Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 1986, 2:59 PM CDT for Gove County, Lane County, Kansas. It was in force for 61 min. 3 reports 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
- May 8, 1986, 2:59 PM CDT (19:59 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 1986, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Gove County, KS, Lane 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 3:15 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Gove, KS | |
| May 8, 3:15 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Lane, KS | |
| May 8, 3:15 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Gove, 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 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 115 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
- 2244 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 504 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 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, May 8, 12:33 PM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1230 PM CDT THU MAY 8 1986 ...THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING OVER NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 1230 PM CDT A BAND OF SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 20 MILES WIDE WAS EAST OF A LINE FROM CAMBRIDGE NEBRASKA TO SCOTT CITY KANSAS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS WAS 10 MILES NORTHWEST AND 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTON...5 MILES EAST AND 10 MILES NORTH OF SCOTT CITY AND 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DIGHTON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH AND WILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL ACROSS SCOTT...LANE...GOVE... SHERIDAN...DECATUR AND NORTON COUNTIES OF eNORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 130 PM CDT. WORKMAN
Special weather statement, May 8, 1:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 110 PM CDT THU MAY 8 1986 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 110 PM CDT A BAND OF SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 20 MILES WIDE WAS EAST OF A LINE FROM DANBURY NEBRASKA TO HEALY KANSAS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS WAS 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF OBERLIN TO 15 MILES NORTH OF GOVE AND 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF DIGHTON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL ACROSS LANE... GOVE...SHERIDAN...DECATUR AND NORTON COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 210 PM CDT. WORKMAN
Special weather statement, May 8, 1:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 150 PM CDT THU MAY 8 1986 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 150 PM CDT A BAND OF SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 30 MILES WIDE WAS EAST OF A LINE FROM NEAR NORTH PLATTE NEBRASKA TO NESS CITY KANSAS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS WAS IN A LINE FROM 15 MILES EAST OF OBERLIN TO 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GOVE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL ACROSS NESS... GOVE...TREGO...SHERIDAN...GRAHAM...DECATUR AND NORTON COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 250 PM CDT. WORKMAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 8:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Lane, Scott | 59 min |
| May 8, 2:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Norton, Sheridan | 69 min |
| May 8, 3:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham | 57 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.