Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 6, 1986, 8:54 PM CST for Harvey County, Sedgwick County, Kansas. It was in force for 41 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 6, 1986, 8:54 PM CST (02:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 6, 1986, 9:35 PM CST
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Harvey County, KS, Sedgwick 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 6, 9:10 PM CST | Hail 0.75 | Sedgwick, 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, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 216 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
- 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
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 6, 6:20 PM CST, 2 hours 34 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, 2 hours 16 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 53 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 44 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, 1 hour 11 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 8:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman, Reno | 50 min |
| Apr 6, 10:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman, Reno | 59 min |
| Apr 7, 4:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Wilson, Woodson | 45 min |
| Apr 7, 5:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Allen, Neosho | 57 min |
| Apr 7, 5:32 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ICT | Greenwood, Woodson | 28 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.