A stationary boundary, from the previous nights convection on June 12th, stalled over Southern Kansas, and provided the focus for renewed shower and thunderstorm development during the afternoon and evening hours of June 13th, 2010.  The storms initially had some large hail and damaging winds, but the training storms quickly evolved into a heavy rainfall and flooding event.

Thunderstorm Wind in RENO, KANSAS
From 13-JUN-10 19:18:00 to 13-JUN-10 19:18:00 (CST-6)
Location: HUTCHINSON
Magnitude: 51.00 MG
Reported by: Mesonet

The wind gust was reported by the KSN-TV weatherlab.

Thunderstorm Wind in BUTLER, KANSAS
From 13-JUN-10 20:34:00 to 13-JUN-10 20:34:00 (CST-6)
Location: ELBING
Magnitude: 56.00 EG
Reported by: Trained Spotter

A trained spotter reported the wind gust.

Thunderstorm Wind in COWLEY, KANSAS
From 13-JUN-10 21:30:00 to 13-JUN-10 21:30:00 (CST-6)
Location: ARKANSAS CITY
Magnitude: 52.00 EG
Reported by: Trained Spotter

A trained spotter reported the wind gust. Some minor street flooding was also reported Arkansas City.

Thunderstorm Wind in MONTGOMERY, KANSAS
From 13-JUN-10 23:35:00 to 13-JUN-10 23:35:00 (CST-6)
Location: CHERRYVALE
Magnitude: 52.00 EG
Reported by: Emergency Manager

The emergency manager reported the wind gust.

Thunderstorm Wind in RENO, KANSAS
From 13-JUN-10 19:18:00 to 13-JUN-10 19:18:00 (CST-6)
Location: WILLOWBROOK
Magnitude: 61.00 EG
Property damage: 150.00K
Reported by: Emergency Manager

Eleven power poles were knocked down and ten more had the cross arms broken along Nickerson Boulevard.

Flood in HARPER, KANSAS
From 13-JUN-10 19:28:00 to 13-JUN-10 20:28:00 (CST-6)
Location: ANTHONY
Flood cause: Heavy Rain
Property damage: 2.00K
Crop damage: 0.10K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

A KAKE-TV storm chaser reported water flowing through the streets in downtown Anthony. This flooding was caused by 2.94 inches of rainfall falling in an hour and a half.

Thunderstorm Wind in SUMNER, KANSAS
From 13-JUN-10 19:39:00 to 13-JUN-10 19:39:00 (CST-6)
Location: MILAN
Magnitude: 52.00 EG
Property damage: 0.30K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

A trained spotter reported small tree limbs down.

Flood in COWLEY, KANSAS
From 13-JUN-10 21:31:00 to 13-JUN-10 23:45:00 (CST-6)
Location: ARKANSAS CITY
Flood cause: Heavy Rain
Property damage: 7.00K
Crop damage: 0.10K
Reported by: Emergency Manager

The emergency manager reported a few underpasses were impassible because of high water. One police car was also flooded out. Rainfall amounts ranged from 2.6 to 2.75 inches.

Thunderstorm Wind in SEDGWICK, KANSAS
From 13-JUN-10 19:43:00 to 13-JUN-10 19:43:00 (CST-6)
Location: VALLEY CENTER
Magnitude: 52.00 EG
Reported by: Trained Spotter

A trained spotter reported the gust along with pea sized hail.

Thunderstorm Wind in SEDGWICK, KANSAS
From 13-JUN-10 19:43:00 to 13-JUN-10 19:43:00 (CST-6)
Location: (ICT)WICHITA ARPT
Magnitude: 52.00 EG
Reported by: Trained Spotter

A trained spotter reported the wind gust.

Thunderstorm Wind in SEDGWICK, KANSAS
From 13-JUN-10 20:27:00 to 13-JUN-10 20:27:00 (CST-6)
Location: (AAO) JABARA ARPT
Magnitude: 51.00 MG
Reported by: Amateur Radio

A skywarn spotter measured the gust at 37th and Rock Road.

Thunderstorm Wind in MCPHERSON, KANSAS
From 13-JUN-10 19:58:00 to 13-JUN-10 19:58:00 (CST-6)
Location: LINDSBORG
Magnitude: 56.00 MG
Property damage: 20.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

A trained spotter reported some minor damage to outbuildings.

Hail in LINCOLN, KANSAS
From 13-JUN-10 14:14:00 to 13-JUN-10 14:14:00 (CST-6)
Location: DENMARK
Magnitude: 1.00 
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Hail in HARPER, KANSAS
From 13-JUN-10 17:23:00 to 13-JUN-10 17:23:00 (CST-6)
Location: FREEPORT
Magnitude: 1.00 
Reported by: Emergency Manager

Heavy rainfall was also reported.

Hail in SUMNER, KANSAS
From 13-JUN-10 17:36:00 to 13-JUN-10 17:36:00 (CST-6)
Location: ARGONIA
Magnitude: 0.88 
Reported by: Public

Flood in KINGMAN, KANSAS
From 13-JUN-10 19:05:00 to 13-JUN-10 19:05:00 (CST-6)
Location: MURDOCK
Flood cause: Heavy Rain
Property damage: 0.10K
Crop damage: 0.20K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

A trained spotter reported Smoots Creek was five to six feet over its banks near Kansas Highway 17 and US Highway 54.

