24 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 lightning, 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 Wichita, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 2, 11:50 AM EST, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1150 AM CDT WED AUG 2 2006 .UPDATE... AREA OF POST-FRONTAL PRECIPITATION IS NOT PROGRESSING EASTWARD AS PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT...SO CUT BACK ON POPS THIS MORNING AND A BIT THIS AFTERNOON. ALSO RAISED AFTERNOON HIGHS SEVERAL DEGREES TO ACCOUNT FOR LESS CLOUD COVER AHEAD OF THE FRONT. STILL THINKING HEAT INDICES NEAR 105 FOR PORTIONS OF EXTREME SOUTHEAST KS. FOCUS FOR THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE ON THUNDERSTORM CHANCES ALONG THE APPROACHING COLD FRONT FROM THE NORTHWEST. THINKING INITIATION SHOULD BE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN HUTCHINSON AND SALINA 2-3 PM...AS STRONG LOW-LEVEL CONVERGENCE AND TEMPERATURES IN THE MID-UPPER 90S WEAKENS CONVECTIVE INHIBITION. WEAK MID-LEVEL TROUGH APPROACHING FROM THE HIGH PLAINS SHOULD ALSO AID IN THUNDERSTORM INITIATION AND COVERAGE. GIVEN EXPECTED 1500 J/KG MIXED-LAYER CAPES...STRONG UPDRAFTS WILL DEVELOP. BUT LIMITED CLOUD-BEARING SHEAR SHOULD PRECLUDE ORGANIZED...LONG-LIVED STORMS WITH LARGE HAIL. SO MULTICELL OR PULSE SHOULD BE THE PRIMARY STORM MODE. GIVEN FAIRLY DRY LOW-LEVELS AND SOME DRY AIR ALOFT...THINKING DOWNBURSTS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH THE LARGEST CORES. ALSO...CANNOT RULE OUT AN ISOLATED LANDSPOUT TORNADO WITH THE STRONGEST UPDRAFTS DEVELOPING RIGHT ALONG THE COLD FRONT OR OVER INTERSECTING BOUNDARIES. ANTICIPATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AT SOME POINT THIS AFTERNOON. KLEINSASSER && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 246 AM CDT WED AUG 2 2006/ DISCUSSION... FORECAST CONCERNS ARE THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS...AND TEMPERATURES ESPECIALLY TODAY AND THURSDAY. TODAY-TONIGHT: CONVECTION CONTINUED INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS. RUSSELL HAD DROPPED INTO THE MIDDLE 70S...WHILE THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST AREA REMAINED IN THE MIDDLE 80S. SATELLITE AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS SHOW THAT THE FRONT STRETCHES FROM NEAR MINNEAPOLIS MINNESOTA THROUGH NORTHWEST KANSAS AND INTO SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO. BOTH THE NAM AND GFS ARE IN AGREEMENT WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE TIMING NOW...BRINGING IT TO AROUND WICHITA BY 00Z THURSDAY. WITH THIS IN MIND...SOUTHEAST KANSAS SHOULD SEE THE WARMEST HIGHS FOR THE DAY WHILE THE REST OF THE AREA REACHES THEIR HIGH TEMPERATURES EARLIER IN THE DAY BEFORE THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH. ALL OF THE BEST FORCING REALLY REMAINS ALONG AND BEHIND THE FRONT...ALTHOUGH THERE IS SOME JUST AHEAD OF IT. THEREFORE BELIEVE WE WOULD SEE MOST OF THE CONVECTION ALONG AND BEHIND THE FRONT...WITH MORE SCATTERED SURFACE-BASED STORMS JUST AHEAD OF AND ALONG THE FRONT. THERE IS QUITE A BIT OF FRONTOGENESIS AND SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE WITH THIS FRONT...ALONG WITH A VORTICITY MAXIMUM MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL KANSAS ON WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. CONFIDENCE IS HIGH THAT MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA WILL SEE PRECIPITATION IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...THE MAIN UNCERTAINTY LIES IN THE TIMING OF THE PRECIPITATION FOR EACH LOCATION. THURSDAY: THE VORTICITY MAXIMUM AND SHORT WAVE TROUGH DEPART TO THE EAST BY THURSDAY MORNING...SO WE EXPECT THAT CENTRAL KANSAS WILL BE CLEAR OF ANY PRECIPITATION BY THIS TIME. CONFIDENCE IS LOWER ON WHERE THE BACK EDGE OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS BY THURSDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL AGAIN BE TRICKY...BUT WE COULD VERY WELL CLIMB INTO THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 80S. THESE HIGHS COULD STILL BE A BIT OPTIMISTIC IF THERE IS SIGNIFICANT CLOUD COVER AND EVEN SOME PRECIPITATION AROUND FOR MUCH OF THE DAY. FRIDAY-WEDNESDAY: THIS