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 Topeka, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 9, 2:10 PM CST, 9 hours 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 310 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006 .DISCUSSION... LATEST WATER VAPOR LOOPS SHOWS A SMALL WAVE MOVING OUT OF THE ROCKIES INTO WESTERN KANSAS WHILE A STRONGER SHORTWAVE WAS MOVING INTO THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA AT 19Z. SURFACE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WAS SHOWING UP ON SURFACE OBS AND SATELLITE FROM NORTHWEST MISSOURI INTO SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. PRESSURE CHANGE OVER THE LAST FEW HOURS SHOWING LITTLE PRESSURE RISES/FALLS ACROSS KANSAS. WAVES MOVING OUT OF THE ROCKIES TONIGHT WILL DEVELOP SOME SHOWERS AND SOME THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS KANSAS WITH THE BEST FOCUS ACROSS SOUTHERN KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA. CAPES RUNNING ABOUT 1000 J/G THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS WITH LITTLE CIN. FRONT WILL PUSH SOUTH TONIGHT AS UPPER TROUGH DEEPENS OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS. LOWS TONIGHT A LITTLE COOLER WITH LOWS FROM THE UPPER 40S IN NORTH CENTRAL TO THE MIDDLE 50S IN EAST CENTRAL. ON WEDNESDAY UPPER TROUGH AND LOW OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS MOVES INTO WESTERN IOWA BY 00Z THURSDAY. COULD SEE SOME SHOWERS AND SOME ISOLATED THUNDER AS COOL POOL MOVES OVER IN THE AFTERNOON HOURS. HAVE LOWERED TEMPERATURES INTO THE MID TO UPPER 60S WITH COLD AIR ADVECTION AND CLOUDS FOR THE BALANCE OF THE DAY. WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...H5 LOW WILL BE CENTERED IN IOWA WEDNESDAY NIGHT THEN DEEPEN AND SPIN IN THE VICINITY OF THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES. THE NAM AND GFS BRING SHORTWAVE TROUGH ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE LOW WEDS NIGHT/THU MORNING. THIS ENERGY COULD BE ENOUGH TO BRING SOME SHOWERS TO THE TOP CWA WITH THE NORTHEAST CORNER HAVING THE BEST CHANCES. CAA ALONG WITH SOME WRAP AROUND LOW CLOUDS WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES BELOW NORMAL FOR THIS PERIOD. SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...PERSISTENT H5 LOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPIN IN THE GREAT LAKES / OHIO VALLEY REGION. THIS WILL BRING A CONTINUED COOL PATTERN TO THE CENTRAL PLAINS. PRECIPITATION NOW LOOKING LESS LIKELY OVER THE WEEKEND THAN THE MODEL PREVIOUS RUNS WERE SHOWING. SURFACE WINDS PROGGED TO STAY OUT OF THE NORTH TO NORTHWEST DURING THE PERIOD...NOT ALLOWING FOR ANY GOOD MOISTURE RETURN. ONLY CONCERN WOULD BE SHORTWAVE ENERGY ROTATING AROUND UPPER LOW...NONE OF WHICH LOOK STRONG ENOUGH/CLOSE ENOUGH TO CHANGE DRY FORECAST. TEMPERATURES WILL STAY THE BELOW NORMAL COURSE WITH HIGHS AROUND 70 AND LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. && .TOP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1004 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-110315- REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS- WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- 1004 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL...NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 61 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:42 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A lightning strike destroyed a garage and a pickup truck inside the garage. A room converted from a garage was also damaged. The residents of the home were not injured as they fled their smoke filled house.
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: 5508973.