Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1986
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 13, 1986, 6:05 PM MDT for Wallace County, Kansas. It was in force for 55 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
- Jun 13, 1986, 6:05 PM MDT (00:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 1986, 7:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wallace 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 13, 6:17 PM MDT | Thunderstorm Wind 60 | Wallace, 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, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 171 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -68 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1682 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 147 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
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 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, Jun 13, 3:09 PM MDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 410PM CDT FRI JUN 13 1986 AT 410PM A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHWEST KANSAS IN EXTREME SOUTHWEST NORTON COUNTY 15 MI
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 3:47 PM MDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 450PM CDT FRI JUN 13 1986 AT 450PM A VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHWEST KANSAS ALONG THE NORTON...PHILLIPS COUNTY LINE 10 MILES WEST OF PHILLIPSBURG IS MOVING EAST 20MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO THE PHILLIPSBURG AREA BY 5PM. BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. OTHERWISE NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IS OCCURRING IN NORTHWESTt KANSAS AT THIS TIME. MYERS
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 4:17 PM MDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 517 PM CDT FRI JUN 13 1986 AT 510 PM CDT SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. ONE STORM WAS ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF SCOTT CITY AND ANOTHER ONE WAS ABOUT 10 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF GOVE KANSAS. BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT AROUND 30 MILES AN HOUR. BOYLE
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 5:20 PM MDT, 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 620 PM CDT FRI JUN 13 1986 AT 620 PM CDT SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL KANSAS AND NORTHWEST KANSAS. THE STRONGEST STORM CENTERS WERE WITHIN A 20 MILE RADIUS OF GOVE...IN THE SCOTT CITY AREA...AND SOUTHEAST OF PHILLIPSBURG. BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE HEAVIER STORM CENTERS. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN EASTERN COLORADO IN THE KIT CARSON AREA CONTINUES MOVING EAST 25MPH TOWARD KANSAS AND THE SHARON SPRINGS AREA. MYERS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 6:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan | 61 min |
| Jun 13, 7:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Thomas | 60 min |
| Jun 13, 7:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sheridan | 35 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.