1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 19, 2:39 PM CST, 1 hour 12 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 339 PM CDT SAT AUG 19 2006 .DISCUSSION... DAYS 1-2... SCATTERED SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS WERE ONGOING AND AIDED BY PERSISTENT 800-600MB FRONTOGENETICAL FORCING...UNDERNEATH SOUTHERN PERIPHERY OF RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION OF UPPER JET. SW KS WILL CONTINUE TO BE IN THIS QUAD OF THE JET THROUGH MONDAY WITH PLENTY OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND WEAK CAPPING. THE BEST CHANCE OF PRECIP WILL BE IN THE SW CORNER WHERE WEAK WARM ADVECTION WILL HELP INITIATE STORMS. AFTER THIS EVENING, VERY LITTLE PRECIP IS EXPECTED FOR DDC AND AREAS NORTH AND EAST AS COOL HIGH PRESSURE RIDGES ACROSS THE AREA ALONG WITH MINIMAL WARM ADVECTION. TEMPS WILL REMAIN FAIRLY COOL SUNDAY, ESPECIALLY UNDER THE CLOUDS IN THE SW CORNER. ONLY A SLOW WARMING TREND WILL OCCUR MONDAY. DAYS 3-7... RUNS OF THE DETERMINISTIC MODELS CONTINUE TO TREND TOWARD A DRIER AND WARMER WEEK THOUGH ALL CONTINUE TO WHISTLE A FEW FAST MOVING UPPER SHORT WAVE TROUGHS THROUGH THE PATTERN LATER IN THE WEEK. GENERALLY THE GOING FORECAST GRIDS LOOKED GOOD AND MADE ONLY A FEW MINOR CHANGES TO REFLECT THE DRIER TREND MENTIONED ABOVE. TEMPERATURES ARE A REAL GRAB BAG AS TIMING AND STRENGTH OF LEE TROUGHING FORCED BY THE SHORT WAVE TROUGHS ALOFT. LEFT TEMPS ALONE FOR NOW. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DDC 66 82 64 87 / 50 0 0 0 GCK 63 81 62 87 / 20 0 0 0 EHA 64 75 62 84 / 40 50 50 50 LBL 65 75 64 84 / 30 40 40 40 HYS 65 85 63 86 / 30 0 0 0 P28 68 84 67 87 / 50 30 30 30 && .DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && FN24/08
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 505 AM CDT SAT AUG 19 2006 KSZ045-046-061>065-074-075-079-084-085-201015- NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STANTON-GRANT- EDWARDS-MORTON-STEVENS- 505 AM CDT SAT AUG 19 2006 /405 AM MDT SAT AUG 19 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 STEADY RAIN THIS MORNING WILL PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES BEFORE BEGINNING TO TAPER OFF. AS THIS RAIN FALLS ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS WILL RESULT IN SOME FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN RUSH...EASTERN NESS AND PAWNEE COUNTIES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL IN RAINFALL AMOUNTS. KSZ066-076>078-080-081-086>090-201015- STAFFORD-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-KIOWA-PRATT-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- COMANCHE-BARBER- 505 AM CDT SAT AUG 19 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT STEADY RAIN THIS MORNING WILL PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES BEFORE BEGINNING TO TAPER OFF. AS THIS RAIN FALLS ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS SOME FLOODING IS EXPECTED...MAINLY IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL IN RAINFALL AMOUNTS. KSZ030-031-043-044-201015- TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE- 505 AM CDT SAT AUG 19 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL IN RAINFALL AMOUNTS. 18
The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 84 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:52 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A 1/2 inch diameter metal Shepard's hook was bent over to the ground.
A landspout was reported by a chase team out of Oklahoma.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kansas in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Kansas, 2006Warnings 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: 5528697, 5528698.