Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Wichita, KS

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 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
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 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
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

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
705 PM CDT THU MAY 8 1986

..TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 140 UNTIL 10 PM FOR PARTS OF WESTERN AND
CENTRAL KANSAS..

INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS PERSISTED ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL KANSAS AND
AT 700 PM..THESE WERE FROM HUTCHINSON TO KINGMAN TO JUST WEST OF
HARPER.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 TO 55 MILES AN HOUR
AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINS..STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS
AND SOME iHAIL.

WILSON