PERIOD WILL BE MARKED BY AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE REMAINING OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS...AND THEREFORE WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT. THERE COULD VERY WELL BE SOME SUBTLE SHORT WAVE TROUGHS THAT COME OFF THE ROCKIES THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA...BUT CONFIDENCE IS NOT HIGH ENOUGH TO ADD MORE CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION. OTHERWISE...TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE NEAR NORMAL FOR THE FIRST COUPLE DAYS...THEN WARMING BACK UP THROUGH THE 90S BY THE END OF THE WEEKEND. WE WILL HAVE TO WATCH TO SEE JUST HOW WARM IT WILL GET. SCHRECK && PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WICHITA-KICT 96 70 88 68 / 30 70 40 20 HUTCHINSON 92 69 87 66 / 40 70 20 10 NEWTON 94 69 87 66 / 30 70 30 10 ELDORADO 97 72 88 68 / 30 70 40 20 WINFIELD-KWLD 100 73 90 69 / 20 60 50 20 RUSSELL 85 65 86 63 / 70 50 10 10 GREAT BEND 85 66 86 64 / 70 50 10 10 SALINA 86 68 88 66 / 60 60 10 10 MCPHERSON 90 69 87 66 / 50 60 20 10 COFFEYVILLE 101 77 92 71 / 10 60 60 20 CHANUTE 98 73 89 68 / 20 60 50 20 IOLA 97 72 88 68 / 20 70 50 20 PARSONS-KPPF 100 75 91 69 / 10 60 50 20 && .ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1049 AM CDT WED AUG 2 2006 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-031130- 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- 1049 AM CDT WED AUG 2 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT. A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...MAINLY NORTHWEST OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM WELLINGTON TO EUREKA. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL. IN ADDITION...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. HEAT INDICES WILL EXCEED 100 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON GENERALLY SOUTHEAST OF THE KANSAS TURNPIKE...AND MAY EXCEED 105 DEGREES FOR A SHORT TIME ACROSS PORTIONS OF EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. HIGH FIRE DANGER WILL EXIST ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS TODAY. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE RESTRICTED TO EARLY MORNING AND LATE EVENING HOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL DECREASE ON THURSDAY...WITH CHANCES LINGERING INTO THURSDAY NIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. A FEW STRONG STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE AREA. HEAT INDICES WILL RANGE FROM 100 TO 104 DEGREES ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS FROM SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...GENERALLY NORTHWEST OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM WELLINGTON TO EUREKA. && FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION...SEE OUR WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE) HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/WICHITA/HWO/HWO.PHP SCHRECK/KLEINSASSER
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 162 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:06 UTC.
24 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Tractor trailer was blown off of the highway.
Two out buildings roofs were blown off. Hay bails were also rolled into the fields.
A pickup pulling a camper was blown over near mile marker 206 on interstate 70.
An oil tank fire was reported and was caused by a lightning strike.
Numerous tree limbs were downed and a few power poles were snapped across the city.
Reports of tractor trailers being blown over on Interstate 70 near mile marker 206.
Several tree limbs were downed and a few power poles were snapped across the city.
City is without power. Roof damage was reported and some windows were blown out.
Several roads were reported to be covered by water 2 foot deep.
Several roads across the city were reported to be under water.
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: 5527938, 5528733, 5528734, 5527870, 5527871, 5527939, 5527940, 5527941, 5527942, 5527943, 5527944, 5527945, 5527946, 5527947, 5527948, 5527949, 5527950, 5527951, 5527952, 5527953, 5527954, 5527955, 5527956, 5527957, 5527958, 5527959, 5527960, 5527961, 5527962.