Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 1986, 6:18 PM CDT for Kingman County, Kansas. It was in force for 57 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
- May 8, 1986, 6:18 PM CDT (23:18 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 1986, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Kingman 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 6:25 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Kingman, 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
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 2244 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 504 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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, May 8, 3:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, May 8, 4:13 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 405 PM CDT THU MAY 8 1986 ..SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 10 PM FOR PARTS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL KANSAS.. AT 410 PM..SCATTERED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN AN AREA OF CENTRAL KANSAS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM NEAR KINGMAN TO HUTCHINSON WITH THE HEAVIEST STORM RIGHT IN AND NEAR THE HUTCHINSON AREA. THESE STORMS WILL CONTAIN BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN..HAIL AND STRONG WINDS AS THEY MOVE TO THE NORTH 25 MILES AN HOUR. WILSON
Special weather statement, May 8, 4:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 435 PM CDT THU MAY 8 1986 ..TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 140 UNTIL 10 PM FOR PARTS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL KANSAS.. AT 425 PM CDT..SCATTERED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN AN AREA OF CENTRAL KANSAS EAST OF A LINE FROM ASHLAND TO UTICA TO OBERLIN..AND WEST OF A LINE FROM CLAY CENTER TO COTTONWOOD FALLS TO EL DORADO TO ANTHONY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS..MAY BE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS.. STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL..WERE AT MC PHERSON..AND IN RENO AND RICE COUNTIES OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. FH
Special weather statement, May 8, 5:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 510 PM CDT THU MAY 8 1986 ..TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 140 UNTIL 10 PM FOR PARTS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL KANSAS.. AT 505 PM CDT..SCATTERED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN AN AREA OF CENTRAL KANSAS. THESE WERE 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HUTCHINSON AND 20 MILES TO THE NORTHWEST OF HUTCHINSON..MOVING NORTH 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. AT THE 500 PM DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT...THE STORM TO THE SOUTHWEST OF HUTCHINSON WOULD PASS TO THE WEST OF HUTCHINSON. THE HISTORY OF THESE STORMS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS HAD BEEN BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL. THE OVERALL AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM MEDICINE LODGE TO NEAR KINGMAN THEN TO JUST EAST OF HUTCHINSON TO MATFIELD GREEN..ALSO MOVING NORTH 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. WILSON
Special weather statement, May 8, 5:47 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 540 PM CDT THU MAY 8 1986 ..TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 140 UNTIL 10 PM FOR PARTS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL KANSAS.. AT 533 PM CDT..A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM NORTH CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS INTO WESTERN OKLAHOMA. THE LINE WAS 40 MILES WIDE AND CENTERED ON A LINE FROM CONCORDIA TO PRATT TO 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MEDICIN LODGE ON THE KANSAS/OKLAHOMA BORDER NEAR AETNA. VERY HEAVY RAINS..STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN THIS LINE. MOVEMENT OF THE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WAS NORTH AT 35 MILES AN HOUR WHILE THE ASSOCIATED LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 5 TO 10 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER STRONG TO INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN NORTH KANSAS NORTH OF LINE FROM KINSLEY TO HUTCHINSON TO MARION. VERY HEAVY RAINS AND HAIL CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED FROM THESE THUNDERSTORM. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 35 MILES AN HOUR WITH AN EASTERLY MOVEMENT OF THE ASSOCIATED AREA. FH
Special weather statement, May 8, 6:04 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 605 PM CDT THU MAY 8 1986 ..TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 140 UNTIL 10 PM FOR PARTS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL KANSAS.. AT 600 PM CDT..A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM NORTH CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS INTO WESTERN OKLAHOMA. THE LINE WAS 20 MILES WIDE AND WAS CENTERED ON A LINE FROM NEAR ELLINWOOD TO PRATT TO NEAR HARPER. VERY HEAVY RAINS..STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN THIS LINE. MOVEMENT OF THE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WAS NORTH AT 35 MILES AN HOUR WHILE THE ASSOCIATED LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 5 TO 10 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE A/LONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM JUST EAST OF CONCORDIA TO HUTCHINSON TO THE KANSAS/OKLAHOMA BORDER NEAR KIOWA KANSAS. WILSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 8:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler | 59 min |
| May 8, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno | 26 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.