Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 7, 1986, 7:24 PM CST for Cherokee County, Crawford County, Labette County, Kansas. It was in force for 56 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 7, 1986, 7:24 PM CST (01:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 7, 1986, 8:20 PM CST
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Labette 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 7, 7:45 PM CST | Tornado F1 | Cherokee, 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
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 115 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
- 1744 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1228 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 229 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.7
- Supercell composite
- 10.6
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, Apr 7, 4:10 PM CST, 3 hours 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 405 PM CST MON APR 7 1986 AT 400 PM CST A SCATTERED LINE OF HEAVY TO INTENSE THUNDERSTORM HAD DEVELOPED FROM SOUTHEAST KANSAS NEAR FREDONIA TO COTTONWOOD FALLS TO NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS NEAR MINNEAPOLIS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS...ALONG WITH HAIL. FH
Special weather statement, Apr 7, 4:45 PM CST, 2 hours 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 440 PM CST MON APR 7 1986 ..A TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN KANSAS AND PARTS OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI UNTIL 1100 PM.. AT 430 PM CST A SCATTERED LINE OF HEAVY TO INTENSE THUNDERSTORM EXTENDED FROM SOUTHEAST KANSAS 10 MILES WEST OF CHANUTE NEAR BUFFALO TO COTTONWOOD FALLS TO 25 MILES SOUTH OF CONCORDIA NEAR MINNEAPOLIS. THESE THUNDERSTORM1S MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS...ALONG WITH HAIL. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. HEAVY THUNDERSTORM WERE IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA 10 TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF COFFEYVILLE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. FH
Local storm report, Apr 7, 6:22 PM CST, 1 hour 2 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
XXX PM CST MON APR 7 1986
DATE TIME CST EVENT
APR 7 517 PM NICKEL SIZE HAIL VERY HEAVY RAIN IN CHANUTE.
523 PM MADISON IN GREENWOOD COUNTY. PEA TO NICKEL SIZE
HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
524 PM BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AT CHANUTE IN NEOSHO COUNTY.
526 PM BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AT MADISON IN NORTHERN GREENWOOD
COUNTY.
540 PM PEA SIZE HAIL AT IOLA IN ALLEN COUNTY.
555 PM TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN 5 MILES EAST OF VIRGIL KANSAS
IN EASTERN GREENWOOD COUNTY.
WILSONSpecial weather statement, Apr 7, 6:58 PM CST, 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 650 PM CST MON APR 7 1986 ..A TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN KANSAS AND PARTS OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI UNTIL 1100 PM.. AT 630 PM CST AAREA OF SEVERE TO INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WAS IN EASTERN KANSAS MOVING INTO MISSOURI. THE AREA WAS EAST OF A LINE FROM ERIE IN CENTRAL KANSAS TO COTTONWOOD FALLS TO YATES CENTER TOOSWEGO. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS...ALONG WITH HAIL. AND MAY BE PRODUCING TORNADOES. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. FH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 6:02 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ICT | Woodson | 28 min |
| Apr 7, 6:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Crawford | 47 min |
| Apr 7, 6:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Crawford | 33 min |
| Apr 7, 6:33 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ICT | Neosho, Wilson, Woodson | 27 min |
| Apr 7, 6:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ICT | Cherokee, Crawford | 31 min |
| Apr 7, 6:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ICT | Allen, Neosho | 22 min |
| Apr 7, 7:05 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ICT | Chase, Marion | 25 min |
| Apr 7, 7:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ICT | Cherokee, Crawford, Labette | 29 min |
| Apr 7, 7:34 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ICT | Chase | 26 min |
| Apr 7, 8:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Chase, Greenwood | 54 min |
| Apr 7, 9:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Neosho, Wilson | 49 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.