Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 1986, 12:33 AM CST for Ford County, Kansas. It was in force for 57 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
- Apr 3, 1986, 12:33 AM CST (06:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 1986, 1:30 AM CST
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Ford 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 1:00 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Ford, 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, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 9 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
- 190 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -132 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 735 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 155 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KDDC 030635 SVRDDC KSC057-030730- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1233 AM CST THU APR 3 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 130 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS... FORD AT 1230 AM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS IN EXTREAM WESTERN FORD COUNTY MOVING EAST. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FREQUENT.&.DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. 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, Apr 2, 7:00 PM CST, 5 hours 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 700 PM CST WED APR 2 1986 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR WESTERN KANSAS UNTIL 11 PM CST... NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS AT 7PM CST. RYBA
Special weather statement, Apr 2, 7:57 PM CST, 4 hours 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 800 PM CST WED APR 2 1986 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR WESTERN KANSAS UNTIL 11 PM CST... NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN SOU THWEST KANSAS AT 8PM CST. RYBA
Special weather statement, Apr 2, 8:59 PM CST, 3 hours 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 900 PM CST WED APR 2 1986 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR WESTERN KANSAS UNTIL 11 PM CST... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS KEARNEYE GRANT AND STEVENS COUNTIES ARE MOVING EAST ABOUT 20 MPH. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS SOUTH INTO THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS LINE AS OF 9PM CST. RYBA
Special weather statement, Apr 2, 10:00 PM CST, 2 hours 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1000 PM CST WED APR 2 1986 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR WESTERN KANSAS UNTIL 11 PM CST... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING SOUTHWARD INTO THE OKLAHMA PANHANDLE FROM JUST WEST OF GARDEN CITY TO JUST WEST OF LIBERAL CONTINUES TO MOVE EAST AT 20 MPH. MODERATE RAIN AND SMALL HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED AT LAKIN AND ULYSSES WITHIN THE PAST HOUR. RYBA
Special weather statement, Apr 2, 10:59 PM CST, 1 hour 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1100 PM CST WED APR 2 1986 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR WESTERN KANSAS EXPIRES AT 11 PM CST... A NORTH SOUTH LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO MOVE EAST THROUGH SOUTHWEST KANSAS. WITHIN THE PAST HALF HOUR GARDEN CITY REPORTED MODERATE RAIN...PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS UP TO 32 MPH. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE IN THE DODGE CITY AREA AT ABOUT MIDNIGHT. RYBA
Special weather statement, Apr 3, 12:28 AM CST, 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 0025 AM CST THU APR 3 1986 A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PASSED THROUGH THE DODGE CITY AREA IN THE PAST HOUR. .49 INCHES OF RAIN FEL L ALONG WITH PEA SIZED HAIL. WINDS GUSTED UP TO 44 MPH. LIGHT RAIN CONTINUES TO THE WEST OF THE LINE. MORE THUNDER AND HAIL COULD HIT THE DODGE CITY AREA IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. RYBA
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.