Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 26, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 1986, 6:47 PM CDT for Johnson County, Kansas. It was in force for 28 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 10, 1986, 6:47 PM CDT (23:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 1986, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Johnson 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 10, 7:00 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Johnson, 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
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 72 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1241 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -32 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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 10, 5:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 530PM CDT TUE JUN 10 1986 . . .TORNADO WATCH FOR WEST MISSOURI AND EAST KANSAS UNTIL 9 PM. . . AT 530 PM CDT...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI AND EASTCENTRAL KANSAS. THE STRONGEST STORMS IN MISSOURI WERE LOCATED JUST TO THE NORTHEAST AND EAST OF ST JOSEPH..IN EASTERN ANDREW AND CENTRAL DE KALB COUNTIES. THE STORMS HAD A HISTORY OF 50 MILE AN HOUR WINDS AND 1/2 INCH HAIL. THE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN GENTRY AND NORTHWEST DAVIESS COUNTIES BY 630 THIS EVENING. IN KANSAS..THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TOPEKA AND JUST EAST OF MANHAT)TAN. THESE STORMS WILL CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAINS..SOME HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 6:29 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 630PM CDT TUE JUN 10 1986 . . .TORNADO WATCH FOR WEST MISSOURI AND EAST KANSAS UNTIL 9 PM. . . AT 630 PM CDT A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 40 MILES TO THE WEST OF KANSAS CITY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT ABOUT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD ENTER THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE METRO AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 30 TO 45 MINUTES. TH=ESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HAIL...AND PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THE KANSAS CITY AREA.
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.