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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Wichita, KS

April 6, 1986Kingman County, Reno County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 6, 1986, 8:25 PM CST for Kingman County, Reno County, Kansas. It was in force for 50 min. 2 reports 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 6, 1986, 8:25 PM CST (02:25 UTC)
Expired
Apr 6, 1986, 9:15 PM CST
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Kingman County, KS, Reno 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 6, 8:35 PM CSTHail 1.75Reno, KS
Apr 6, 9:02 PM CSTHail 1.5Reno, 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 00:00Z, 2.4 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 1986-04-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 74 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 00:00Z on 1986-04-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 71 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
74 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-103 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2513 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
195 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
825 PM CST SUN APR 6 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES OF


SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...SOUTHERN RENO AND KINGMAN

AT 810 PM (A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS...AT CUNNINGHAM IN NORTHWEST
KINGMAN COUNTY. MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FREQUENT..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..
LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN THAT CAN QUICKLY
FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS.
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.

LR

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 6, 6:20 PM CST, 2 hours 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
605 PM CST THU APR 3 1986

AT 605 PM...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG THE
KANSAS/OKLAHOMA BORDER SOUTHWEST OF MEDCICINE LODGE AND SOUTH OF COLDWATER.
MOVEMENT HAS BEEN EAST AT 20 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR.

SMALL HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED BY OKLAHOMA NWS.
LR
Special weather statement, Apr 6, 6:38 PM CST, 1 hour 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
630 PM CST THU APR 3 1986

AT 630 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG THE
KANSAS/OKLAHOMA BORDER SOUTHWEST OF MEDCICINE LODGE IN SOUTHWEST
CENTRAL KANSAS.

A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED ACROSS THE BORDER AND
WAS NEAR COLDWATER.  OTHER THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR
ALVA OKLAHOMA WEST TO NEAR BUFFALO OKLAHOMA.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE VERY HE"AVY RAIN .. HAIL ..AND
GUSTY WINDS.  PERSONS NEAR AND IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD
BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER.

MOVEMENT HAS BEEN TO THE EAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH.
LR
Special weather statement, Apr 6, 7:01 PM CST, 1 hour 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...RADAR SUMMARY...CORRECTION TO DATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
630 PM CST SUN APR 6 1986

AT 630 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG THE
KANSAS/OKLAHOMA BORDER SOUTHWEST OF MEDCICINE LODGE IN SOUTHWEST
CENTRAL KANSAS.

A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED ACROSS THE BORDER AND
WAS NEAR COLDWATER.  OTHER THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR
ALVA OKLAHOMA WEST TO NEAR BUFFALO OKLAHOMA.

THESE THUNDERSTOMRMS COULD PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN .. HAIL ..AND
GUSTY WINDS.  PERSONS NEAR AND IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD
BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER.

MOVEMENT HAS BEEN TO THE EAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH.
LR
Special weather statement, Apr 6, 7:10 PM CST, 1 hour 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
630 PM CST SUN APR 6 1986

AT 630 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG THE
KANSAS/OKLAHOMA BORDER .. 75 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WICHITA.

A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM CONTINUES BOTH IN KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA.
A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PRATT..
MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.  THIS STORM
WILL BE NEAR PRATT BY 800 PM.  PERSONS IN PRRATT AND SOUTH OF
PRATT SHOULD REMAIN VERY ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER.

THE THUNDERSTORM NOW 15 MILES EAST OF BUFFALO OKLAHOMA PRODUCED
1 1/4 HAIL..AS REPORTED BY NWS.

MOVEMENT HAS BEEN TO THE EAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH.
LR
Special weather statement, Apr 6, 7:43 PM CST, 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
730 PM CST SUN APR 6 1986

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 200 AM MONDAY MORNING..FOR
PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND ADJACENT PARTS
OF NORTHERN OKLAHOMA...

AT 730 PM...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER SOUTHERN KANSAS
AND NORTHERN OKLAHOMA.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN AN AREA 55 MILES WIDE..WEST..OF ALINE
FROM PRATT TO HAZELTON.  THE NORTHERN END OF THIS AREA SEEMS TO
BE MOVING AT 35 TO 40 MILES HOUR.  HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH
THIS STORM.

THE THUNDERSTORM IN OKLAHOMA CONTINUES TO MOVE SLOWLY EAST AT
15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR.

PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD REMAIN oALERT AND READY
TO TAKE COVER.

LR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 6, 8:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey, Sedgwick41 min
Apr 6, 10:31 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTKingman, Reno59 min
Apr 7, 4:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTWilson, Woodson45 min
Apr 7, 5:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTAllen, Neosho57 min
Apr 7, 5:32 PM CSTTornado WarningICTGreenwood, Woodson28 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.