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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 16, 1986Barber County, Pratt County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 1986, 6:55 PM CDT for Barber County, Pratt County, Kansas. It was in force for 18 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
May 16, 1986, 6:55 PM CDT (23:55 UTC)
Expired
May 16, 1986, 7:13 PM CDT
In force
18 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Barber County, KS, Pratt 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 16, 7:00 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 52Barber, KS
May 16, 7:06 PM CDTHail 1.75Pratt, 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 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 111 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 1986-05-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 1986-05-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 211 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
NaN m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
211 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
192 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.5

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KDDC 162355
SVRDDC
KSC007-151-170045-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
655 PM CDT FRI MAY 16 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES OF


SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...BARBER AND SOUTHERN PRATT

AT 652PM CDT FRI MAY 16 1986 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CONTINUED OVER
BARBER COUNTY 8 MILES SOUTH OF PRATT TO MEDICINE LODGE. MOVEMENT
EAST NORTHEAST 10 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.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 15, 8:39 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCHamilton, Kearny51 min
May 15, 8:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKearny55 min
May 15, 9:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney48 min
May 16, 5:03 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCComanche42 min
May 16, 5:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Comanche, Kiowa55 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.