Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 1986, 12:47 AM MDT for Hamilton County, Kansas. It was in force for 43 min. 1 report 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
- May 13, 1986, 12:47 AM MDT (06:47 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 1986, 1:30 AM MDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hamilton 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 12:50 AM MDT | Hail 1.75 | Hamilton, 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, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 734 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -167 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2034 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 190 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KDDC 130647 SVRDDC KSC075-130730- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 147 AM CDT TUE MAY 13 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 230 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS...HAMILTON AT 145 AM CDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF SYRACUSE KANSAS OR ABOUT 50 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF GARDEN CITY MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE LIKELY. JOHNSON0645Z
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, May 13, 12:41 AM MDT, 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOGE CITY KS 140 AM CDT TUE MAY 13 1986 ......A HEAVY THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO SYRACUSE........ AT 140 AM CDT A VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHWEST HAMILTON COUNTY WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST INTO THE OUTSKIRTS OF SYRACUSE. THIS STORM WAS 50 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF GARDEN CITY. IT IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINS..GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS THUNDERSTORM YOU SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. JOHNSON0639Z
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 1:02 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kearny | 53 min |
| May 13, 2:22 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray | 48 min |
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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.