Marginal severe storms Southern Kansas 10/30/2024

Published on October 30, 2024

It appeared, at least on paper, that October 30 had some decent potential for severe weather. The Storm Prediction Center had a large Enhanced area circled from near St. Joseph, Missouri on south to just outside of Oklahoma City.

A line of mostly sub-severe storms moved through the region earlier in the day, which seemed to keep the more vigorous severe weather at bay. It was apparent by 4 pm local time that a line of storms would sweep across the area, but a regional severe weather outbreak was unlikely.

A generous 10% hatched area for tornadic potential was draped along the I-35 corridor, but not a single tornado was reported.

I did manage to document a developing shelf cloud (below) but it soon dissipated. It was nice to have some rain and see some storms, but the day was rather tame overall.