A very vigorous upper level trough dug into the Central Rockies. An unusually strong jet extended into northern Arizona.
Every event with a place to put it; 8 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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 episode as NWS DDC wrote it up.
A very vigorous upper level trough dug into the Central Rockies. An unusually strong jet extended into northern Arizona. A very strong pressure gradient produced high wind across the area...strong enough to cause some damage.
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 Jun 6, 1:48 PM CST, 1 hour 47 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 248 PM CDT WED JUN 6 2007 .DISCUSSION... DAYS 1-2... IMPRESSIVE SYSTEM AFFECTING THE NORTHERN/CENTRAL PLAINS TODAY. 12Z UPPER AIR ANALYSIS INDICATING +130KT JET STREAK AT H3 ENTERING INTO NORTHERN CA. AROUND BASE OF TROF, +90KT JET WAS FOUND NOSING INTO SOUTHERN AND EASTERN UTAH AND INTO WESTERN COLORADO. 200 METER HEIGHT FALLS AT H5 WERE REPORTED AT DESERT ROCK AIRPORT IN SOUTHERN NEVADA. UPPER LOW WAS LOCATED NEAR NORTHWESTERN NEVADA/NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. STRONG CAP WAS IN PLACE, AS EVIDENT BY THE H7 TEMPERATURES OF +14C ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS. FURTHER EAST AND NORTH, CAP WAS MUCH WEAKER. H85 MOISTURE WAS STREAMING NORTHWARD ALONG THE HIGH PLAINS WITH READINGS OF +10C OR GREATER. IN ADDITION, THE PRESENTS OF A +50KT LOW LEVEL JET FROM DDC TO OAX WAS REPORTED. 16Z SURFACE PLOT SHOWING DRYLINE ACROSS CO/KS BORDER AND EXTENDING SOUTHWARD ACROSS NM/TX BORDER. WARM FRONT WAS WELL NORTH ACROSS NORTHERN NE/SOUTHERN SD WITH STRENGTHENING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE ACROSS WY/NE/SD. MAIN FORECAST ISSUE WILL BE THUNDERSTORMS CHANCES THIS EVENING AND DECREASING WINDS LATER TONIGHT. MODELS (WITH THE EXCEPTION OF NAM) ARE IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT REGARDING UPPER LOW AND ITS ASSOCIATED S/WVS. LOOKING AT THE SURFACE FEATURES, NAM APPEARS FARTHER WEST WITH THE DRYLINE THIS EVENING. RUC/UKMET/GFS ALL HAVE DRYLINE IN THE VICINITY OF HAYES TO DODGE CITY TO MEADE. GIVEN THE MOVEMENT OF THE DRYLINE FROM 16Z TO 17Z, THE FURTHER EAST SOLUTION APPEARS MORE REASONABLE. GIVEN THE LOWER 60S DEWPOINTS ANTICIPATED TO LINGER ACROSS THE EASTERN FA (EAST OF THE DRYLINE), GOOD SHEAR AND INSTABILITY, WILL CONTINUE WITH SLIGHT CHANCE WORDING FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EXTREME EASTERN FA THROUGH 05Z THU. WINDS SHOULD SLOWLY BEGIN TO DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST TONIGHT THROUGH MORNING. DECIDED TO UPGRADE CURRENT WIND ADVISORY TO HIGH WIND WARNING GIVEN OBS ARE QUICKLY APPROACHING WARNING CRITERIA ACROSS THE ENTIRE CWA. WILL HAVE TO KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON JUST HOW QUICKLY THOSE WINDS DIMINISH THOUGH. MODELS CONTINUE TO SUGGEST THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME 30KT SUSTAINED WINDS IN THE BOUNDARY LAYER AFTER 03Z THU. COULD NEED A WIND ADVISORY DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. FOR NOW, WILL JUST LEAVE HIGH WIND WARNING ACROSS FA. THURSDAY SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE A BIT BREEZY WITH WINDS SHIFTING FROM THE SOUTH WEST TO THE NORTHWEST BY EVENING. FRONT IS FORECAST TO LINGER ACROSS THE EASTERN PART OF KANSAS BACK INTO OK AND TX. FRONTAL POSITION SHOULD BE FAR ENOUGH EAST THE KEEP CWA DRY. IF ANYTHING, THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST FA COULD SEE A STORM EARLY ON BUT WILL KEEP FA DRY FOR NOW GIVEN EXACT FRONTAL LOCATION IS UNCERTAIN. COLD AIR ADVECTION WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN FA BEHIND FRONT THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO EVENING. STILL EXPECT A DECENT WARM UP NORTH WITH READING INTO THE UPPER TEENS TO NEAR 20C AT H85 BEFORE FRONTAL PASSAGE. FURTHER SOUTH, MID 20C READING AT H85 WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO CLIMB BACK INTO THE 80S TO LOWER 90S. