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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 1986, 11:25 PM CDT for Gray County, Kansas. It was in force for 65 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, 11:25 PM CDT (04:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 1986, 12:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Gray 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 11:45 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Gray, 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, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 47 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KDDC 070425 SVRDDC KSC069-070530- BULLETIN- EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1125 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES.. SOUTHWEST KANSAS..GRAY. RADAR INDICATES A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN FINNEY COUNTY MOVING SOUTHEAST INTO GRAY COUNTY. STRONG WINDS HEAVY RAIN AND POSS0ABLE LARGE HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. RYBA
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, Jun 6, 10:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 3 AM CDT SAT JUN 7 1986 THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED THROUGH SOUTHWEST KANSAS EARLIER TONIGHT HAS ....FOR THE MOST PART....MOVED INTO NORTHERN OKLAHOMA. HOWEVER, THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OF LESSER STRENGTH, ALONG WITH A LARGE SHOWER AREA, REMAINS IN EASTERN COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS. THESE COUNTIES ARE PAWNEE, FORD, EDWARDS, KIOWA, MEADE, CLARK, COMMANCHE AND BARBER. GHOLSON
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 11:10 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1110 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 1986 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR FINNEY COUNTY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM CDT TONIGHT. VERY STRONG WINDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED 7 MILES NORTH OF LAKIN IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS. HEAVY RAIN VERY STRONG WINDS AND 3/4 INCH HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF GARDEN CITY. THE GARDEN CITY AIRPORT HAS RECIEVED WINDS UP TO 63 MPH IN THE PAST HOUR." MOVEMENT IS SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. RYBA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kearny | 45 min |
| Jun 6, 11:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney | 40 min |
| Jun 7, 12:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray, Meade | 60 min |
| Jun 7, 12:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman | 60 min |
| Jun 7, 1:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Kiowa | 60 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.