Thunderstorm Wind, Ford
- When
- August 18, 5:22 PM CST
- Where
- Ford County, Dodge City Arpt
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 37.767, -99.967
Damaging Wind in Kansas, August 18, 2006
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
What forecasters said that day
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 Dodge City, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 18, 1:34 PM CST, 3 hours 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 18, 1:34 PM CST, 3 hours 48 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 234 PM CDT FRI AUG 18 2006 .DISCUSSION... DAY 1... THE MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGES ARE RAINFALL AMOUNTS TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY AND FLOODING POTENTIAL. THE INTERACTION OF TROPICAL MOISTURE AND FRONTOGENETIC FORCING INTO SATURDAY WILL GIVE MUCH OF THE AREA THUNDERSTORMS AND HIGH RAINFALL AMOUNTS. THE CURRENT FLOOD WATCH FOR THE NORTH AND SOUTHWEST CWA LOOK GOOD WITH EXPECTED QPF OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AND LOCALLY OVER 4 INCHES. THE NORTHERN FLOOD WATCH WILL EXPIRE AT 12Z SATURDAY, WHILE THE SOUTHWEST FLOOD WATCH WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH 00Z SUNDAY. ISENTROPIC LIFT AND FORCING AT THE 700 TO 850MB LAYER NORTH OF THE FRONT ON SATURDAY IN THE SOUTHWEST CWA SHOULD CONTINUE THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS. SEVERAL SHORTWAVE TROUGHS WILL MOVE IN FROM THE WEST ENHANCING AND SUPPORTING THE WIDESPREAD RAINS. PREVIOUS HEAVY RAINS IN THE PAST FEW DAYS IN THE WEST AND NORTH WILL ALSO HELP SET THE STAGE FOR FLOODING AND RUNOFF WITH NEARLY SATURATED SOILS. HIGH TEMPERATURES ON SATURDAY WITH NO INSOLATION EXPECTED IN THE SOUTH SHOULD ONLY BE IN THE MID 70S OR EVEN COOLER. DAYS 2-7... MAIN CHALLENGE INITIALLY WILL BE WHEN AND HOW FAST TO DECREASE POPS. ONCE FRONT MOVES THROUGH SATURDAY...IT WILL SLOW DOWN TO OUR SOUTH AND BECOME QUITE SHALLOW...WITH DECENT ISENT LIFT AND FGEN FORCING IN THE H8-7 LAYER OVER AT LEAST THE SOUTHERN HALF OF DDC CWA. THE UKMET MODEL IS THE MOST AGGRESSIVE FOR PROLONGED PRECIPITATION AROUND SOUTHWEST KANSAS THROUGH THE 72 HOUR PERIOD AT IT STALLS THE FRONT OUT FARTHER NORTH AND KEEPS AN AXIS OF HIGH QPF OVER A LARGER PORTION OF SOUTHERN KANSAS. SAT NITE AND SUN...GOING WITH 50 POPS ALONG THE OK BORDER TAPERING TO 15-20 POPS NEAR HAYS TAPERING TO 15-35 POPS BY AFTN SUN...AS SUBTROPICAL JETLETS ROTATE NORTHEASTWARD AROUND WESTERN PERIPHERY H5 RIDGE. THIS WILL KEEP DEEP TROPOSPHERIC LIFT GOING IN THE LARGE SCALE RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION OF NORTHERN PLAINS/MIDWEST JET CORE...WITH DEEP MOISTURE STILL IN PLACE. SUN NITE AND MON...GFS STILL KEEPS SOUTHWEST KANSAS IN A RETURN MOIST FLOW WITH LOWER-MID TROP FORCING FROM DEFORMATION AND CONVERGENCE IN H8-7 LAYER...ALTHOUGH BY LATE MONDAY IT APPEARS LOW LEVEL RIDGING WILL PENETRATE FAR ENOUGH INTO SW KS TO DECREASE PCPN CHANCES...SO WILL GO WITH 15-20 POPS BY LATE MONDAY. TUES TO FRI...NOT A WHOLE LOT OF CHANGE REALLY...IT APPEARS SURFACE RIDGING SHOULD DOMINATE TUES AND WEDNESDAY WITH UPPER HIGH RETROGRADING WEST INTO SOUTHERN ROCKIES...THUS LOW PCPN CHANCES MORE THAN LIKELY. THE PACIFIC WAVE COMING INTO THE WEST WILL EJECT NORTHEASTWARD WELL NORTH OF SW KS INTO THE FAR NORTHERN PLAINS MID-WEEK. THIS PATTERN SHOULD KEEP THE WESTERN KS REGION DRY WITH A GRADUAL WARM-UP WELL INTO THE 90S ESPECIALLY BY THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...PROBABLY UPPER 90S NR 100 LATE IN THE WEEK WITH DECENT LEE TROUGH IN PLACE AND DOWNSLOPE PLUME PROBABLY AFFECTING AT LEAST SOME OF WESTERN KANSAS. 8 TO 10 DAY...LIKELY ANOTHER FRONT NEAR THE BEGINNING OF THIS TIME FRAME WITH MEAN TROUGH OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS OR MIDWEST REGION. COULD BE WARM SATURDAY BEFORE FRONT DEPENDING ON TIMING...THEN BELOW AVG TEMPS DAY 9-10. COULD BE ANOTHER DECENT OPPORTUNITY FOR PCPN...SO WILL GO AHEAD AND BANK ON AT LEAST ONE OF THESE DAYS PROVIDING PLENTIFUL PCPN TO PUT THE 3-DAY PERIOD ABOVE AVG. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DDC 69 78 63 81 / 90 70 50 30 GCK 67 76 62 79 / 90 60 40 30 EHA 66 75 60 79 / 90 90 60 40 LBL 69 77 62 81 / 90 90 60 40 HYS 68 81 61 82 / 70 30 20 20 P28 72 83 67 83 / 80 80 50 40 && .DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLOOD WATCH FROM 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING FOR KSZ030-KSZ031-KSZ043-KSZ044-KSZ045-KSZ046- KSZ061-KSZ062-KSZ063-KSZ064-KSZ065. FLOOD WATCH FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR KSZ074-KSZ075-KSZ084-KSZ085. && FN06/25
