Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 7, 2006

Name: Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 7, 2006
Start: 2006-05-07T12:15
End: 2006-05-07T16:30
Location: Kansas

May 7, 2006 · NWS GLD · 10 events in 4 counties and zones

8 hail, 2 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
Other

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 10

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What forecasters said that day

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 Goodland, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 7, 2:26 AM MST, 9 hours 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 7, 2:26 AM MST, 9 hours 49 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
326 AM MDT SUN MAY 7 2006

.DISCUSSION...FORECAST CONCERNS ARE THE POSSIBILITY OF
THUNDERSTORMS AND SEVERE WEATHER EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING
DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS ALONG WITH WARM TEMPERATURES MONDAY AHEAD
OF A COLD FRONT AND THE COOLER TEMPERATURES FOLLOWING THE FRONT ON
TUESDAY.

HAVE GONE WITH A BLEND OF THE NAM AND GFS SOLUTIONS. THE MORE
MOIST NAM IS PREFERRED TODAY WITH THE GFS QPF OUTLINES PREFERRED
IN THE LATER PERIODS.

THERE IS A SERIES OF SHORT WAVE TROUGHS LINING UP IN THE NORTHWEST
FLOW ALOFT THAT WILL BE TRAVERSING THE FORECAST AREA TODAY AND THE
FIRST HALF OF NEXT WEEK. THESE WAVES ARE TIMING OUT TO MOVE EAST
OF THE ROCKIES AND ACROSS THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS AT ONE ABOUT
EVERY 24 HOURS...PUTTING THEM ACROSS THE TRI-STATE REGION AT
AROUND 00Z EACH EVENING. THESE WAVES ALONG WITH LOW LEVEL
CONVERGENCE PROVIDED BY A SURFACE TROUGH THIS EVENING AND A COLD
FRONT ON MONDAY EVENING IN ADDITION TO THE ABUNDANT MOISTURE THAT
HAS BEEN BROUGHT INTO THE FORECAST AREA BY THE SOUTHERLY LOW LEVEL
FLOW WILL ALL COMBINE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH OF
THE NEXT FEW EVENINGS ACROSS THE PLAINS STATES.

IT APPEARS THE POSITION OF THE SURFACE TROUGH WILL ALLOW FOR MORE
ABUNDANT THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE OVER NORTHWEST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST
NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS
MOVES FURTHER EAST MONDAY EVENING AS THE MOISTURE AND AREA OF
SURFACE CONVERGENCE ALSO MOVE FURTHER EAST AND COOLER TEMPERATURES
BEGIN TO MOVE IN BEHIND A COLD FRONT EXPECTED ACROSS THE TRI-STATE
REGION LATE IN THE DAY ON MONDAY. ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES ON TUESDAY
WILL BE COOLER...ANOTHER UPPER DISTURBANCE WILL WORK WITH
ADDITIONAL MOISTURE FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF STORMS TUESDAY AFTERNOON
AND EVENING.

HAVE MADE LITTLE CHANGE TO THE EXTENDED PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST
WITH TEMPERATURES GRADUALLY WARMING WELL INTO THE 70S AGAIN BY
LATE IN THE WEEK.

&&

.GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
KS...NONE.
NE...NONE.
CO...NONE.
&&

LOCKHART

Hazardous weather outlook, May 7, 9:45 AM MST, 2 hours 30 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1045 AM MDT SUN MAY 7 2006

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-081200-
YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-
SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-
DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW-
1145 AM CDT SUN MAY 7 2006 /1045 AM MDT SUN MAY 7 2006/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST
NEBRASKA...NORTHWEST KANSAS AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP BY 2 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON ALONG A
SURFACE TROUGH NEAR THE COLORADO AND KANSAS STATE LINE...THEN MOVE
EAST INTO THE REMAINDER OF THE TRI STATE AREA. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL
BECOME MODERATELY UNSTABLE WITH DAYTIME HEATING IN NORTHWEST KANSAS
AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...HOWEVER WIND SHEAR WILL BE RELATIVELY WEAK.
AN ISOLATED STORM OR TWO COULD BRIEFLY REACH SEVERE LIMITS AND
PRODUCE LARGE HAIL.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY THIS EVENING IN
EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE TRI STATE AREA...BUT THE THREAT FOR SEVERE
STORMS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING AND
END BY MIDNIGHT AS THEY MOVE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE AREA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

ADDITIONAL SHORT WAVE ENERGY EMBEDDED IN THE NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT
WILL PASS OVER THE TRI-STATE REGION THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF THE
WEEK. THESE SHORT WAVES IN ADDITION TO A FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXPECTED
TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  THUNDERSTORMS WILL
BE POSSIBLE AGAIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.

