Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 7, 1986, 8:21 PM CST for Butler County, Chase County, Greenwood County, Kansas. It was in force for 54 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 7, 1986, 8:21 PM CST (02:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 7, 1986, 9:15 PM CST
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Greenwood 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
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 1567 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1107 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 152 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KICT 080221 SVRICT KSC015-073-017-080315- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 821 PM CST MON APR 7 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS...EXTREME NORTHEAST BUTLER...GREENWOOD AND SOUTHERN CHASE AT 815 PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY RADAR IN SOUTHERN CHASE COUNTY..NEAR MATFIELD GREEN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM MAY PRODUCE DOWNBURST WINDS THAT CAN CAUSE DAMAGE NEARLY AS SEVERE AS THAT CAUSED BY TORNADOES. IT IS WISE TO TAKE SHELTER FROM THIS STORM JUST AS YOU WOULD @FROM A TORNADO. REMEMBER..SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING...SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT ..AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF ONE IS SPOTTED. SWAIN
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, 4 hours 11 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, 3 hours 36 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 59 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, 1 hour 23 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
Local storm report, Apr 7, 7:59 PM CST, 22 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
800 PM CST MON APR 7 1986
DATE TIME CST EVENT
APR 7 555 PM TORNADO 1.5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF YATES CENTER
REPORTED BY WOODSON COUNTY SHERIFF AT 555PM
615 PM COOPERATIVE WEATHER OBSERVER AT YATES CENTER .60 RAIN
IN 15 MINUTES... 2 INCH HAIL
615 PM TORNADO DAMAGED 3 BUILDING AND 2 AIRPLANE ON GROUND
SOUTHWEST EDGE OF YATES CENTER KANSAS AT 6:15PM
COUNTY.
625 PM LATE REPORT FROM COOPERATIVE OBSERVER AT MADISON
KANSAS IN THE NORTHERN PART OF GREENWOOD COUNTY.
BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AT 555 PM IN MADISON LOTS OF
WINDOW AND ROOF DAMAGE. PRECIP .97
APR 7 646PM TORNADO WEST MINERAL KANSAS IN CHEROKEE
COUNTY MOVING EAST. REPORT FROM PITTSBURG PD
727PM TORNADO 719PM APROXIMATE.LY 4 MILES WEST OF MC CUNE
KANSAS IN EXTREME SOUTHWEST CRAWFORD COUNTY. POWER
LINES DOWN...TREE DAMAGE AND DAMAGE TO FARM BUILDINGS
NO INJURIES.
ELANDSpecial weather statement, Apr 7, 8:13 PM CST, 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 810 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.. ..A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF LABETTE...CRAWFORD AND CHEROKEE COUNTIES UNTIL 820 PM... AT 810 PM...SCATTERED SEVERE TO INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ACROSS EAST KANSAS. THESE WERE ALONG AND NORTHEAST OF A LINE FROM MATFIELD GREEN IN CHASE COUNTY...SOUTHEAST TO NEAR CHANUTE AND ON TO EASTERN LABETTE AND WESTERN CHEROKEE COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL AS THEY ;MOVE TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST 40 MILES AN HOUR. WILSON
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, 7:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cherokee, Crawford, Labette | 56 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, 9:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Neosho, Wilson | 49 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 1986Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1986
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.