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS ACROSS CWA FOR FRIDAY WITH DRIER CONDITIONS REMAINING. H85 TEMPERATURES ON FRIDAY WILL BE IN THE LOWER TEENS EAST TO THE UPPER TEENS WEST. DAYS 3-7... THE MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGES IN THE EXTENDED PERIOD WILL BE CONVECTIVE CHANCES OVER THE WEEKEND WITH THE RETREATING WARM FRONT AND EARLY NEXT WEEK IN A MORE SUMMER-LIKE ENVIRONMENT. THE CANADIAN COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH WESTERN KANSAS THURSDAY NIGHT AND WILL EVENTUALLY STALL OUT OVER THE RED RIVER VALLEY ON FRIDAY EVENING. AS A SOUTHERN STREAM TROUGH APPROACHES AND PRESSURES BEGIN TO FALL IN THE LEE OF THE ROCKIES, THE FRONT WILL RETREAT NORTH AS A WARM FRONT FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL ALSO RETURN, WITH DEWPOINTS RISING INTO THE 60S. WITH A WEAKER CAP IN PLACE, STORMS SHOULD BE ABLE TO FIRE OVER WESTERN KANSAS. THE UPPER RIDGE OVER THE SOUTH CENTRAL PORTION OF THE COUNTRY WILL GRADUALLY BUILD NORTHWEST WITH TIME AS IS TYPICAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. THIS MAY HAVE IMPLICATIONS ON WHERE STORMS FORM, WHICH WILL MOST LIKELY BE OUT NEAR THE LEE TROUGH/DRYLINE. STORMS MAY BE LESS LIKELY OVER THE EASTERN CWA BUT AM NOT CONFIDENT ENOUGH AT THIS TIME FRAME TO NARROW IT DOWN YET. MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY LOOK SIMILAR IN WHAT LOOKS LIKE A SUMMERTIME PATTERN. THE WESTERLIES ARE FORECAST TO RETREAT NORTH AND THE UPPER RIDGE AXIS WILL BE TO OUR EAST. STORMS MAY DEVELOP ALONG THE LEE TROUGH EACH DAY. AFTER NOT REACHING 90 SO FAR THIS YEAR IN DODGE CITY, TEMPS AT OR ABOVE 90 LOOK TO BE THE RULE NEXT WEEK WITH RISING HEIGHTS OVER THE CENTRAL CONUS. AFTER ALL, WE ARE HEADING DEEPER INTO JUNE AND THE CLIMOTOLOGICAL AVERAGE IS IN THE UPPER 80S. IT IS INEVITABLE. REFORECAST ENSEMBLES FROM THE CDC MAP ROOM PAGE SUGGEST THAT THE RIDGE WILL EVENTUALLY BUILD FARTHER TO THE WEST OVER THE HIGH PLAINS DURING WEEK 2 AS YET ANOTHER TROUGH DIGS IN THE WEST. WHILE THIS MAY BE A POSSIBILITY, IM NOT READY TO TURN OFF THE FAUCET YET. ANOTHER TROUGH MAY DIG FAR ENOUGH EAST TO KEEP WESTERN KANSAS IN MORE OF A MONSOONAL MOISTURE FLOW PATTERN. TIME WILL TELL. WILL GO NEAR AVERAGE FOR BOTH TEMPS/PRECIP UNTIL A CONSISTENT SIGNAL EMERGES. && .AVIATION... BRIEF PERIODS OF MVFR OR BORDERLINE IFR VSBYS IN BLOWING DUST MAY CONTINUE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING AT THE TERMINALS. OTHERWISE, WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN STRUGGLE. SOUTH WINDS AT 30-35KT SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS IN THE 40-50KT RANGE WILL CONTINUE UNTIL A COLD FRONT MOVES EAST ACROSS THE CWA. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH AROUND OR JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT AND WILL SWITCH WINDS AROUND TO THE WEST, BUT WILL BE LIGHTER. DURING THE DAY THURSDAY, WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN INTO THE 20-30KT RANGE AFTER 15Z. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DDC 61 85 49 76 / 10 0 0 0 GCK 56 83 48 75 / 0 0 0 0 EHA 56 83 48 77 / 0 0 0 0 LBL 56 84 49 77 / 0 0 0 0 HYS 59 84 46 75 / 10 0 0 0 P28 66 90 55 79 / 20 0 0 0 && .DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090. && FN30/27/27
