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 25, 2:27 PM CST, 8 hours 3 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 327 PM CDT FRI AUG 25 2006 .DISCUSSION... CONCERNS THIS PACKAGE ARE SEVERE WEATHER CHANCES THIS EVENING...THEN HEAVY RAINFALL TONIGHT INTO THE WEEKEND. THIS EVE AND TONIGHT: SURFACE BOUNDARY/TROF CURRENTLY EXTENDS FROM NEAR PTT-HUT TO JUST NORTH OF EMP. LATEST ANALYSIS SHOWS THAT SURFACE DEWPOINTS JUST NORTH OF THE BOUNDARY HAVE CREEPED BACK TO NEAR 70 IN SLN/RSL WHICH WOULD SUGGEST MAIN FRONT IS STILL NORTH OF THIS AREA. MID LAYER COOLING ACROSS NW KS HAS LEAD TO TSRA ERUPTING NEAR GLD. THIS MID LEVEL COOLING AND UPPER LEVEL DIFFLUENCE MOVES INTO CEN KS AS THE LATE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING PROGRESSES. THE MID LEVEL ENERGY WILL HELP ERODE THE CAP IN PLACE ACROSS THE AREA ENOUGH FOR SHRA/TSRA TO DEVELOP INITIALLY ACROSS CEN KS. 0-6KM SHEAR OF 30-40KT AND MUCAPES OF 2000-3000 J/KG SUGGEST THAT ANY STORM THAT DOES DEVELOP COULD HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE. THE MAIN THREAT APPEARS TO BE LARGE HAIL. SO WILL KEEP THIS WORDING IN THE GRIDS AND ZONES. AS THE EVENING/OVERNIGHT PROGRESSES...THE THREAT TURNS TO A HEAVY RAINFALL AS 850-700H FN-CONVERGENCE AND WARM ADVECTION INCREASES OVER THE TOP OF THE BOUNDARY. UPPER DIFFLUENCE FROM THE RIGHT REAR QUADRANT OF THE UPPER LEVEL JET ALSO HELPS WITH EFFICIENT RAINFALL PRODUCTION AS PW VALUES REMAIN HIGH. FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE VALUES IN CEN KS ARE LOW DUE TO RECENT HEAVY RAINS...SO HAVE GONE WITH A FLOOD WATCH FOR AREAS GENERALLY NORTH OF A KINGMAN- WICHITA-COTTONWOOD FALLS LINE FOR THIS FLOODING POTENTIAL. SAT AND SAT NIGHT: SHRA/TSRA WILL PROBABLY BE ONGOING FOR THE START OF SAT AS LOW LEVEL BOUNDARY REMAINS STATIONARY ACROSS SRN KS...WITH 850H BOUNDARY DRAPED A LITTLE FURTHER NORTH ACROSS CEN KS. FN-CONVERGENCE AND UPPER LEVEL DIFFLUENCE REMAINS ACROSS THE AREA. SO WILL KEEP FLOOD WATCH GOING AT LEAST UNTIL NOON. LOW LEVEL BOUNDARY REMAINS DRAPED ACROSS SRN/SERN KS FOR THE LATE AFTERNOON ON SAT. AMOUNT OF SUNSHINE/HEATING WILL PLAY A KEY FACTOR ON WHETHER TSRA WILL REDEVELOP ALONG THIS BOUNDARY. CURRENT MODELS SUGGEST INSTABILITY WILL AGAIN POOL JUST SOUTH OF THE BOUNDARY WITH CLOUDS THINNING SOME FOR REDEVELOPMENT OF TSRA ACROSS SRN KS. WIDESPREAD TSRA REDEVELOPMENT WILL PROBABLY HOLD OFF UNTIL THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS SAT AS WARM ADVECTION AND LOW LEVEL JET INCREASES AGAIN ACROSS SRN KS. ANOTHER MID LEVEL JET STREAK ALSO AID IN UPPER LEVEL DIFFLUENCE ACROSS THE AREA FOR ANOTHER CHANCE FOR EFFICIENT RAINFALL AND A HEAVY RAIN THREAT. WILL NOT GO WITH A FLOOD WATCH FOR THIS FRAME AS HEAVY RAIN THREAT LOOKS FURTHER SOUTH THAN CURRENT PATH. BUT DEPENDING ON WHAT HAPPENS TONIGHT...LATER SHIFTS MAY HAVE TO LOOK AT THIS MORE CLOSELY. SUN: SHRA/TSRA EXPECTED TO ONGOING AGAIN ALONG THE KS/OK BORDER EARLY MON. NOT ALOT OF CONFIDENCE FOR THIS TIME FRAME AS TIMING OF MAIN SHORTWAVE IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST IS IN DOUBT. BUT LOW LEVEL BOUNDARY WILL REMAIN PARKED ACROSS SRN KS...WITH CHANCE POPS IN MOST LOCATIONS AS ANY WEAK IMPULSE WILL LEAD TO SHRA/TSRA REDEVELOPING. MON: MODELS DIFFER ON TIMING OF OF PRECIP FINALLY MOVING OUT OF THE AREA SOME TIME ON MON. LATEST MODEL RUNS ARE A LITTLE SLOWER WITH MAIN SHORTWAVE IN THE PACIFIC NW FINALLY MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. LATEST WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SUGGESTS SHORTWAVE IS A LITTLE DEEPER THAN THE MODELS SUGGEST...SO SLOWER SOLUTION SEEMS LIKE THE WAY TO GO. SO WILL KEEP POPS ACROSS MOST LOCATION THROUGH MON AFTERNOON AS SHORTWAVE COMES OUT DEEPER AND SLOWER. WILL TAPER OFF POPS IN MOST LOCATIONS EXCEPT SERN KS FOR MON NIGHT...AS SUBSIDENCE HELPS PUSH PRECIP CHANCES EAST OF THE AREA. TUE-FRI: WILL LINGER SOME SLIGHT POPS IN EXTREME SERN KS EARLY ON TUE...AS THINGS BEGIN TO DRY OUT ACROSS THE AREA. OTHERWISE...MED RANGE MODELS CONTINUE TO BUILD THE SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE INTO KS FROM THE NORTH FOR THIS TIME FRAME. SO WILL SEE SOME DRY DAYS WITH NEAR NORMAL TEMPS. WITH RIDGE IN CONTROL...NOT MUCH IN THE WAY OF SENSIBLE WEATHER TO WORRY ABOUT. WILL START TO WARM UP TEMPS ON FRI...AS RIDGE MOVES TO THE EAST OF THE AREA AS TROF IN WRN KS DEVELOPS INCREASING THE WARM AIR RETURN ACROSS KS. KETCHAM && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WICHITA-KICT 68 83 66 83 / 90 60 60 50 HUTCHINSON 67 81 65 82 / 90 60 50 50 NEWTON 67 82 66 82 / 90 60 50 50 ELDORADO 68 84 67 83 / 80 60 60 60 WINFIELD-KWLD 70 85 67 83 / 80 60 60 60 RUSSELL 63 78 62 80 / 90 50 30 40 GREAT BEND 64 79 62 81 / 90 60 40 40 SALINA 65 80 64 81 / 90 60 40 50 MCPHERSON 66 81 65 82 / 90 60 50 50 COFFEYVILLE 72 89 69 84 / 60 60 70 60 CHANUTE 71 84 68 83 / 80 70 70 60 IOLA 70 84 68 83 / 80 70 70 60 PARSONS-KPPF 72 86 69 84 / 70 60 70 60 && .ICT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLOOD WATCH UNTIL NOON SATURDAY FOR KSZ032-033-047>053-067>069- 082-083. