Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 8, 1986, 12:05 AM CDT for Pratt County, Stafford County, Kansas. It was in force for 55 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
- Aug 8, 1986, 12:05 AM CDT (05:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 1986, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Pratt County, KS, Stafford 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 12:10 AM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Stafford, 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, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 103 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
- 2150 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -140 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1739 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 218 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 7.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KDDC 080507 SVRDDC KSC185-151-080600- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1205 AM CDT FRI AUG 8 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS. NORTHERN PRATT AND ALL OF STAFFORD COUNTY. GARDEN CITY RADAR INDICATES A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ON THE COUNTY LINE OF STAFFORD AND PRATT COUNTIES IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FREQUENT..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..LARGE HAIL..AND DAMAGING WINDS. GO TO A SAFE PLACE IMMEDIATELY. NOLLER
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, Aug 7, 10:05 PM CDT, 2 hours before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 10 PM CDT WED AUG 6 1986 .....THUNDERSTORMS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS .............. TWO THUNDERSTORMS HAD RAPIDLY DEVELOPED IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS SINCE 9 PM. THE STRONGER OF THE TWO WAS OVER COLDWATER IN NORTHCENTRAL COMANCHE COUNTY OR ABOUT 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DODGE CITY. THIS STORM CONTAINED MODERATE RAIN AND PEA SIZE HAIL. A SECOND STORM WAS BUILDING RAPIDLY 20 MILES SOUTH OF DODGE CITY JUST NORTH OF MINNEOLA KANSAS IN NORTHERN CLARK COUNTY. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WILL BE DETERMINED SHORTLY BUT A SOUTHEASTERLY DIRECTION IS LIKELY. PERSONS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE THREATNING WEATHER TONIGHT..ESPECIALLY IN CLARK AND COMANCHE COUNTIES. NOLLER
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 11:55 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 12 AM CDT THU AUG 7 1986 .....THUNDERSTORMS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS .............. AT MIDNIGHT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS..SOME POSSIBLY BECOMING SEVERE..ALMOST COMPLETELY SURROUND DODGE CITY IN CENTRAL FORD COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY AND GENERALLY WERE MOVING TO THE EAST. DODGE CITY IS ALMOST CERTAIN TO RECEIVE SOME RAINFALL TONIGHT AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL. PERSONS IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS ARE ADVISED THAT THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS HIGH TONIGHT IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS. ALL PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN TONIGHT TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY IF THE NEED ARISES. IF YOU HAVE A GARAGE I T WOULD BE WISE TO PUT YOUR AUTOMOBILE UNDER COVER ALSO. NOLLER
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 11:57 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
KDDC 080457
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1155 PM CDT THU AUG 7 1986
.....THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL HOURS .......................
AT MIDNIGHT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS..SOME POSSIBLY BECOMING SEVERE..ALMOST
COMPLETELY SURROUND DODGE CITY IN CENTRAL FORD COUNTY.
THESE STORMS ARE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY AND GENERALLY WERE MOVING TO THE EAST.
DODGE CITY IS ALMOST CERTAIN TO RECEIVE SOME RAINFALL TONIGHT AND POSSIBLY
SOME HAIL. PERSONS IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS ARE ADVISED THAT THE POTENTIAL FOR
SEVERE WEATHER IS HIGH TONIGHT IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS.
ALL PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN TONIGHT TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY IF THE
NEED ARISES. IF YOU HAVE A GARAGE IT WOULD BE WISE TO PUT YOUR AUTOMOBILE
UNDER COVER ALSO.
NOLLERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 45 min |
| Aug 7, 11:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Kiowa | 50 min |
| Aug 8, 2:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kearny | 30 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.