JDK

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 7, 11:12 AM MST, 1 hour 3 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1212 PM MDT SUN MAY 7 2006

KSZ013-071900-
SHERMAN-
1212 PM MDT SUN MAY 7 2006

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ALERT FOR SHERMAN COUNTY...

AT 1207 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR RULETON...OR 10 MILES WEST OF GOODLAND...
AND MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...INCLUDING ON
INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN GOODLAND AND THE COLORADO STATE LINE.

BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND
BECOME SEVERE.

KILLINGSWORTH

Special weather statement, May 7, 11:15 AM MST, 1 hour before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1215 PM MDT SUN MAY 7 2006

COZ091-071900-
KIT CARSON COUNTY-
1215 PM MDT SUN MAY 7 2006

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ALERT FOR KIT CARSON COUNTY...

AT 1212 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BURLINGTON...AND MOVING
EAST AT 10 MPH.

PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM IN EXTREME
SOUTHEAST KIT CARSON COUNTY EAST OF HIGHWAY 385.

BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND
BECOME SEVERE.

KILLINGSWORTH

Special weather statement, May 7, 12:03 PM MST, 12 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
103 PM MDT SUN MAY 7 2006

KSZ002-071945-
RAWLINS-
203 PM CDT SUN MAY 7 2006

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ALERT FOR RAWLINS COUNTY...

AT 201 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MCDONALD...OR 17 MILES WEST OF ATWOOD...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE.

KILLINGSWORTH

Special weather statement, May 7, 12:03 PM MST, 12 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
103 PM MDT SUN MAY 7 2006

KSZ002-071945-
RAWLINS-
203 PM CDT SUN MAY 7 2006

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ALERT FOR RAWLINS COUNTY...

AT 201 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MCDONALD...OR 17 MILES WEST OF ATWOOD...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND
BECOME SEVERE.

KILLINGSWORTH

Special weather statement, May 7, 12:11 PM MST, 4 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
111 PM MDT SUN MAY 7 2006

COZ092-072000-
CHEYENNE COUNTY-
111 PM MDT SUN MAY 7 2006

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ALERT FOR CHEYENNE COUNTY...

AT 106 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF CHEYENNE WELLS...OR 24
MILES SOUTH OF BURLINGTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.

PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND
BECOME SEVERE.

KILLINGSWORTH

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 74 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:16 UTC.

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Event by event

8 hail, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Rawlins

When: May 7, 12:15 PM MST
Where: Rawlins County, Atwood
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 39.800, -101.050

Hail, Wallace

When: May 7, 2:12 PM MST
Where: Wallace County, 1 mi SE of Wallace
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 38.900, -101.567

Tornado, Wallace

When: May 7, 2:12 PM MST to 2:15 PM MST
Where: Wallace County, 3 mi SW of Wallace
Rating: F0
Path length: 0.3 mi
Path width: 15 yd
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 38.883, -101.617

Tornado occurred over open fields...no known damage.

Tornado, Wallace

When: May 7, 2:22 PM MST to 2:29 PM MST
Where: Wallace County, 8 mi S of Wallace
Rating: F0
Path length: 0.6 mi
Path width: 25 yd
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 38.800, -101.583

Tornado described as a thin rope and nearly stationary. Tornado occurred mostly over open fields but crossed near intersection of Road G and Road 26 in extreme eastern Wallace county. Tree limb debris was caught in power lines at this location.

Hail, Logan

When: May 7, 2:50 PM MST
Where: Logan County, 12 mi SSW of Russell Spgs
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
Coordinates: 38.750, -101.250

Five mile stretch of golf ball sized hail on highway 25.

Hail, Logan

When: May 7, 2:54 PM MST
Where: Logan County, 9 mi W of Russell Spgs
Measured: 1.25 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 38.917, -101.333

Highway 40.

Hail, Logan

When: May 7, 3:01 PM MST
Where: Logan County, 9 mi W of Russell Spgs
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 38.917, -101.333

Hail completely covered the ground.

Hail, Wichita

When: May 7, 3:55 PM MST
Where: Wichita County, 12 mi S of Leoti
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 38.317, -101.350

Hail, Wichita

When: May 7, 4:13 PM MST
Where: Wichita County, Lydia
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 38.283, -101.300

Hail, Wichita

When: May 7, 4:30 PM MST
Where: Wichita County, 1 mi SE of Lydia
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 38.267, -101.283

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
Tornado: A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Kansas in 2006 Every state in 2006 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Kansas, 2006 Warnings in Kansas, May 2006

Sources

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: 5512384, 5512385, 5512468, 5512469, 5512462, 5512463, 5512464, 5512465, 5512466, 5512467.