3 heavy rain, 1 flood, 1 hail, 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 Dodge City, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 9, 1:04 PM CST, 5 hours 56 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 204 PM CDT SAT SEP 9 2006 .DISCUSSION... DAYS 1-2... 12Z UA ANALYSIS REVEALED SUBTROPICAL JET WITH NEAR 80KT CORE EXTENDING FROM THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES INTO THE RED RIVER VALLEY. DISTURBANCES WERE RIDING EAST ON THE CYCLONIC SHEAR SIDE OF THIS JET. THE STRONGEST WAVE WAS MOVING INTO CENTRAL NEBRASKA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON PER 88D AND WV SAT TRENDS. THE LAST OF THE PCPN WITH THIS WAVE WAS BEGINNING TO EXIT WEST CENTRAL KANSAS AS OF 18Z. IN THE LOW LEVELS...A TROUGH EXTENDED SOUTH FROM A WEAK CIRCULATION CENTER OVER NORTHWEST KANSAS. THIS TROUGH AXIS WAS THE FOCUS OF ENHANCED CONVERGENCE OVER FAR SOUTHWEST KANSAS THROUGH MIDDAY. MID LEVEL DRYING IN THE WAKE OF THE FIRST NEBRASKA WAVE WAS ALLOWING SUNSHINE AND SUBSEQUENT DESTABILIZATION OF THE ATMOSPHERE WEST OF LBL-GCK-DIGHTON. LOCAL SHORT FUSE COMPOSITE SHOWED THETA-E RIDGE WITH SBCAPE APPROACHING 1500 J/KG FROM A 75/57F PARCEL. MID LEVEL TEMPS WERE QUITE COOL WITH H7/5 BEING +5/-11C. THE NEXT SUBTLE DISTURBANCE RIDING THE NORTH SIDE OF THE JET WAS PUSHING INTO THE HIGH PLAINS OF COLORADO. THIS MAY PROMOTE A MESOSCALE AREA OF LIFT AHEAD OF THE FEATURE AS IT MOVES INTO THE NOSE OF INSTABILITY OVER FAR SOUTHWEST KANSAS BY LATE AFTN INTO EARLY EVENING. THINK A FEW WIDELY SCATTERED STRONG/SVR STORMS CAN EVOLVE THIS EVENING WITH A COUPLE QUARTER HAIL REPORTS POSSIBLE...GIVEN STRENGTH OF UPPER LEVEL WINDS ABOVE 300MB. AS FAR AS POPS ARE CONCERNED...WILL GO WITH 40S FOR MOST OF THE AREA WITH HIGHEST (55-60) IN THE NORTHERN CWA. AM FAIRLY UNCERTAIN HOW CONVECTION WILL EVOLVE OVERNIGHT. I DOUBT THERE WILL BE MUCH OF AN MCS...AND IF SO...SHOULD ORGANIZE JUST NORTHEAST OF THE CWA. OUTFLOW AND PRESSURE RISES BEHIND TONIGHTS WAVE SHOULD PUSH THE EFFECTIVE BOUNDARY INTO SOUTHWEST KANSAS EARLY TOMORROW...PUSHING THROUGH ALL BUT THE SOUTHERN ZONES BY AFTERNOON. WILL GO WITH 30-40 POPS NEAR THE OK BORDER WITH 15-25 POPS ELSEWHERE IN THE AFTN. THERE WILL BE A MARGINAL THREAT FOR SVR IN THE FAR SOUTHEAST CWA WHEREVER THE BOUNDARY ULTIMATELY SETS UP BY AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES ARE ALSO A CHALLENGE...GIVEN CLOUD COVER CONCERNS. AS BOUNDARY MOVES THROUGH TOMORROW...COOLER AIR WILL FILTER IN ALONG WITH SOME LOW CLOUDS...MAINLY IN THE NORTHERN CWA. GOING TEMPS LOOK GOOD FOR SUNDAY WITH NR 70 AT HAYS AND MID-UPPER 70S TO NR 80 AT MED LODGE. DEEP LAYER SUBSIDENCE ALONG WITH DIURNAL PRESSURE RISES TOMORROW NIGHT SHOULD ALLOW COLDER AIR TO SPILL SOUTH IN ERNEST TOMORROW NIGHT. UKMET AND NAM BOTH SHOW +10C AT H85 DIVING INTO SOUTHWEST KANSAS...ALONG WITH STRATUS. MONDAY SHOULD BE A COOL DAY WITH STRATUS LIKELY DOMINATING IN A NORTHEASTERLY COMPONENT LOW LEVEL FLOW. WILL LOWER HIGHS TO NR 70/LOWER 70S FOR MOST LOCATIONS...IT MAY NOT ESCAPE THE 60S ESPECIALLY NORTH AND EAST IF AGGRESSIVE NAM IS MOST CORRECT. -UMSCHEID DAYS 3-7... FORECAST CHALLENGES FOR THIS EXTENDED PERIOD ARE MAINLY TEMPERATURES THEN CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS ON THE WEEKEND AND TIMING OF NEXT COLD FRONT. EASTERN US UPPER TROUGH WILL MOVE SLOWLY EAST THEN A LARGE TROUGH DEVELOPS OVER THE WEST COAST PER THE GFS AND BRINGS WARMER AIR AHEAD OF IT ACROSS KANSAS. THE ECMWF IS A NOT AS DEEP WITH THE WESTERN TROUGH AS THE GFS, SO SOME DIFFICULTY IN FIGURING OUT WHICH IS MORE CORRECT AND ASSOCIATED HIGH TEMPERATURES. WENT A BLEND MAINLY USING NEIGHBOR GRIDS AND THOUGHTS. THEN AS THE UPPER TROUGH BEGINS TO LOWER MID LEVEL HEIGHTS ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS BY LATE IN THE WEEKEND A COLD FRONT COULD PUSH ACROSS THE REGION. TIMING OF THIS NEXT COOL SURGE IS ALSO DIFFICULT WITH LACK OF ENSEMBLE MEAN FORECAST. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DDC 59 72 56 71 / 40 40 30 0 GCK 57 73 55 72 / 40 30 30 0 EHA 57 73 55 72 / 20 40 30 0 LBL 59 75 55 70 / 30 40 30 0 HYS 59 71 55 71 / 60 30 30 0 P28 61 76 57 74 / 40 40 40 0 && .DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && FN25/06
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1201 PM CDT SAT SEP 9 2006 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-101015- TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA- PRATT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- 1201 PM CDT SAT SEP 9 2006 /1101 AM MDT SAT SEP 9 2006/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS...SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...SOUTHWEST KANSAS AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WIDELY SCATTERED STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AFTER 2 PM CDT MAINLY WEST OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM LIBERAL NORTH THROUGH GARDEN CITY TO DIGHTON. MORNING CLOUDINESS HAD GIVEN WAY TO SUNSHINE ACROSS FAR SOUTHWEST KANSAS LATE THIS MORNING ALLOWING TEMPERATURES TO CLIMB INTO THE 70S...WHICH WAS DESTABILIZING THE ATMOSPHERE. ALTHOUGH OVERALL INSTABILITY WILL REMAIN FAIRLY WEAK...AN UPPER LEVEL JET STREAM WILL PROVIDE AN ENHANCED SHEAR PROFILE TO SUPPORT ORGANIZED STORMS...SOME OF WHICH MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL. THE LARGE HAIL THREAT IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH AS INSTABILITY WEAKENS BY THE MID EVENING HOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY MORE AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON MAINLY SOUTH OF THE ARKANSAS RIVER TO THE OKLAHOMA STATE LINE AS A WEAK FRONT MOVES SOUTH. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT APPEARS TO BE MARGINAL AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING OVER FAR SOUTHWEST KANSAS WEST OF LIBERAL TO GARDEN CITY TO DIGHTON. UMSCHEID
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 heavy rain, 1 flood, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
six to 6.5" of rain was common across Copeland. Numerous reports of high standing water and flooded basements were reported. Only the top of fence posts could be seen in some locations. Many roads were washed out and closed in the local area. Highway 144 was closed in the late evening.
5.25" of rain was reported.
4.50: of rain fell.
5.00" of rain fell.
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: 5534000, 5534001, 5534002, 5534003, 5534004.