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NWS Topeka, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 21, 3:58 AM CST, 2 hours 2 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 458 AM CDT THU SEP 21 2006 .DISCUSSION... VERY ACTIVE NEXT FEW DAYS AS INTENSE UPPER LOW OVER SOUTHERN COLORADO/NORTHERN NEW MEXICO PUSHES OUT INTO THE PLAINS...FOLLOW BY ANOTHER SYSTEMS FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. TEMPERATURES...WIND AND SEVERE WEATHER THREAT ALL CHALLENGES. WATER VAPOR SHOWS DEEP MOISTURE WRAPPING LOW WITH A NARROW BAND OF SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE FROM CENTRAL TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA INTO EASTERN KANSAS. DEEP LEE SIDE SURFACE LOW OVER EASTERN COLORADO HAS STRONG SOUTHEASTERLY FETCH OF WINDS. TEMPERATURES WERE GENERALLY IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S AT 3 AM WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE LOWER 50S. PROFILERS SHOWING 45 TO 50KTS OF WIND IN THE LOWER GATES UP TO AROUND H850 MB. LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE WITH THE NIGHT TIME JET DEVELOPED THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL KANSAS LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING...WHILE JUST A BIT LATER...WARM ADVECTION...ISENTROPIC LIFT STARTED DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. THE CLUSTER OF STORMS HAS PUSHED NORTHEAST ACROSS THE ENTIRE CWA DURING THE OVERNIGHT WITH BANDS OF THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOPING TO THE SOUTHWEST. ALTHOUGH LOW LEVEL RH FIELDS NOT ALL THAT IMPRESSIVE WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE LOW TO MID 50S...THE STRONG DYNAMICS AND LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE ALL LEADING TO A DEEP LEVEL OF LIFT. CONSIDERABLE LIFT WITH THE SYSTEM TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY AND INTO NIGHT TIME PERIOD. FOLLOW GENERALLY THE GFS WITH EVOLUTION OF SYSTEM AS IT HAS HAD THE MOST CONSISTENT TRACK. EXPECTING A DIURNAL BREAK IN THE PRECIPITATION LATE MORNING TO EARLY AFTERNOON...BUT GFS STILL SHOWING STRONG VERTICAL MOTIONS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. WITH THE INTENSE SHEAR...AROUND 50KTS THROUGH 6KM...AND AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING INSTABILITY WITH COOLER AIR COMING IN ALOFT...WILL GIVE THE POTENTIAL FOR SUPERCELLS...MAIN THREAT BEING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PRECIPITABLE WATER IN THE MODEST 1 TO 1.5 RANGE BUT TRAINING OF STORMS COULD PRODUCE SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. WILL COVER ALL THE ABOVE IN THE HWO. OTHERWISE FOR THE DAY...WITH H850 MB WINDS IN THE 50 TO 55 KT RANGE...FOR MUCH OF THE AREA...HAVE ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR AREAS GENERALLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70...THROUGH THE DAY. THINK CLOUDS AND PRECIPITATION WILL HAMPER MIXING NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE. TOUGH DECISION ON HIGHS AS ALL THE GUIDANCE LOOKS LOW GIVEN EARLY MORNING TEMPS. WENT UPPER 60S NORTH TO LOWER 70S SOUTH AT THIS POINT. FOR TONIGHT...UPPER TROUGH EJECTS EAST AS NEXT SYSTEM WITH A 130KT JET DIVES DOWN THE PACIFIC COAST. KEPT LIKELY POPS NORTHEAST DURING THE EVENING HOURS...WITH THUNDERSTORM CHANCES DIMINISHING AFTER MIDNIGHT INTO 20 TO 40 PERCENT RANGE...SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST. LOWS TONIGHT FROM THE LOWER 50S NORTHWEST TO UPPER 50S SOUTHEAST. ON FRIDAY...GFS SHOWING DRY SLOT ACROSS THE CWA BUT KEPT SOME LOW CHANCE POPS FOR THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN COUNTIES WHERE AFTERNOON INSTABILITY COULD KICK OFF SOME SHOWERS. HIGHS FRIDAY IN THE LOWER 70S NORTH TO MID TO UPPER 70S SOUTH. FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY...NEXT SHORTWAVE PLOWS THROUGH THE AREA OVERRUNNING SURFACE BOUNDARY. BEST LIFT LOOKS TO BE AFTER MIDNIGHT FRIDAY SO WENT WITH JUST SLIGHT CHANCE FRIDAY EVENING...INCREASING INTO THE 40 PERCENT RANGE AFTER MIDNIGHT INTO SATURDAY AS UPPER WAVE GRADUALLY MOVES ACROSS THE CWA. CLOUDS AND PRECIP KEEP TEMPS HOLD HIGHS BACK INTO THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S. WRAP AROUND MOISTURE MAINLY NORTH AND EAST OF THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT...BUT LATER SHIFTS MAY HAVE TO REFINE THIS IF LOW IS SLOWER TO EXIT. REST OF WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK FORECAST LEFT THE SAME. DRY. TEMPERATURES MODERATE BACK INTO THE MID TO UPPER 70S FOR HIGHS. LOWS IN THE MIDDLE 40S SUNDAY MORNING...BACK TO THE LOW TO MID 50S BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. LATEST GFS HINTING OF ANOTHER BOUNDARY PUSHING SOUTH WITH NORTHWEST FLOW SHORTWAVE ON WEDNESDAY...SOME FOR LATER SHIFTS TO MONITOR. && .TOP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...WIND ADVISORY TODAY FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM FOR AREAS GENERALLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70... KSZ034>038-054>056-058-059 && PF
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 614 AM CDT THU SEP 21 2006 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-221100- REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS- WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- 614 AM CDT THU SEP 21 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL...NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY THROUGH EVENING HOURS TONIGHT...BEFORE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING IN COVERAGE AFTER MIDNIGHT. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS...COULD BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL THE MAIN THREAT. IN ADDITIONAL LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTHERN COUNTIES WHERE STORMS MAY TRACK OVER THE SAME AREA AND CREATE RUNOFF PROBLEMS. A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN POSTED FOR AREAS GENERALLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70 UNTIL 7 PM THIS EVENING. SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO UP TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN FRIDAY NIGHT...MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ON SATURDAY. SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY NIGHT COULD PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY TONIGHT.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
5 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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, September 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: 5533366, 5533367, 5533368, 5533369, 5533370.