1 flood, 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 21, 7:40 AM CST, 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 840 AM CDT MON AUG 21 2006 .UPDATE... HAVE UPDATED FORECAST FOR TODAY PERIOD TO DRAMATICALLY UP THE PRECIPITATION CHANCES BASED ON LATEST RADAR TRENDS. LARGE AREA OF CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION OCCURRING AT THIS TIME OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH-CENTRAL KS ON THE EAST SIDE OF A MID-LEVEL SHEAR AXIS DRAPED ACROSS WESTERN KS. MODELS HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING TO MOVE THIS PRECIPITATION EASTWARD FAST ENOUGH...WITH THE GFS PERHAPS SHOWING THE BEST TREND COMPARED TO THE NAM-WRF. MAIN CONCERN IS MONITORING FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH HIGH PRECIPITABLE WATER BULLSEYE OF 2 INCHES OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KS THIS MORNING. WILL CONTINUE TO MENTION LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL/LOCALIZED FLOODING IN THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK. JMC && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 545 AM CDT MON AUG 21 2006/ UPDATE... WE ARE SENDING OUT A QUICK UPDATE TO INCREASE POPS THIS MORNING. LATEST WATER VAPOR/RADAR LOOP ARE SHOWING A NICE COMPLEX OF STORMS MOVING THROUGH SOUTHWEST KANSAS. THIS COMPLEX APPEARS TO HAVE DEVELOPED AN MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE VORT LOBE WHICH IS PROGGED TO CONTINUE SHIFTING INTO SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS BY MID MORNING. IT APPEARS LIKE THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE HEAVY RAINFALL DUE TO WARM CLOUD DEPTHS AROUND 4KM AND PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES AROUND 2 INCHES. WE WILL HAVE TO WATCH FOR SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING SINCE SOME SPOTS RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL YESTERDAY. COX && PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 336 AM CDT MON AUG 21 2006/ DISCUSSION... THE MAIN CONCERN WITH THIS FORECAST IS WHERE THE BEST PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL BE DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. IF IT DOES NOT RAIN...THEN THE PROBLEM WILL BE THE CLOUDS AND THEIR AFFECT ON TEMPERATURES. LATEST WATER VAPOR LOOP/PROFILERS ARE INDICATING A WAVE SETTING UP CAMP ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS. THIS FEATURE APPEARS TO BE DEVELOPING A NICE COLD POOL WHICH IS ALLOWING GOOD ISENTROPIC ASCENT TO TAKE PLACE ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS. MOST UNSTABLE CAPES ARE AROUND 1000 J/KG ACROSS THIS REGION...BUT IT REALLY STARTS TO SLACKEN OFF AS YOU HEAD TOWARDS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS TO AROUND 200J/KG...ACCORDING TO THE RUC/LAPS DATA. THE NAM IS SHOWING A DEFORMATION ZONE SETTING UP ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS TODAY...WHILE THE GFS IS SETTING UP THIS ZONE MORE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. WE ARE CURRENTLY WATCHING ANOTHER MID LEVEL WAVE MOVING THROUGH NORTHEAST KANSAS. THE TIMING OF THIS FEATURE MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST KANSAS WILL DEFINITELY HAVE AN IMPACT WHERE THE BAROCLINIC ZONE WILL SET UP THIS AFTERNOON. THE LATEST RUC APPEARS TO BE IN FAIRLY CLOSE AGREEMENT WITH NAM SOLUTION...BUT IT MAY BE A BIT FURTHER SOUTH WHICH LOOKS TO BE FAIRLY GOOD CONSIDERING THE LATEST 700MB PROFILER. WHAT THIS MEANS IS THAT WE SHOULD SEE MORE SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS FESTER AND MOVE INTO CENTRAL KANSAS THIS MORNING WITH THINGS GRADUALLY SHIFTING TO SOUTH AS THE AFTERNOON WEARS ON. PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES ACROSS THIS REGION IS STILL RANGING FROM 1.5 TO 2 INCHES WHICH IS SOMEWHAT CONCERNING...BUT THE INSTABILITY WILL BE LACKING QUITE A BIT DUE TO THE CLOUD COVER. FURTHER EAST IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...IT WILL BE ANOTHER WARM DAY...BUT THEY WILL SEE SOME MID CLOUDS AND POSSIBLE A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS PASSING THROUGH FROM TIME TO TIME. TONIGHT: THE MODELS ARE TRYING TO SHIFT THIS UPPER LEVEL WAVE FROM WESTERN KANSAS INTO SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS OVERNIGHT. THERE WILL BE SOME WEAK ISENTROPIC ASCENT INTO THIS WAVE AROUND 315K...BUT WE WILL BE LACKING INSTABILITY AGAIN WITH MOST UNSTABLE CAPES ONLY AROUND 500-600J/KG. THEREFORE...I WOULD NOT EXPECT VERY MUCH IN THE WAY OF PRECIPITATION...BUT THERE WILL BE SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AROUND. WE WILL ALSO START SEEING THE DRIER AIR FILTER INTO SOUTHEAST AND PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS BEHIND THE MID LEVEL WAVE MOVING INTO THE OHIO VALLEY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE RATHER COOL AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BEGINS TO SETTLE OVER THE AREA....BUT CLOUD COVER WILL TEND TO INSULATE THINGS SOMEWHAT IN SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. TUESDAY: THIS DAY IS NOT CUT AND DRY EITHER. THE UKMET/GFS ARE STILL TRYING TO PUSH THE UPPER LEVEL WAVE OUT OF OUR SOUTHERN COUNTIES BY MIDDAY. MEANWHILE...THE NAM IS SHOWING ANOTHER WAVE ROAMING THROUGH THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE. WE DO NOT HAVE A LOT OF CONFIDENCE THAT THIS WAVE WILL PAN OUT...BUT IT IS CERTAINLY WORTH WATCHING. I DID INSERT POPS MAINLY ACROSS MY SOUTHERN COUNTIES TO BETTER MATCH UP WITH OUR SOUTHERN NEIGHBORS. TUESDAY NIGHT-FRIDAY: WE HAVE LEFT THINGS DRY FOR NOW AS THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BEGINS TO BUILD OVER THE AREA. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR THINGS TO WARM UP TO ABOVE NORMAL AGAIN AS SOUTHERLY FLOW COMMENCES. SOME FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN REALLY DRY MAY REALLY SPIKE AND GET CLOSE TO THE CENTURY MARK. FRIDAY NIGHT-SUNDAY: IT APPEARS LIKE THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL BEGIN TO BREAK DOWN AS A STRONG TROF MOVES THROUGH THE NORTHERN PLAINS. THIS WAVE WILL SEND A FRONTAL BOUNDARY INTO THE FORECAST AREA LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY AND REALLY COOL US OFF THIS WEEKEND. DEPENDING ON THE TIMING OF THE FRONT...WE COULD HAVE SOME STRONG STORMS DEVELOP ALONG THIS BOUNDARY DUE TO A GOOD SHEAR PROFILE. THIS FEATURE IS CERTAINLY WORTH WATCHING. WE DID NOT MAKE MUCH IN THE WAY OF CHANGES AT THIS POINT. COX && PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WICHITA-KICT 84 65 88 66 / 50 20 10 10 HUTCHINSON 81 64 88 66 / 60 20 10 10 NEWTON 84 64 88 66 / 40 20 10 10 ELDORADO 86 64 88 66 / 30 20 10 10 WINFIELD-KWLD 87 66 88 67 / 40 20 20 10 RUSSELL 80 62 87 66 / 60 10 5 10 GREAT BEND 75 63 87 66 / 60 10 10 10 SALINA 86 63 88 65 / 10 10 5 10 MCPHERSON 83 63 88 66 / 30 20 10 10 COFFEYVILLE 92 67 89 66 / 20 20 20 10 CHANUTE 88 66 87 66 / 20 20 10 10 IOLA 88 65 87 65 / 20 20 10 10 PARSONS-KPPF 89 66 88 66 / 20 20 20 10 && .ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 847 AM CDT MON AUG 21 2006 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-221500- 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- 847 AM CDT MON AUG 21 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS TODAY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS. HOWEVER...THE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE STRONG OR SEVERE. THE CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL END IN CENTRAL KANSAS TONIGHT...WHILE CONTINUING IN SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. THE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE STRONG OR SEVERE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE STRONG OR SEVERE. HEAT INDICES COULD CLIMB TO AROUND 100 IN PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS ON FRIDAY. THERE IS ALSO A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. IT IS STILL TOO EARLY TO TELL IF THESE STORMS WILL BE SEVERE. .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 JMC
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A week of on and off heavy rainfall closed Highway 56 near Pawnee Rock for a relatively short time on the morning of the 21st. According to the Great Bend Tribune, two feet of standing water over the highway stranded a few motorists, and eventually lead to law enforcement officials barricading the highway.
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: 5528731.