2 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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.
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 Sep 21, 3:15 PM CST, 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 415 PM CDT THU SEP 21 2006 .DISCUSSION... LATEST WATER VAPOR LOOP SHOWS VIGOROUS UPPER SYSTEM OVER WESTERN KANSAS WITH DRY PUNCH EXTENDING ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE SYSTEM ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS AT 20Z. SURFACE LOW WITH ASSOCIATED DRYLINE WAS EAST OF DDC WITH MOISTURE TONGUE ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS. GIVEN STRONG DYNAMICS...SHEAR AND INSTABILITY ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS WILL KEEP SEVERE THREAT ACROSS WESTERN AND SOUTHERN COUNTIES OF THE CWA. AREAS FURTHER NORTHEAST HAVE SEEN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE DAY. EXPECT LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE TO FIRE ALONG DRY PUNCH THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND MOVE ACROSS THE CWA THIS EVENING. FOR WINDS THE GRADIENT WILL SLIGHTLY WEAKEN THIS EVENING AND ALONG WITH THE LOSS OF HEATING WINDS SHOULD DECREASE BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA AFTER 00Z...THUS WILL LET THE WINDS ADVISORY END AT 7 PM. THE UPPER TROUGH AXIS MOVES EAST OF THE CWA IN THE 06 TO 09Z TIME FRAME TONIGHT AND WILL TAPER OFF THUNDER THREAT AFTER MIDNIGHT. ON FRIDAY THE PLACEMENT OF THE SURFACE FRONT WITH THE GFS AND NAM SUGGESTING IT WILL EXTEND ALONG AND NORTH OF THE TURNPIKE IN THE AFTERNOON. MOISTURE CONVERGENCE ALONG THE BOUNDARY WITH MUCAPE IN THE 2000 J/KG RANGE. UPPER ENERGY WILL EJECT EAST INTO NORTHEAST KANSAS IN THE AFTERNOON AND WILL INCREASE POPS INTO THE CHANGE RANGE IN THE AFTERNOON HOURS. A DRY PUNCH IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE SOUTHWEST CWA IN THE MORNING YIELDING PARTIAL CLEARING. THIS SHOULD ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO INCREASE INTO THE UPPER 70S TO NEAR 80 SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 35. AS THE NEXT SHORTWAVE ADVANCES EASTWARD INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS...THE LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL BACK...MORE WITH THE GFS AS OPPOSED TO THE NAM...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA. ALTHOUGH MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY IS FURTHER SOUTH IT IS EXPECTED TO ADVECT NORTHWARD WITH ADDITIONAL CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL...ALTHOUGH NOT AS STRONG AS EARLIER MODELS RUNS HAD INDICATED. HAVE FAVORED THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF THE CWA FOR A BETTER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS...WITH MORE ISOLATED EXPECTED FURTHER NORTH WITH LESS INSTABILITY. AGAIN FAVORED THE MORE AGGRESSIVE GFS MODEL ON QPF. AS LOW LEVEL FLOW BECOMES MORE NORTHWEST BY SATURDAY MORNING. ALTHOUGH UPPER TROUGH PULLS EAST ACROSS THE CWA...INSTABILITY CONTINUES TO DECREASE...SO WILL MENTION MAINLY A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS. AS UPPER TROUGH PULLS AWAY INTO SUNDAY MORNING...WILL CONTINUE WITH A DRY FORECAST SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. BIGGEST COOLDOWN IN TEMPS TO OCCUR ON SUNDAY WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S NORTH TO AROUND 70 SOUTHERN CWA. HIGHS ON MONDAY WITH THEN REBOUND BACK INTO THE MIDDLE 70S AS 850 TEMPS RISE 2 TO 4 DEGREES C AS HEIGHTS RISE AND LOW LEVEL FLOW BECOMES MORE WESTERLY. THIS FLOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY SO HIGHS INCREASE INTO THE UPPER 70S TO AROUND 80 DEGREES WITH MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES. NEXT FRONT TO ARRIVE TUESDAY NIGHT...BUT MOISTURE APPEARS LIMITED. WILL KEEP CWA DRY WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE AND COOLED WEDNESDAYS HIGHS DOWN INTO THE LOWER 70S TO MIDDLE 70S NORTH WITH MIDDLE 70S THE THE RULE ON THURSDAY. && .TOP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...CONTINUE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM THIS EVENING FOR AREAS GENERALLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70... KSZ034>038-054>056-058-059 &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 339 PM CDT THU SEP 21 2006 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-222045- REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS- WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- 339 PM CDT THU SEP 21 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL...NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS INTO THE EARLY EVENING...THEN ACROSS THE REST OF THE AREA THIS EVENING. THE STORMS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH IN COVERAGE AFTER MIDNIGHT. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL THE MAIN HAZARDS. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. 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 THIS EVENING.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
425 PM CDT THU SEP 21 2006
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0410 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG 5 SW TOPEKA 39.00N 95.74W
09/21/2006 SHAWNEE KS NWS EMPLOYEE
ONE FOOT DIAMETER TREE BLOWN OVER.
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BNThe Topeka radar (KTWX), 134 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:31 UTC.
2 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
The tornado was reported by several spotters. It occurred over open country with no injuries nor damage reported. The tornado was produced by a mini-supercell.
Tornado reported near the intersection of 120th road and Oxbow. The tornado was produced by a mini-supercell. It produced no injuries nor damage.
Tree reported blown down.
Funnel cloud reported by the public and also tracked by county Emergency Manager. Sirens were sounded in Abilene.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kansas in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Kansas, 2006Warnings 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: 5533324, 5533325, 5533363, 5533364, 5533365.