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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 51, NWS Kansas City, MO

September 23, 1986Boone County, Howard County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 23, 1986, 7:24 PM CDT for Boone County, Howard County, Missouri. It was in force for 56 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: Sep 23, 1986, 7:24 PM CDT (00:24 UTC)
Expired: Sep 23, 1986, 8:20 PM CDT
In force: 56 min
Issued by: NWS Kansas City, MO
Area: Whole counties

Counties Boone County, MO, Howard County, MO

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
Sep 23, 7:30 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 0	Boone, MO

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 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, Sep 23, 4:43 PM CDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO
430 PM CDT TUE SEP 23 1986

AT 430 PM...A BAND OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY
RAIN...EXTENDED FROM THE WESTERN SECTONS OF THE KANSAS CITY
METROPOLITAN AREA INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI.
THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN AN AREA...35 MILES WIDE...AND EXTENDED FROM
SOUTHERN LEAVENWORTH COUNTY KANSAS TO ABOUT 40 MILES NORTH OF
COLUMBIA MISSOURI.

AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHERN LEAVENWORTH COUNTY WILL MOVE
EAST ACROSS THE CENTRAL PART OF THE KANSAS CITY AREA.  A PERIOD OF
VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE STORM...AND POSSIBLY
STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SOME HAIL.  ALSO SOMES STREET FLOODING MAY
OCCUR WITH THE HEAVY DOWNPOURS.

ALL THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

Special weather statement, Sep 23, 5:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO
530 PM CDT TUE SEP 23 1986

AT 530 PM...A BAND OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY
RAIN...EXTENDED FROM EAST KANSAS INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI.
THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN AN AREA...40 MILES WIDE...AND EXTENDED FROM
EMPORIA KANSAS THROUGH KANSAS CITY TO ABOUT 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF
COLUMBIA MISSOURI.

AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER THE CENTRAL SECTIONS OF THE KANSAS
CITY AREA...FROM EASTERN WYANDOTTE COUNTY KANSAS INTO JACKSON COUNTY
MISSOURI.  A PERIOD OF VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE
STORM AND SOME STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO 40 TO 45 MILES.  ALSO SOME STREET
FLOODING {MAY OCCUR WITH THE HEAVY DOWNPOURS.

ALL THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

Special weather statement, Sep 23, 6:37 PM CDT, 47 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO
630 PM CDT TUE SEP 23 1986

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700PM FOR
JACKSON COUNTY MISSOURI.

AT 630 PM...A INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY
MISSOURI...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.  DAMAGING WINDS
...HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAINS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM.

OTHER SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...EXTENDED
FROM EAST KANSAS INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN A BAND..50 MILES WIDE...AND EXTENDED FROM
JUST WEST OF EMPORIA KANSAS THROUGH KANSAS CITY TO ABOUT 40 MILES
NORTHEAST OF COLUMBIA MISSOUGRI.

ALL THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 23, 7:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	EAX	Callaway	56 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 1986 Every 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.