1 thunderstorm wind, 1 strong wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Wichita, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 13, 1:09 PM CST, 51 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 209 PM CDT SUN AUG 13 2006 .DISCUSSION... MAIN FORECAST CONCERNS ARE PRECIPITATION/CONVECTION TRENDS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. TONIGHT-MONDAY NIGHT: SURFACE COLD FRONT AS OF 18Z EXTENDED FROM EASTERN NEBRASKA THRU WEST-CENTRAL KS. CORRIDOR OF MID-LEVEL BASED CONVECTION PERSISTS IN WEAK ISENTROPIC LIFT REGIME ALONG AND JUST AHEAD OF FRONT FROM SW THRU N-CNTRL KS EARLY THIS PM. ATMOSPHERE BECOMING UNCAPPED TO SURFACE-BASED CONVECTION IN SOUTH CENTRAL/SOUTHEAST KS...AND THIS TREND SHOULD CONTINUE INTO CENTRAL KS BY LATE PM AS HEATING CONTINUES. 12Z GFS AND NAM-WRF PROGGED DECENT 850 FN CONVERGENCE ALONG THE FRONT BEGINNING IN CENTRAL KS LATE THIS PM...WITH THIS SIGNAL MOVING SLOWLY SEWD THRU OUR FORECAST AREA OVERNIGHT. SHOWERS/T-STORMS THEREFORE LOOK LIKELY IN CENTRAL KS BY LATE PM...WITH THE CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION THEN EXPANDING SOUTHEASTWARD TONIGHT. MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW A SWATH OF 2 INCH PRECIPITABLE WATER ALONG/JUST BEHIND FRONT TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. DESPITE RELATIVELY WEAKER SHEAR IN OUR AREA...THE VERY HIGH PRECIPITABLE WATER ENVIRONMENT ALONG WITH DOWNDRAFT CAPES OVER 1,000 J/KG...AND MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES OF 6.5-7.0 C/KM WILL BE SUPPORTIVE OF A FEW SEVERE STORMS IN CENTRAL/S-CNTRL KS INTO MID EVENING...WITH MAIN THREATS BEING DOWNBURST-WIND GUSTS. WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO HIGHLIGHT LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL POTENTIAL. BEST PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL BE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY AM...WITH PRECIPITATION CHANCES DIMINISHING THEREAFTER FROM NORTH TO SOUTH AS THE FRONT MOVES SOUTHWARD OUT OF KS. MODEL THERMAL FIELDS...POST-FRONTAL CLOUDS/PRECIPITATION...AND NORTHEASTERLY WINDS INDICATE MUCH OF FORECAST AREA SHOULD HAVE HIGHS IN THE 80S ON MONDAY BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY: WILL CONTINUE IDEA OF NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES ON TUESDAY WITH LIGHT EASTERLY FLOW AND SOME SUN EXPECTED. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS/T-STORMS IN OUR SOUTHERN TIER COUNTIES REASONABLE...NORTH OF OLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY. LATER TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...THE NAM-WRF...GFS...AND UKMET PROG THE 850-700 MB FLOW BECOMING SOUTH-SOUTHWESTERLY WHICH SHOULD PROMOTE ISENTROPIC LIFT NORTH OF OLD FRONT. SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FOR ELEVATED CONVECTION LOOKS REASONABLE FOR CENTRAL/SOUTH CENTRAL KS. ONLY SLIGHT MODERATION IN HIGHS TO LOWER 90S FOR WED GIVEN AN INCREASE IN WARM AIR ADVECTION CLOUDS. THURSDAY-SUNDAY: 00Z/13TH NCEP ENSEMBLE MEANS PROG GRADUAL BUILDING 500 MB HEIGHTS FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS EASTWARD TO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY DURING THIS PERIOD. ALTHOUGH THE MEANS DO NOT SUGGEST AN OVERLY IMPRESSIVE UPPER HIGH OVER OUR AREA...THEY DO SUPPORT A RETURN TO ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WICHITA-KICT 71 86 66 89 / 60 50 20 20 HUTCHINSON 68 86 64 89 / 70 40 10 10 NEWTON 69 87 65 88 / 70 40 10 10 ELDORADO 69 87 65 89 / 60 50 20 20 WINFIELD-KWLD 73 89 67 91 / 50 50 20 20 RUSSELL 65 85 62 88 / 70 20 10 10 GREAT BEND 66 84 63 88 / 70 30 10 10 SALINA 68 87 64 89 / 70 20 10 10 MCPHERSON 68 86 64 89 / 70 30 10 10 COFFEYVILLE 73 91 66 91 / 50 50 30 20 CHANUTE 70 88 64 89 / 50 50 20 20 IOLA 70 87 64 89 / 60 40 10 10 PARSONS-KPPF 72 90 65 90 / 50 50 20 20 && .ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 252 PM CDT SUN AUG 13 2006 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-142100- RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE- RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-HARPER- SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-LABETTE- 252 PM CDT SUN AUG 13 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS AND A PORTION OF THE FLINT HILLS. THE MAIN RISK WILL BE DAMAGING DOWN-BURST WINDS TO 70 MPH AND HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE. THE RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL DIMINISH BY MIDNIGHT...HOWEVER A FEW STRONG STORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA...WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ALSO POSSIBLE. HEAT INDICES OF 100 TO 104 DEGREES WILL CONTINUE LATE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA ON MONDAY...ALTHOUGH CHANCES WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH FROM NORTH TO SOUTH DURING THE DAY. A FEW STRONG STORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS...WITH ISOLATED HEAVY RAINFALL STILL POSSIBLE. A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS ON MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE STRONG OR SEVERE. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE STRONG OR SEVERE. HEAT INDICES MAY CLIMB TO AROUND 100 DEGREES FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS A SMALL PART OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE...FROM EUREKA TO AUGUSTA TO KINGMAN. && FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION...SEE OUR WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE) HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/WICHITA/HWO/HWO.PHP KED/JMC
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 110 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:57 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A short lived microburst moved a shed about one quarter of a mile. And produced damage to several homes roofs.
Several signs were blown down along the highway, along with several power poles.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kansas in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, August 2006
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5528058, 5528059.