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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Goodland, KS

August 13, 1986Lane County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Aug 13, 1986, 5:55 PM CDT for Lane County, Kansas. It was in force for 35 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 13, 1986, 5:55 PM CDT (22:55 UTC)
Expired
Aug 13, 1986, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Lane County, KS

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 93 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 1986-08-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 810 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 1986-08-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 80 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
810 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-209 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1263 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
80 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
223 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KTOP 132256
TORGLD
KSC101-132330-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS...FOR THE WEATHER SERVICE IN
555 PM CDT WED AUG 13 1986                            GOODLAND...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE
UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OR COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL
KANSAS...

        .....LANE

AT 550 PM CDT THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST
 OF DIGHTON MOVING TO THE EAST.


THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...GO TO A SAFE PLACE IMMEDIATELY. A FEW
SECONDS MIGHT SAVE YOUR LIFE.

FIND SHELTER QUICKLY.  BASEMENTS ARE BEST. CENTRAL PARTS OF HOMES AND
BUILDINGS ARE ALSO FAIRLY SAFE. LEAVE MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES...
EVEN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT IS SAFER.

TAKE COVER AT ONCE.  DON/T WAIT UNTIL THE STORM IS UPON YOU...IT
MIGHT BE TOO LATE.

FRANTZ

The office that day

Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 12, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Thomas60 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.