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 18, 1:45 PM CST, 3 hours 37 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 245 PM CDT FRI AUG 18 2006 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>065-079-191000- EDWARDS-ELLIS-FINNEY-HAMILTON-HODGEMAN-KEARNY-LANE-NESS-PAWNEE-RUSH- SCOTT-TREGO- 245 PM CDT (145 PM MDT) FRI AUG 18 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS...SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...SOUTHWEST KANSAS AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT STRONG WIND GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH ALONG WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL ACCOMPANY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WHICH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AFTER 4 PM ALONG A COLD FRONT WHICH WILL EXTEND ACROSS NORTHWEST KANSAS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE NUMEROUS OVER THE AREA EARLY TONIGHT. A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES TONIGHT THROUGH 7 AM SATURDAY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE OVER THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED AFTER 4 PM. SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL IN RAINFALL AMOUNTS. KSZ066-076>078-080-081-086>090-191000- BARBER-CLARK-COMANCHE-FORD-GRAY-HASKELL-KIOWA-MEADE-PRATT-SEWARD- STAFFORD- 245 PM CDT FRI AUG 18 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA LATER THIS EVENING...THEN BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD BY MIDNIGHT. A FEW OF THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL. THESE HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY CAUSE SOME MINOR FLOODING... PRIMARILY IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH MUCH OF SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL IN RAINFALL AMOUNTS. KSZ074-075-084-085-191000- GRANT-MORTON-STANTON-STEVENS- 245 PM CDT FRI AUG 18 2006 .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA THIS EVENING...THEN BECOME MORE NUMEROUS TONIGHT. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL. THESE HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY CAUSE FLOODING...PRIMARILY IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT OVERNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL WILL REMAIN LIKELY THROUGH MUCH OF SATURDAY. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL IN RAINFALL AMOUNTS. 06
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 1 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:21 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
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The same day elsewhere
- Flooding in Alaska, August 18 to 24, 2006
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, August 18, 2006
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Nebraska, August 18 to 19, 2006
- Flash Flooding in Kansas, August 18 to 19, 2006
- High Surf in Delaware, August 18, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, August 18, 2006
- Flash Flood in South Dakota, August 18, 2006
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, August 18, 2006
- Heavy Rain in Kansas, August 18, 2006
- Flash Flood and Heavy Rain in New Mexico, August 18, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, August 18, 2006
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, August 18 to 19, 2006
More
Every storm in Kansas in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, August 2006
Sources
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: 5528695.