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. |
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 |
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