Sam Sagnella
EF5
Flash Flood Warning out now for the Wichita area, the KSNW WeatherLab reporting station in "exploration place, KS" reported a rainfall rate of 4.56"/hr at 8:00pm local time.
.UPDATE...
NO NEED TO MAKE ANY BIG CHANGES AT THIS POINT. THERE WILL BE
STORMS AND SOME WILL BE SEVERE WITH HEAVY RAIN. NUFF SAID.
Mesonet site in Blackwell...in Kay County...now has winds at 60 mph. Second cluster appears to finally be forming into a large bow to begin its plunge through Kansas and Oklahoma.
1222 AM TSTM WND GST BLACKWELL 36.80N 97.28W
07/04/2005 102 MPH KAY OK EMERGENCY MNGR
MEASURED WIND GUST AT NORTHWEST PART OF TOWN.
SPC storm reports have a 124mph wind report, measured by Oklahoma mesonet, in Major county Oklahoma. That is amazing. I don't think I remember hearing about straight line winds that strong before. I don't ever pay attention to wind damage reports though.