Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 1986, 4:00 PM CDT for Clark County, Kansas. It was in force for 60 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 30, 1986, 4:00 PM CDT (21:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 1986, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Clark 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 30, 4:15 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Clark, 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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 60 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
- 1495 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -271 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1675 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KDDC 302104 SVRDDC KSC025-302200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATES BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 400 PM CDT MON JUN 30 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... SOUTHWEST KANSAS..CLARK HEAVY RAINS AND HAIL WAS REPORTED BY THE SHERIFFS OFFICE AT ASHLAND KANSAS AT 355 PM CDT. THIS STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 _MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FREQUENT..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..LARGE HAIL..AND DAMAGING WINDS. GO TO A SAFE PLACE IMMEDIATELY. CLYDE
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 30, 3:54 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
KDDC 302049
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
350 PM CDT MON JUN 30 1986
......VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORM OVER CLARK COUNTY......
AT 345 PM CDT A VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY
ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF ASHLAND AND 75 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DODGE CITY.
THIS STORM IS PART OF A LINE THAT EXTENDS SOUTHWEST INTO THE
OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE. MOVEMENT IS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR.
PERSUONS IN SOUTHERN CLARK AND EAST CENTRAL COMMANCHE COUNTY SHOULD
REMAIN ALERT TO THE CHANCE OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS.
CLYDENearby
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.