in Wichita. Picture by Mick McGuire	Shelf cloud over west Wichita. Taken by Jaclyn Ritzman

Hail


Large hail in Penalosa	Large hail in Penalosa

Radar:

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Radar animation showing the line of storms sweeping across central Kansas	Radar animation as the small bow echo moved through Wichita	Radar velocity as the storms moved through Wichita

Storm Reports

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