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 455 AM CDT WED JUN 6 2007 KSZ030-043>045-061>064-074>078-084>088-071000- TREGO-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-STANTON- GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK- 455 AM CDT WED JUN 6 2007 /355 AM MDT WED JUN 6 2007/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 45 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO NEAR 60 MPH BY AFTERNOON. VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES COMBINED WITH THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE EXTREME FIRE DANGER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL RETURN TO KANSAS ON SATURDAY. A SERIES OF WEAK UPPER LEVEL TROUGHS WILL RIPPLE OVER THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY...AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED EACH DAY. A FEW OF THESE COULD BE SEVERE...ESPECIALLY ON SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION LIKELY WILL NOT BE REQUIRED TODAY OR TONIGHT. && FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC KSZ031-046-065-066-079>081-089-090-071000- ELLIS-RUSH-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-COMANCHE-BARBER- 455 AM CDT WED JUN 6 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP ARE LIKELY TO BECOME SEVERE. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREATS WILL BE VERY LARGE HAIL AND HIGH WINDS...ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT IMPOSSIBLE. A DRYLINE WILL MOVE EASTWARD TO NEAR A LINE FROM HAYS TO ASHLAND BY LATE AFTERNOON. VERY WARM AIR IN THE MID LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL SERVE TO SUPPRESS THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT...BUT ONE OR TWO ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS COULD BREAK THROUGH THE MID LEVEL WARM POOL ALONG THE DRYLINE EARLY THIS EVENING. VERY STRONG WIND SHEAR AND HIGH INSTABILITY WILL PROVIDE A FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO FORM TO ASSUME SUPERCELL CHARACTERISTICS. SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH BY AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL RETURN TO KANSAS ON SATURDAY. A SERIES OF WEAK UPPER LEVEL TROUGHS WILL RIPPLE OVER THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY...AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED EACH DAY. A FEW OF THESE COULD BE SEVERE...ESPECIALLY ON SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED AFTER 600 PM. && FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
355 PM CDT WED JUN 06 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0335 PM NON-TSTM WND GST JOHNSON CITY 37.57N 101.75W
06/06/2007 M59 MPH STANTON KS AWOS
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LACYPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
423 PM CDT WED JUN 06 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0342 PM NON-TSTM WND GST ROLLA 37.12N 101.63W
06/06/2007 M67.00 MPH MORTON KS BROADCAST MEDIA
ROLLA KSN WXLAB
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RBURGERTThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
8 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The wind gust was reported at the Johnson airport.
This high wind gust occurred at the Rolla KSN WX Lab.
This wind gust occurred at the Syracuse Jr/Sr High School.
This wind gust occurred at Johnson airport.
The wind gust was reported at the Garden City airport.
The wind was reported at the Dodge City airport.
Visibilities in blowing dust reduced to 1 to 2 miles in Greensburg.
The wind gust was reported at the Garden City airport.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kansas in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, June 2007
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: 45190, 45191, 45193, 45196, 45200, 45201, 45202, 45203.