A vigorous upper system and associated rapid deepening low pressure produced widespread high wind across the area.
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The episode as NWS DDC wrote it up.
A vigorous upper system and associated rapid deepening low pressure produced widespread high wind across the area.
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 Nov 14, 2:52 PM CST, 3 hours 43 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 252 PM CST TUE NOV 14 2006 .DISCUSSION... DAYS 1-2... CHALLENGES ABOUND FOR MAINLY THE FIRST PERIOD FORECAST...INCLUDING HIGH WINDS, SNOW, AND HOW TO HANDLE WITH HEADLINES. THE APPROACHING STORM WAS A LITTLE BIT DEEPER PER SOME OF THE 12Z RAOBS...ESPECIALLY PER THE BOISE ROAB THAT REPORTED A 552 DAM H5 HEIGHT WITH -30C TEMP...BOTH THE NAM AND GFS INIT WERE A BIT SHORT IN THIS DEPARTMENT. BEEN FOLLOWING THE RUC ANALYZED PV ANOMALY WITH THIS STORM LIKE A HAWK OVERLAYED ON WV TODAY. VERY IMPRESSIVE LOWER TROP RESPONSE BY MIDDAY WITH SPRINGFIELD, CO PLUMETTING IN MSLP FROM 1001 MB AT 13Z TO 990.8MB AT 20Z. THE HIGH WIND HEADLINES APPEAR TO BE ON TRACK AND SOME NEIGHBORING OBS SUPPORT IT THIS AFTERNOON WITH KLIC AND KDHT BOTH HITTING 50KTS ALREADY ON EITHER SIDE OF THE SPRINGFIELD SFC LOW. THE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE SFC LOW AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES. HAVE UPGRADED THE REST OF THE HIGH WIND WATCH TO A WARNING AS NAM KINEMATIC FIELDS CERTAINLY SUPPORT IT WITH 60 TO 70KT NORTHERLY LOW LEVEL JET IN RESPONSE TO NOT ONLY THE CYCLOGENESIS BUT ALSO ROBUST ANTICYCLOGENESIS OVER WESTERN WYOMING. THE LATTER IS A SIGNIFICANT COMPONENT TO GETTING UPPER-END HIGH WIND EVENTS IN WESTERN KANSAS WITH DEEP SYSTEMS. THE REAL CHALLENGE WILL CENTER AROUND PRECIPITATION...THE TIMING OF THE CHANGEOVER FROM RAIN TO SNOW IS A LITTLE LESS PROBLEMATIC AS MUCH AS WHERE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOW BAND WILL SET UP. THE HIGH RESOLUTION NAM AND EVEN THE RUC SHOW AN IMPRESSIVE INVERTED TROUGH FEATURE IN THE LOW LEVELS EXTENDING FROM THE DEEP SFC LOW THROUGH CENTRAL KANSAS. FRONTOGENESIS WILL BE FAIRLY STRONG IN THE 06 TO 12Z TIME FRAME...BUT WHERE THIS FGEN SETS UP IS CRITICAL IN THE FORECAST...AS LOCATIONS JUST WEST OF THIS FGEN FORCING WILL NOT SEE MUCH PRECIP AT ALL. AFTER A GOOD TELECONFERENCE CALL WITH NEIGHBORING GLD, GID, ICT, AND OTHERS...ON EXACTLY THE BEST WAY TO HANDLE THIS SITUATION WITH HEADLINES...HAVE OPTED TO GO WITH A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVY ON TOP OF THE HIGH WIND WARNING. WHEREVER THIS NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED FGEN BAND SETS UP OVERNIGHT...THERE MAY BE A 30 TO 50 MILE WIDE CORRIDOR OF BLIZZARD OR BLIZZARD LIKE CONDITIONS. IT ALL DEPENDS ON THE RATE OF SNOWFALL REGARDING THE VISIBILITY CRITERIA FOR BLIZZARD...GIVEN THAT HIGH WIND THRESHOLD WILL LIKELY EASILY BE MET. THE DURATION OF THE EVENT OVER ANY ONE LOCATION IS VERY UNCERTAIN AND FEEL LESS THAN 80 PERCENT CONFIDENT (CONFIDENCE CRITERIA FOR WARNING) OF 3-HR BLIZZARD CRITERIA BEING MET AT ANY ONE LOCATION. BUT IT APPEARS THERE WILL BE QUITE NASTY CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY ALONG I-70 CORRIDOR NEAR HAYS AFTER MIDNIGHT...CONTINUING TO AROUND 12Z OR SO. HIGH WINDS SHOULD BEGIN TO ABATE AFTER SUNRISE AS PRESSURE GRADIENT RELAXES MAINLY IN THE WESTERN ZONES...SHOULD STILL SEE GUSTING TO 40-55 MPH IN THE SOUTHEASTERN CWA THROUGH MIDDAY. WHEN THE HIGH WIND WARNING EXPIRES TOMORROW MORNING...WIND ADVISORY HEADLINE WILL LIKELY HAVE TO COVER SUST 30 MPH WINDS FOR A MAJORITY OF THE REST OF THE DAY. REST OF FCST TOMORROW NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NOT CHANGED. -UMSCHEID DAYS 3-7... THE MOST SIGNIFICANT WEATHER EXPECTED DURING THE EXTENDED PERIOD WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SHOWERS ON SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT, AND THEN A WARMUP FORECAST FOR NEXT WEEK. THE UPPER WAVE THAT IS UNDERGOING RAPID CYCLOGENESIS AS IT DIVES INTO THE CENTRAL CONUS THIS EVENING WILL TURN EAST AND IS FORECAST TO BE LIFTING BACK NORTHEAST INTO THE GREAT LAKE REGION BY LATE THURSDAY. THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK WILL SEE A CONTINUATION OF THE WEST NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT. A WEAK, FAST MOVING SHORTWAVE TROUGH IS FORECAST TO RIPPLE THROUGH THE UPPER FLOW OVER THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS ON SATURDAY/SATURDAY NIGHT. THIS MORNINGS GFS IS INDICATING SOME QPF WITH THIS SYSTEM. THIS WILL MOST LIKELY BE IN THE FORM OF SPRINKLES AS THE