June 18th severe storms & flooding...

Overview

Unseasonably strong upper disturbance tracked across northern Kansas on Tuesday June 18th, allowing severe storms to erupt by the late afternoon hours. Rich low level moisture resulted in extreme instability which allowed storms to quickly become severe, producing large hail. A few location in Wichita saw hail just smaller than baseballs with several reports of hail up to 2 inches in diameter.

This cluster of storms also produced straight-line winds that caused extensive damage just east of Augusta. In addition, the stronger storms produced very high rainfall rates that caused flash flooding.

Hail from around 21st and Tyler.

Photos & Video

Photos & Video

Hail from around 21st and Tyler in Wichita. Picture by Bonita Kleinsasser.

Hail from around 21st and Maize from Janet Salazar.

Picture of wind damage just east of Augusta from Butler County Emergency Management.

Radar image of the storm that produced the large hail over Wichita.

3-D radar image of the storm that produced large hail over parts of Wichita. Note the storm top is over 50,000 ft with the 50 dbz core over 40,000 ft.

Radar image of the storm that produced the wind damage east of Augusta.

Radar estimation of 6 to 9 inches over parts of Elk County.

Some of the higher rainfall totals across the area.

Map of rainfall amounts.

Storm reports from June 18th 2019

Starfish hail in west Wichita earlier. Courtesy Rocky. #kswx @NWSWichita pic.twitter.com/IwbZVneK47 — Ross Janssen (@KWCHRoss) June 18, 2019	5:35 pm - Significant flooding being reported across the Wichita metro at this time. Here is a look from Andover Road. #kswx pic.twitter.com/g6RiqIN7Xa — NWS Wichita (@NWSWichita) June 18, 2019	Hail accumulation on my back deck - 21st and 143rd east #kswx @NWSWichita pic.twitter.com/YYqDacMuRO — Steve McKay (@sdmckay1) June 18, 2019
		#kswx @kfdinews Flooding at Kellogg and Woodlawn pic.twitter.com/jXoEWTIAW2 — Stewart Haddad (@stewart_matthew) June 18, 2019

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