High wind buffeted the area from 1331 through 1600. Several large tree limbs were blown down in Syracuse.
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The episode as NWS DDC wrote it up.
High wind buffeted the area from 1331 through 1600. Several large tree limbs were blown down in Syracuse. Cimarron reported a 60 mph wind gust at the Jr/Sr High school. Shingles and many tree limbs were blown down in Johnson. A 60 mph wind gust was recorded at the Hugoton airport at 1402 CST. A 58 mph gust was reported at the Pratt airport at 1410 CST. The Dodge City ASOS at the airport experienced a 50 mph gust also. Liberal had a 59 mph gust at the airport at 1435 CST. Power lines were blown down in Kinsley. The Elkhart airport had a 58 mph gust at 1508 CST. The visibility dropped to 1 mile at times in blowing dust/dirt at the Dodge City airport when the wind gusted to 58 mph at 1536 CST. Several fences were blown down in Ashland. Four inch diameter limbs were broken in Medicine Lodge. Back in Dodge City, a twelve inch diameter tree branch broke and crushed a vehicle on Central Street. Other car windows were broken out in the same general vicinity. There was also some shingle damage in Dodge City.
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 Mar 12, 2:28 AM CST, 11 hours 3 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 228 AM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 .DISCUSSION... DAYS 1-2... FORECAST CHALLENGE CONTINUES TO BE STRONG WINDS TODAY. WILL KEEP CURRENT WIND ADVISORY FOR TODAY AS DEEP MIXING WILL HELP TRANSPORT STRONG WINDS TO THE GROUND. MAY EVEN HAVE SOME BLOWING DUST WITH IT. HAVE BUMPED UP MAX TEMPS TODAY INTO THE UPPER 60S WITH GOOD DOWNSLOPE WARMING. THE COLD FRONT COMES THROUGH AROUND MIDNIGHT WITH GOOD COLD AIR ADVECTION AND WINDS SHIFTING TO THE NORTH NORTHWEST AND GUSTY AT TIMES. OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S LOOK OK AS BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS WILL CONTINUED MIXED. ON MONDAY WINDS WILL BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE BUILDS IN AND TEMPERATURES AROUND 50. FOR MONDAY NIGHT LOOK FOR MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES WITH LOWS IN THE 20S. DAYS 3-7... MODELS CONTINUE TO AGREE WITH THE GENERAL IDEA OF ANOTHER UPPER LOW ESTABLISHING ITSELF OFF THE WEST COAST BEGINNING AS EARLY AS MID WEEK AS WEAKENING S/W TROF CROSSES THE CNTL PLAINS. TIMING IS AN ISSUE BUT OVERALL THE GENERAL PATTERN REMAINS UNCHANGED. AS OUR UPPER LOW OFF THE WEST COAST SLOWLY MOVES EASTWARD AN UPPER RIDGE WILL CROSS THEN PLAINS. FURTHER EAST IT DOES LOOK LIKE A DECENT PUSH OF COLD AIR WILL BE WORKING ITS WAY SOUTH ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES INTO THE ERN CONUS LATE WEEK AND WRN KS WILL BE ON THE WESTERN FRINGE OF THIS COLD AIR WHICH WILL BE BATTLING WITH THE NW DOWNSLOPE FLOW. STILL GIVEN THE PROGGED COLD AIR INVADING THE PLAINS LATE WEEK AM THINKING TEMPS WILL BEGIN TO REBOUND AS THIS COLD AIR ERODES FROM WEST TO EAST. WILL THEREFORE GO WITH A GRADUAL WARMING TREND THROUGH THE WEEKEND PERIOD. OTHERWISE THE CHCS FOR PCPN LOOKING SLIM SO WILL SEE LITTLE REASON NOT TO KEEP A DRY FORECAST GOING. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DDC 67 29 50 24 / 0 0 10 0 GCK 66 27 50 22 / 0 0 10 0 EHA 62 28 49 22 / 0 0 10 0 LBL 65 29 51 24 / 0 0 10 0 HYS 65 28 46 23 / 0 0 20 0 P28 72 36 52 27 / 0 0 10 0 && .DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY FROM 10 AM CST /9 AM MST/ THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON FOR KSZ043-KSZ044-KSZ045-KSZ046-KSZ061- KSZ062-KSZ063-KSZ064-KSZ065-KSZ066-KSZ074-KSZ075-KSZ076-KSZ077- KSZ078-KSZ079-KSZ080-KSZ081-KSZ084-KSZ085-KSZ086-KSZ087-KSZ088- KSZ089-KSZ090. && FN06/18
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1006 AM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 KSZ043-044-061>064-074>078-084>088-131100- CLARK-FINNEY-FORD-GRANT-GRAY-HAMILTON-HASKELL-HODGEMAN-KEARNY-LANE- MEADE-MORTON-SCOTT-SEWARD-STANTON-STEVENS- 1006 AM CST (906 AM MST) SUN MAR 12 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS...SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...SOUTHWEST KANSAS AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THE FIRE DANGER INDEX WILL BE IN THE EXTREME CATEGORY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASING INTO THE 35 TO 45 MPH RANGE WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO NEAR 60 MPH. VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL MAKE FOR PRIME WILDFIRE DEVELOPMENT. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT. KSZ030-031-045-046-065-066-079>081-089-090-131100- BARBER-COMANCHE-EDWARDS-ELLIS-KIOWA-NESS-PAWNEE-PRATT-RUSH-STAFFORD- TREGO- 1006 AM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THE FIRE DANGER INDEX WILL BE IN THE EXTREME CATEGORY THIS AFTERNOON AND ALL BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED. STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE VERY LOW. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT. 12
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
13 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several Large trees blown down in Syracuse.
KSN-tv weather lab report at the Cimarron Jr/Sr High School.
Several shingles blown off roofs. Many tree branches were blown down in and around Johnson.
High wind occurred at the Hugoton airport.
Occurred at the Pratt airport.
Occurred at the Dodge City airport.
Occurred at the Liberal airport.
Power poles were blown down in Kinsley.
Occurred at the Elkhart airport.
Occurred at the Dodge City airport. Visibility dropped to around 1 mile in dust.
Several fences were blown down in Ashland. The city sign was damaged.
Four inch diameter tree branches were broken in Medicine Lodge.
A 12 inch diameter tree branch fell and crushed a vehicle in Dodge City. Windows broken out on Central Avenue. Shingles blown of a roof in northwest Dodge City.
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, March 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: 5493218, 5493219, 5493220, 5493221, 5498102, 5498103, 5498104, 5498105, 5498106, 5498107, 5498108, 5498109, 5498182.