Wichita, Kansas
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Overview
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One of the most significant hail storms to affect the Wichita area took place during the morning rush hour on Monday April 24th. Supercells rapidly developed around 6:30 am just west of Wichita and carved a path through town during the morning commute. Widespread baseball size hail caused 70 million dollars in damage across Wichita. |
 Large hail from the Maple and Maize area of Wichita |
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| 2 inch hail from the Maple and Maize area in Wichita | Radar from the radar located at Vance AFB | 3-D radar image of the storm |
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| 3-D radar image of the storm | 3-D radar image of the storm | 3-D radar image of the storm |
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A more detailed description of this event from Storm Data |
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Environment
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| surface map | Lamont Oklahoma sounding | Wind profiler data |
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| Most Unstable CAPE | Effective Bulk Shear | Bulk shear with most unstable CAPE |
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Wichita, Kansas
2142 S. Tyler Road
Wichita, KS 67209-3016
316-942-3102
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