Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 7, 1986, 11:32 PM CST for Cheyenne County, Sherman County, Kansas. It was in force for 58 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
- Apr 7, 1986, 11:32 PM CST (05:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 8, 1986, 12:30 AM CST
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Cheyenne County, KS, Sherman 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 8, 12:00 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Cheyenne, KS | |
| Apr 8, 12:10 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 60 | Sherman, KS | |
| Apr 8, 12:15 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 55 | Sherman, 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
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 2582 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 81 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 238 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTOP 080532 SVRGLD KSC023-181-080630- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS ISSUED BY TOPEKA KS 1132 PM CST MON APR 7 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST KANSAS...SOUTHERN CHEYENNE AND SHERMAN AT 10.25 PM MST A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY RADAR 23 MILES NORTHWEST OF GOODLAND KANSAS. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FREQUENT..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 1:29 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan, Thomas | 31 min |
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.