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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 6, 1986Kearny County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 1986, 9:45 PM CDT for Kearny County, Kansas. It was in force for 45 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
Jun 6, 1986, 9:45 PM CDT (02:45 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 1986, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Kearny 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
Jun 6, 10:00 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 52Kearny, 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, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 127 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 00:00Z on 1986-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2058 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1986-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 21 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2058 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1672 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
178 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KDDC 070245
SVRDDC
KSC093-070245-

BULLETIN- EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
945 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE TxHUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES..

SOUTHWEST KANSAS...NORTHERN KEARNY.

RYBA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 11:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney40 min
Jun 6, 11:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGray65 min
Jun 7, 12:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Gray, Meade60 min
Jun 7, 12:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman60 min
Jun 7, 1:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Kiowa60 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 1986Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1986

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.