Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1986
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 17, 1986, 2:11 PM CST for Thomas County, Kansas. It was in force for 64 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
- Apr 17, 1986, 2:11 PM CST (20:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 17, 1986, 3:15 PM CST
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Thomas 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 17, 2:33 PM CST | Hail 0.75 | Thomas, 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 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 195 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
- 1209 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 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 KGLD 172011 RRA TORGLD KSC193-172115- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 211 PM CST THU APR 17 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF NORTHWEST KANSAS...EXTREME THOMAS AT 200 PM CST A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES WEST OF WINONA IN LOGAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS. AT 206 PM CST A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED JUST WEST OF WINONA. THIS STORM IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH AT 30 TO 35 MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. DON/T HESITATE. A FEW SECONDS MIGHT SAVE YOUR LIFE. JENNER
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, Apr 17, 2:05 PM CST, 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 205 PM CST THU APR 17 1986 AT 200 PM CST RADAR INDICATED A VERY INTENSE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF WINONA IN LOGAN COUNTY OF NORTHWEST KANSAS MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 30 TO 35 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTING. IF THREATING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SHELTER AND NOTIFY YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCMENT AGENCY. JENNER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 2:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 62 min |
| Apr 17, 5:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Norton | 62 min |
| Apr 17, 5:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Norton | 69 min |
| Apr 17, 5:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham | 60 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.