Critical Fire Weather for a Large Part of the Central U.S.; Areas of Severe Thunderstorms

Gusty to high winds and low relative humidity will bring elevated to critical fire weather across large parts of the Great Plains and more localized parts of the Great Basin and central Rockies Thursday into Friday. Severe thunderstorms with large hail and damaging wind gusts are possible over the central Plains Thursday into this weekend. Read More >

A powerful storm system moved across northern Kansas on Saturday morning, producing winds of 60 to 80 mph or greater from north central Kansas well into Missouri. Some of the strongest winds were experienced along a swath extending from Concordia through Barnes, Blue Rapids and Vermillion along Highway 9, and between highway 16 and 36 over extreme northeast Kansas.

Loop of reflectivity every 15 minutes from 744 AM to 1129 AM CDT June 19 2010.

Click here for a link to wind speed and damage reports

This page will be updated as more information becomes available this weekend.

A brief overview of storm reports from the morning hours is below...

Here are a few images from Cloud County. Pictures courtesy of Tom Roberts.

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Critical Fire Weather for a Large Part of the Central U.S.; Areas of Severe Thunderstorms

Winds Across Northern Kansas June 2010 - NWS Topeka, KS