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| Event typeevent_type | Heavy Rain |
|---|---|
| NOAA NCEI event IDncei_event_id | 574,035 |
| Episode IDepisode_id | 95,054 |
| Begin UTCbegin_utc | 2015-06-04T03:50:00+00:00 |
| End UTCend_utc | 2015-06-04T04:50:00+00:00 |
| Statestate | KANSAS |
| County/zone typecz_type | C |
| County/zone namecz_name | MITCHELL |
| Latitudelat | 39.430 |
| Longitudelon | -98.310 |
| End latitudeend_lat | 39.430 |
| End longitudeend_lon | -98.310 |
| Deaths directdeaths_direct | 0 |
| Deaths indirectdeaths_indirect | 0 |
| Injuries directinjuries_direct | 0 |
| Injuries indirectinjuries_indirect | 0 |
| Damage propertydamage_property | 0.00K |
| Damage cropsdamage_crops | 0.00K |
| Weather forecast office sourcewfo_source | Broadcast Media |
| Episode narrativeepisode_narrative | With a fairly classic meteorological setup for June severe weather in place, numerous semi-discrete strong to severe thunderstorms blossomed across this six-county North Central Kansas area on this Wednesday evening the 3rd into early Thursday morning the 4th. While these storms yielded mainly quarter size hail, and one report up to 2 diameter south of Burr Oak, the storm of the night was a slow-moving tornadic supercell that peaked in intensity from far east-central Osborne into central Mitchell County between 10 p.m.-midnight CDT. This storm produced three confirmed after-dark tornadoes, two rated EF-1 with path lengths around one mile near the Osborne/Mitchell County line west of Tipton, and a brief EF-0 touchdown slightly east of Tipton. The two stronger tornadoes, one of which moved east and one west under the parent mesocyclone, damaged or destroyed several farm outbuildings, but no injuries occurred. Around midnight CDT, this storm began losing supercell structure and weakening as it drifted northeast through the Beloit area. In addition to tornadoes, this storm produced torrential rainfall of at least 3-4 in a short time across central and western portions of Mitchell County. Other storms produced a swath of heavy rain of generally 1.50-3.00 across much of southern Jewell County. However, the majority of the six-county area totaled no more than 0.50-1.00. ||Breaking down the overall event timing, several strong to severe storms first blossomed over Rooks and Osborne counties between 700-830 p.m. CDT. Over the next few hours, activity gradually expanded to the north and east, as the aforementioned tornadic supercell took center stage around nightfall. Between 130-230 a.m. CDT on the 4th, storms vacated the entire six-county area to the north and east. Several hours later between 6-8 a.m. CDT, additional elevated storms flared up primarily east of Highway 281, but were non-severe. Turning to the synoptic and mesoscale situation: with a generally west-east oriented surface front draped through the northern half of Kansas, seasonably strong instability and shear in place, and a strengthening 30-40 knot southerly low level jet ramping up during the night, this was a well-anticipated severe weather event. On the large scale, the Central Plains was under broad west-southwest flow aloft, well-downstream from a large trough centered over the West Coast. While modest capping held storms at bay through the afternoon, the combination of subtle, low-amplitude disturbances aloft and increasing lift along the developing low level jet sparked a rapid evening flare-up. At the surface, the evening hours featured steady easterly breezes and dewpoints in the mid-upper 60s F. Around the time the tornadic supercell developed, the mesoscale environment featured mixed-layer CAPE around 2000 J/kg, 0-6 kilometer deep-layer wind shear around 30 knots, and fairly strong 0-1 kilometer storm-relative helicity of at least 150 m2/s2. |
| Event narrativeevent_narrative | This is an unofficial public report relayed by KWCH-TV of a one hour rainfall total of 3.12 inches. Heavy rain occurred before and after this hour, however. |
| Yearyear | 2,015 |
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