Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 17, 1986, 6:38 PM CST for Pawnee County, Kansas. It was in force for 52 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 17, 1986, 6:38 PM CST (00:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 17, 1986, 7:30 PM CST
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pawnee County, KS
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 7:05 PM CST | Hail 0.75 | Pawnee, KS | |
| Apr 17, 7:10 PM CST | Hail 2.75 | Pawnee, KS |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 74 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 580 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -145 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1511 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 167 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 357 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KDDC 180038 SVRDDC KSC145-180130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 638 PM CST THU APR 17 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...EASTERN PAWNEE AT 635PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER LEWIS IN NORTHEAST EDWARDS COUNTY MOVING NORTHEST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. TWHE STORM WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST PAWNEE COUNTY IN THE NEXT HALF AN HOUR. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY DROP HAILSTONES 3/4 INCH OR LARGER AND PRODUCE WINDS 60 MILES AN HOUR OR STRONGER. JOHNSON0037Z
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 17, 3:10 PM CST, 3 hours 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 310 PM CST FRI APR 17 1986 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH UNTIL 9PM CST... A NEWLY DEVELOPED THUNDERSTORM HAS DEVELOPED IN THE PAST FEW MINUTES IN SEWARD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS. RADAR INDICATES THAT IT MAY HAVE SOME SMALL HAIL WHITHIN IT. MOVMENT IS NORTHEAST INTO MEADE COUNTY TOWARD THE CITY OF MEADE. RYBA
Special weather statement, Apr 17, 4:14 PM CST, 2 hours 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 410 PM CST FRI APR 17 1986 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH UNTIL 9PM CST... A VERY DANGEROUS STORM WAS OCCURRING ABOUT 10 MILES SmOUTH OF DODGE CITY. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST 30 MPH. NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM BUT SHOULD BE WATCHED VERY CLOSLY. GREGG
Special weather statement, Apr 17, 4:42 PM CST, 1 hour 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 440 PM CST THU APR 17 1986 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9PM CST... AT 440 PM CST RADAR SHOWED A VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTH OF DODGE CITY. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN..GUSTY WINDS AND SOME HAIL. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN SOUTHERN FORD..AND NORTHWEST KIOWA COUNTIES SHOULD WATCH THIS STORM CAREFULLY AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. JOHNSON2241Z
Special weather statement, Apr 17, 6:21 PM CST, 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 630 PM CST THU APR 17 1986 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9PM CST... AT 630 PM CST VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER EDWARDS AND PAWNEE COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. THESE STORMS HAD PRODUCED HAIL.. STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND A FUNNEL CLOUD. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN EDWARDS AND KIOWA COUNTIES ARE URGED TO REMAIN ALERT TO T9HE PRESENCE OF THESE STORMS. SEVERE WEATHER IS STILL A POSSIBILITY WITH THEM EVEN THOUGH CURRENT WARNINGS HAVE EXPIRED. JOHNSON0020Z
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 6:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards | 61 min |
| Apr 17, 7:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stafford | 39 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.