Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 31, 1986, 7:46 PM CST for Comanche County, Kansas. It was in force for 59 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
- Mar 31, 1986, 7:46 PM CST (01:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 1986, 8:45 PM CST
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Comanche 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 8:00 PM CST | Hail 1.75 | Comanche, 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, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 85 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
- 749 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2309 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 149 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KDDC 010146 SVRDDC KSC007-033-151-097-010245- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 746 PM CST MON MAR 31 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...WESTERN BARBER...COMANCHE...EXTREME WESTERN PRATT AND SOUTHERN KIOWA AT 745 PM CST A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHWEST KIOWA AND NORTHERN COMANCHE COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTH-SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT. THIS WARNING IS FOR THE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL OF A SEVERE THUNDERSaTORM. TORNADOES REMAIN POSSIBLE FROM THIS AND OTHER STORMS...HOWEVER.
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, Mar 31, 4:28 PM CST, 3 hours 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS MONDAY MARCH 31 1986 AT 430PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING WITH LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS FROM 30 MILES NORTH OF DODGE CITY TO 8 MILES EAST OF DODGE CITY MOVING NORTHEAST 10 MILES AN HOUR. CONTINUE TORNADO WATCH FOR THE EAST SECTION OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS.
Special weather statement, Mar 31, 5:08 PM CST, 2 hours 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 510 PM CST MON MAR 31 1986 ....TORNADO WATCH FOR CENTRAL KANSAS TIL 10 PM...... AT 510 PM CST RADAR SHOWED AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED JUST NORTH OF SPEARVILLE IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. AT PRESENT RATE AND DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT THIS STORM WILL MOVE INTO EDWARDS COUNTY AND THE KINSLEY AREA IN THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. RADAR HAS INDICATED THAT THE STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SOME HAIL. RESIDENTS OF EDWARDS COUNTY AND ESPECIALLY KINSLEY SHOULD WATCH THE STORM CAREFULLY AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. JOHNSON2308Z
Special weather statement, Mar 31, 5:43 PM CST, 2 hours 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 540 PM CST MON MAR 31 1986 ....TORNADO WATCH FOR CENTRAL KANSAS TIL 10 PM...... WHILE AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM CONTINUED TO MOVE EAST IN
Special weather statement, Mar 31, 6:00 PM CST, 1 hour 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 600 PM CST MON MAR 31 1986 ....TORNADO WATCH FOR CENTRAL KANSAS TIL 10 PM...... AT 600 PM CST AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM OVER WESTERN EDWARDS COUNTY CONTINUED TO PELT THAT AREA WITH HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS AND SOME HAIL. MEANWHILE ...THE COLD FRONT BLASTING ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS EXTENDED FROM JUST SOUTH OF JETMORE TO WESTERN DODGE CITY AND ON SOUTHWEST ALONG HIGHWAY 56. THE FRONT WILL HIT DODGE CITY IN THE NEXT 15 MINUTES BRINGING HEAVY BLOWING DUST AND WINDS UP TO 50 MPH IN GUSTS OUT OF THE NORTH. JOHNSON0000Z
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 6:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Kiowa | 58 min |
| Mar 31, 7:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 33 min |
| Mar 31, 7:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Kiowa, Pratt | 59 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.