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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 1986, 6:20 PM CDT for Lane County, Scott County, Kansas. It was in force for 65 min. 2 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
- Jun 9, 1986, 6:20 PM CDT (23:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 1986, 7:25 PM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lane County, KS, Scott 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 9, 6:25 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Scott, KS | |
| Jun 9, 6:35 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Lane, 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, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 105 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
- 203 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -93 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 992 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 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 9, 1:01 PM CDT, 5 hours 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 100 PM CDT MON JUN 9 1986 AT 1PM A 10 MILE WIDE LINE OF HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHWEST KANSAS FROM GOVE NORTHWARD TO JUST EAST OF OAKLEY...NORTH TO JUST EAST OF COLBY...NORTH TO THE ATWOOD AREA...AND NORTH INTO SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA IN THE STRATTON AREA. THE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST 15 MPH. BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...SOME SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE HEAVIER STORM CENTERS. MYERS
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 2:00 PM CDT, 4 hours 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 200 PM CDT MON JUN 9 1986 AT 2PM A 10 MILE WIDE LINE OF HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHWEST KANSAS FROM COLLYER WHICH IS 8 MILES WEST OF WAKEENEY...NORTH TO HOXIE... NORTH TO OBERLIN...THEN NORTHWEST INTO SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA IN THE STRATTON AREA. ANOTHER HEAVY THUNDERSTORM WAS IN THE ATWOOD AREA. THE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST 15 MPH. BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...SOME SMALL HAIL...GUS_TY WINDS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE HEAVIER STORM CENTERS. MYERS
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 2:52 PM CDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 250 PM CDT MON JUN 9 1986 AT 250 PM THE HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHWEST KANSAS ARE MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. THE REMAINING THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHWEST KANSAS ARE IN DECATUR AND NORTON COUNTIES BETWEEN OBERLIN AND NORTON...AND IN THE DRESDEN AREA 10 MILES SOUTH OF OBERLIN. THE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST 20 MPH. AS THE STORMS MOVE OUT OF THE AREA THEY ARE WEAKENING AND ONLY BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND SOME GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED. MYERS
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 3:55 PM CDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 350 PM CDT MON JUN 9 1986 AT 350 PM MOST OF THE HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED INTO SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. LINGERING THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHWEST KANSAS ARE SOUTH OF ATWOOD...NORTH OF PHILLIPSBURG...AMD EAST OF STOCKTON. THE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST 20 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE NOT SEVERE AND ONLY BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED. A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIXONS OF NORTHWEST KANSAS WILL TAKE EFFECT AT 415PM CDT. THE AREA OF WESTERN KANSAS AFFECTED IS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM SHARON SPRINGS TO WAKEENEY. MYERS
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 4:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 455 PM CDT MON JUN 9 1986 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 239 FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL KANSAS AND ADJOINING AREAS UNTIL 10PM CDT THIS MONDAY EVENING..... AT 455 PM THE REMAINING THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHWEST KANSAS HAVE NOW MOVED INTO SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. THE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST 20 MPH. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS IN NORTHWEST KANSAS. MYERS
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 5:58 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Elbert | 60 min |
| Jun 9, 5:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Lincoln | 40 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.