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 847 PM CDT FRI AUG 25 2006 KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-261745- 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 PM CDT FRI AUG 25 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE EVENING ALONG AND NORTH OF A SOUTHWARD MOVING COLD FRONT. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE SEVERE WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR GOLFBALL OR LARGER HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND FLOODING. THE AREA OF GREATEST RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM SALINA TO HARPER THROUGH THE REST OF THE EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE NUMEROUS OVERNIGHT WITH FLOODING POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS DUE TO SOME TRAINING OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. SEE THE LATEST FLOOD WATCH FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY SATURDAY WITH POSSIBLE HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY. DEPENDING ON WHERE THE COLD FRONT IS LOCATED OVER THE WEEKEND...FLOODING POTENTIAL COULD CONTINUE...ESPECIALLY IF A GIVEN AREA RECEIVES MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAIN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE REQUIRED LATE FRIDAY EVENING...GENERALLY ACROSS MOST OF CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. REPORTS OF HEAVY RAINFALL OR FLOODING WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED THROUGH THE WEEKEND. && FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS INFORMATION...SEE OUR WEBPAGE AT (LOWERCASE) HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/WICHITA/HWO/HWO.PHP PH/CJ/KETCHAM/SCHRECK
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 932 PM CDT FRI AUG 25 2006 KSZ098-099-260330- CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY- 932 PM CDT FRI AUG 25 2006 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR CHAUTAUQUA AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES... AT 927 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR HAVANA...OR 11 MILES EAST OF SEDAN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. DIME 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. CARUSO
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 947 PM CDT FRI AUG 25 2006 KSZ082-091-260345- HARPER-KINGMAN- 947 PM CDT FRI AUG 25 2006 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR HARPER AND KINGMAN COUNTIES... AT 943 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTH OF ZENDA...OR 16 MILES EAST OF MEDICINE LODGE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. DIME 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. CARUSO
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1013 PM CDT FRI AUG 25 2006 KSZ053-260345- CHASE- 1013 PM CDT FRI AUG 25 2006 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR CHASE COUNTY... AT 1013 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTH OF WILSEY...OR 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF COTTONWOOD FALLS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. DIME 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. CARUSO
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1039 PM CDT FRI AUG 25 2006 KSZ098-260445- CHAUTAUQUA- 1039 PM CDT FRI AUG 25 2006 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY... AT 1037 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CHAUTAUQUA...OR 8 MILES SOUTH OF SEDAN... AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL...WINDS TO 50 MPH...AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL 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. CARUSO
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1117 PM CDT FRI AUG 25 2006 KSZ098-099-260445- CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY- 1117 PM CDT FRI AUG 25 2006 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR CHAUTAUQUA AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES... AT 1113 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR PERU...OR 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SEDAN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. WINDS TO 50 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL 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. CARUSO
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1130 PM CDT FRI AUG 25 2006 KSZ095-096-260500- NEOSHO-WILSON- 1130 PM CDT FRI AUG 25 2006 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR NEOSHO AND WILSON COUNTIES... AT 1125 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BUFFALO...OR 9 MILES WEST OF CHANUTE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. DIME 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. CARUSO
The Wichita radar (KICT), 4 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:30 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A lightning strike set a 14-unit building on fire at Twin Lakes Apartment Complex. The fire destroyed the roof and top floors of the building. Fortunately, no one was injured from the blaze. Information courtesy of the Wichita Eagle.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 5528732.