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NWS Wichita, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 17, 2:00 PM CST, 3 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 300 PM CDT THU AUG 17 2006 .DISCUSSION... MAIN FORECAST CONCERNS WILL DEAL WITH CONVECTION CHANCES FOR TONIGHT THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND HIGH HEAT INDEX VALUES FOR FRIDAY. TONIGHT SHORT WAVE CURRENTLY OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE WILL MIGRATE SLOWLY NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHWEST KS WHICH SHOULD ALLOW SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP. CANNOT RULE OUT A FEW STRONG OR EVEN A ISOLATED SEVERE STORM THIS EVENING GIVEN AMOUNT OF INSTABILITY NOW PRESENT OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN KANSAS. HIGHEST D-CAPE VALUES PRESENTLY RESIDE OVER SOUTHERN AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS WHICH MAKES THIS AREA FAVORABLE FOR MICROBURST DAMAGING WINDS. FRI-SAT CURRENT WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS A VIGOROUS SYSTEM TRACKING EAST ACROSS MONTANA...WITH A STRONG SURFACE COLD FRONT SLIDING SOUTH ACROSS SOUTH DAKOTA. TEMPS WILL WARM INTO THE UPPER 90S AND LOW 100S FOR FRIDAY WITH HEAT INDICES OF 100-105. THE SURFACE FRONT WILL PUSH INTO NORTHERN KANSAS BY LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON...AND WITH MODEST INSTABILITY AND WEAK DIRECTIONAL SHEAR IN PLACE OVER CENTRAL KANSAS SOME OF THE STORMS COULD REACH SEVERE LIMITS...MAINLY DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING TIME FRAME. THE ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD SOUTHWARD ACROSS KANSAS FRIDAY NIGHT. OTHERWISE...HEADING INTO SATURDAY LINGERING PRECIP AND CLOUDS WILL MAKE TEMPS VERY TRICKY AS THE FRONT CONTINUES TO PUSH SOUTH ACROSS THE REGION. SUN THIS PERIOD IS LOOKING RATHER PLEASANT DUE TO SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE SETTLING OVER KANSAS. DAYTIME HIGHS SHOULD COME IN BELOW NORMAL FOR A CHANGE WITH HIGHS GENERALLY IN THE UPPER 80S. GFS MODEL SHOWS SOME MID-LEVEL MOISTURE/INSTABILITY WORKING ITS WAY BACK TOWARDS CENTRAL KANSAS SUNDAY NIGHT. MOIST ISENTROPIC ACCENT OF THIS MOISTURE COULD SPARK OFF SOME SMALL PRECIP CHANCES LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. EXTENDED: MON-THUR NO BIG CHANGES PLANNED FOR THIS PERIOD AS MODELS STILL SHOW GOOD CONTINUITY FROM YESTERDAYS RUNS WITH A MID-LEVEL NORTHWEST FLOW REGIME SETTING UP ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS. EXPECT TEMPS TO REMAIN NEAR SEASONAL AVERAGES WITH DRY WEATHER CONDITIONS. A FEW WEAK DISTURBANCES WILL LIKELY TRANSVERSE THROUGH THE NORTHWEST FLOW REGIME...BUT NOT SEEING ANY PRECIP SIGNAL UNTIL PERHAPS LATER IN THE WEEK(THURSDAY) WHEN MODELS ADVERTISE A STRONGER WAVE MOVING THROUGH. JAKUB && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WICHITA-KICT 75 99 73 87 / 30 20 50 60 HUTCHINSON 74 99 72 86 / 30 20 60 60 NEWTON 74 99 73 86 / 30 20 50 60 ELDORADO 75 100 73 87 / 30 20 40 60 WINFIELD-KWLD 76 102 74 89 / 30 10 40 60 RUSSELL 71 99 69 85 / 40 30 60 30 GREAT BEND 71 99 69 86 / 40 30 60 40 SALINA 73 99 71 85 / 30 30 60 40 MCPHERSON 74 99 72 86 / 30 20 60 60 COFFEYVILLE 76 105 75 95 / 20 10 20 30 CHANUTE 75 103 74 90 / 20 10 30 30 IOLA 75 103 73 89 / 20 10 30 40 PARSONS-KPPF 76 105 75 93 / 20 10 20 30 && .ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 328 PM CDT THU AUG 17 2006 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-182130- 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- 328 PM CDT THU AUG 17 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN KANSAS TONIGHT. A FEW OF THE STRONGER STORMS COULD PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...HOWEVER ONE CANNOT RULE OUT AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM ACROSS SOUTHERN AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS THIS EVENING...WITH DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. HEAT INDICES WILL BE IN THE 100 TO 105 RANGE ACROSS SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL INCREASE ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD REACH SEVERE LIMITS WITH DAMAGING WINDS AS THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER RISK...MAINLY DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS ON FRIDAY. MEANWHILE...HEAT INDICES OF 100 TO 105 DEGREES WILL BE POSSIBLE AREAWIDE ON FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. && FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION...SEE OUR WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE) HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/WICHITA/HWO/HWO.PHP
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 402 PM CDT THU AUG 17 2006 KSZ091-172130- HARPER- 402 PM CDT THU AUG 17 2006 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR HARPER COUNTY... AT 358 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR WALDRON...OR 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ANTHONY... AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE, OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAWSON
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 624 PM CDT THU AUG 17 2006 KSZ072-180000- ALLEN- 624 PM CDT THU AUG 17 2006 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR ALLEN COUNTY... AT 621 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR IOLA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE, OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAWSON
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 131 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:31 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Two large trees were downed, windows from a house were shattered, and two barns sustained damage.
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