LOWER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE FAIRLY DRY AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES TO DOMINATE. FOR NOW WILL CONTINUE WITH THE SLIGHT CHANCE POPS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN PLACE FOR THAT TIME PERIOD. DURING THE LATTER PART OF THE EXTENDED AND INTO THE 8 TO 10 DAY PERIOD, THE VARIOUS MEDIUM RANGE MODELS AND ENSEMBLES ARE CONTINUING TO POINT TOWARD A RIDGE BUILDING OVER THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL CONUS AND PERHAPS TRENDING TOWARD A MORE SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW PATTERN LATE IN THE PERIOD. THE CURRENT FORECAST HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE NEARLY TEN DEGREES ABOVE THE LATEST MEX NUMBERS AND CLIMO. HAVE BUMPED UP TEMPERATURES A FEW MORE DEGREES THROUGH THAT TIME PERIOD BUT EVEN WARMER TEMPERATURES ARE NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DDC 32 47 23 64 / 60 10 0 0 GCK 31 47 21 65 / 40 10 0 0 EHA 31 50 22 66 / 20 10 0 0 LBL 31 49 22 66 / 30 10 0 0 HYS 32 46 21 64 / 80 40 0 0 P28 35 47 26 63 / 80 30 0 0 && .DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HIGH WIND WARNING FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM CST WEDNESDAY FOR KSZ030-KSZ031-KSZ044-KSZ045-KSZ046-KSZ064-KSZ065-KSZ066- KSZ077-KSZ078-KSZ079-KSZ080-KSZ081-KSZ087-KSZ088-KSZ089-KSZ090. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY FOR KSZ030-KSZ031-KSZ045-KSZ046-KSZ065. HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 8 AM CST /7 AM MST/ WEDNESDAY FOR KSZ043- KSZ061-KSZ062-KSZ063-KSZ074-KSZ075-KSZ076-KSZ084-KSZ085-KSZ086. && FN25/02
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 339 AM CST TUE NOV 14 2006 KSZ043-061>063-074>076-084>086-151000- SCOTT-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-MORTON-STEVENS- SEWARD- 339 AM CST TUE NOV 14 2006 /239 AM MST TUE NOV 14 2006/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM CST THROUGH 8 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. SUSTAINED VERY STRONG WINDS FROM 35 TO 45 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE FROM WEST TO EAST INTO THE AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON. THE HIGH WINDS COULD CAUSE DAMAGE SO MAKE SURE TO SECURE ANY LOOSE OBJECTS. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN CAUSE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING ON EAST TO WEST ROADS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THE HIGHS WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO LAST INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD SEND ANY HIGH WIND OR DAMAGE REPORTS. KSZ030-031-044>046-064>066-077>081-087>090-151000- TREGO-ELLIS-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-GRAY-FORD- EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- 339 AM CST TUE NOV 14 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS...SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...SOUTHWEST KANSAS AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS EVENING INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. WINDS FROM THE NORTH TO NORTHWEST ARE FORECAST TO INCREASE TO BETWEEN 35 AND 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH BEGINNING AFTER 6 PM FROM WAKEENEY TO DODGE CITY AND ASHLAND, THEN MOVING EAST TO SAINT JOHN...PRATT AND MEDICINE LODGE BY MIDNIGHT. MAKE SURE TO SECURE ANY LOOSE OBJECTS THAT COULD CAUSE DAMAGE IF CAUGHT IN THE HIGH WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THE HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO LAST INTO MUCH OF WEDNESDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTERS MAY NEED TO RELAY ANY HIGH WIND REPORTS. 06
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
12 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
This high wind occurred at the Hugoton airport.
This event occurred at a location 10 miles north of Elkhart.
This event occurred in Syracuse.
The event occurred at the Elkhart AMOS site.
The event occurred at the Liberal airport.
The event occurred at the Scott City airport.
This high wind was reported by the KSN-TV weather lab at Linn Elementary school.
The high wind was reported at the Dodge City airport.
This high wind was reported by the KSN-TV weather lab at Healy.
A 16 x 30 foot section of roof was blown off a house.
Power lines were blown down in Wilroads Garden, just southeast of Dodge City.
The high wind was reported at the Pratt airport.
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, November 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: 6607, 6609, 6611, 6612, 6614, 6615, 6617, 6619, 6621, 6623, 6624, 6626.