Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 1986, 7:30 PM MDT for Hamilton County, Kansas. It was in force for 35 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
- Jul 25, 1986, 7:30 PM MDT (01:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 1986, 8:05 PM MDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hamilton 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 7:45 PM MDT | Hail 1.75 | Hamilton, 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, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 401 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -123 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2827 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KDDC 260129 SVRDDC KSC075-260230- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 830 PM CDT FRI JUL 25 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS...HAMILTON AT 830 PM CDT A VERY LARGE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM COVERED MOST OF SOUTHERN HAMILTON AND NORTHERN STANTON COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTH AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM HAD PRODUCED FREQUENT..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..LARGE HAIL..AND DAMAGING WINDS. IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING. JOHNSON0128kZ
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, Jul 25, 5:26 PM MDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 625 PM CDT FRI JUL 25 1986 ....VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO STEVENS COUNTY........ AT 625 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED A VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO SOUTHERN STEVENS COUNTY OUT OF THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE. THE STORM WAS ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTH OF HUGOTON OR 65 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF GARDEN CITY. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER PORTIONS OF EASTERN COLORADO AND THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF CAUSING BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINS...STRONG WINDS AND SOME SMALL HAIL. JOHNSON2325Z
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 6:04 PM MDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 705 PM CDT FRI JUL 25 1986 ....VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS IN EXTREME SOUTHWEST KANSAS...... AT 705 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED TWO VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS. ONE OVER MORTON COUNTY...ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF ELKHART OR 70 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GARDEN CITY.....AND THE OTHER OVER CENTRAL STEVENS COUNTY NEAR HUGOTON OR 65 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF GARDEN CITY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING DUE NORTH AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. BOTH STORMS WERE QUITE INTENSE AND ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BREIF VERY HEAVY RAINS....STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SOME SMALL HAIL. PERSONS IN OR NEAR THE PATHS OF THESE STORMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. JOHNSON0003Z
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 6:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Stevens | 60 min |
| Jul 25, 7:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stanton | 60 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.