Thunderstorm Wind in MCPHERSON, KANSAS
From 13-JUN-10 20:18:00 to 13-JUN-10 20:18:00 (CST-6)
Location: LINDSBORG
Magnitude: 61.00 EG
Property damage: 1.65K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Numerous trees were knocked down across town.  One tree in particular housed a bee hive that had thousands of bees inside.  A bee sheriff had to be called to remove the bees from the fallen tree.

Flash Flood in SUMNER, KANSAS
From 13-JUN-10 20:35:00 to 13-JUN-10 21:07:00 (CST-6)
Location: CALDWELL
Flood cause: Heavy Rain
Property damage: 0.10K
Crop damage: 0.10K
Reported by: Emergency Manager

Street flooding was reported in downtown Caldwell.

Heavy Rain in SUMNER, KANSAS
From 13-JUN-10 20:18:00 to 13-JUN-10 20:18:00 (CST-6)
Location: ARGONIA
Reported by: COOP Observer

THE COOP observer measured 3.87 inches of rainfall. Some minor flooding was also reported.

Heavy Rain in SUMNER, KANSAS
From 14-JUN-10 06:00:00 to 14-JUN-10 06:00:00 (CST-6)
Location: ARGONIA
Reported by: COOP Observer

The COOP observer reported 5.06 inches of rainfall overnight.

Flash Flood in SEDGWICK, KANSAS
From 13-JUN-10 20:38:00 to 13-JUN-10 22:58:00 (CST-6)
Location: MAIZE
Flood cause: Heavy Rain
Property damage: 100.00K
Crop damage: 0.10K
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Numerous streets in downtown Wichita were flooded, with numerous stalled or flooded cars.  Flash flooding was also noted in and around Haysville and Eastborough.

Thunderstorm Wind in MCPHERSON, KANSAS
From 13-JUN-10 20:07:00 to 13-JUN-10 20:15:00 (CST-6)
Location: LINDSBORG
Magnitude: 61.00 EG
Property damage: 400.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Sixty five to seventy mph winds tore part of the roof off the Smoky Valley High School gymnasium.  With the roof open, a heavy deluge of rainfall damaged the gym floor beyond repair.  A basketball practice was ongoing when the ceiling was torn off but no one was hurt.  Numerous trees were also knocked down across town with some minor structural damage reported to some homes.

Flash Flood in SUMNER, KANSAS
From 13-JUN-10 20:55:00 to 14-JUN-10 02:55:00 (CST-6)
Location: PERTH
Flood cause: Heavy Rain
Property damage: 0.10K
Crop damage: 0.10K
Reported by: Amateur Radio

A skywarn spotter reported Kansas Highway 81 and 90th Street south were impassible.

Flood in SEDGWICK, KANSAS
From 13-JUN-10 20:26:00 to 13-JUN-10 22:26:00 (CST-6)
Location: WICHITA
Flood cause: Heavy Rain
Property damage: 0.10K
Crop damage: 0.10K
Reported by: Amateur Radio

A skywarn spotter reported water over the roadway along Seneca Road from US Highway 54 and MacArthur Road.

Lightning in SALINE, KANSAS
From 13-JUN-10 21:30:00 to 13-JUN-10 21:30:00 (CST-6)
Location: ASSARIA
Property damage: 40.00K
Reported by: Newspaper

A fire was caused to a building by lightning.  The fire collapsed the roof and one wall, causing seed sacks inside the building to be a total loss.

Flood in RENO, KANSAS
From 13-JUN-10 22:41:00 to 18-JUN-10 11:31:00 (CST-6)
Location: PARTRIDGE
Flood cause: Heavy Rain
Property damage: 0.10K
Crop damage: 80.00K
Reported by: Emergency Manager

Rainfall amounts of 6 to 10 inches over a two day period from June 12th to early on June 14th led to widespread county road closures just to the west and northwest of Hutchinson. At one time, 20 roads were closed and another half dozen had standing water across them.  Most of the closures were located along Cow Creek as it flows from Nickerson southeast to Hutchinson.  Due to the large amount of heavy rainfall, some roads were closed for almost a week.

Flash Flood in HARVEY, KANSAS
From 13-JUN-10 10:59:00 to 13-JUN-10 13:11:00 (CST-6)
Location: NORTH NEWTON
Flood cause: Heavy Rain
Property damage: 5.00K
Crop damage: 0.10K
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Overnight rainfall caused flooding along Sand Creek and Emma creek through the town of Newton.  This caused numerous roads to close across town.  Three to five inches of rainfall fell overnight.

Thunderstorm Wind in SUMNER, KANSAS
From 13-JUN-10 19:55:00 to 13-JUN-10 20:00:00 (CST-6)
Location: CORBIN
Magnitude: 70.00 EG
Property damage: 10.00K
Reported by: Emergency Manager

Several elm trees were knocked down, including one that was knocked down onto a garage.  The tree collapsed the garage and it was considered a total loss.

Thunderstorm Wind in MCPHERSON, KANSAS
From 13-JUN-10 19:48:00 to 13-JUN-10 19:48:00 (CST-6)
Location: MARQUETTE
Magnitude: 56.00 MG
Reported by: Trained Spotter

A trained spotter reported the wind gust.

Thunderstorm Wind in MCPHERSON, KANSAS
From 13-JUN-10 20:05:00 to 13-JUN-10 20:10:00 (CST-6)
Location: LINDSBORG
Magnitude: 51.00 MG
Reported by: Mesonet

The wind was measured at the KSN-TV weatherlab.