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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Wichita, KS

June 17, 1986Butler County, Greenwood County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 1986, 8:30 PM CDT for Butler County, Greenwood County, Kansas. It was in force for 30 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 17, 1986, 8:30 PM CDT (01:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 1986, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Butler 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, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 152 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 1986-06-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1998 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 1986-06-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -4 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1998 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1616 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-17 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KICT 180133
SVRICT
KSC015-073-180200-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
830 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES OF

SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...WESTERN GREENWOOD AND
EASTERN BUTLER

AT 830 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST TO THE
SOUTHWEST OF EURKEA IN WESTERN GREENWOOD COUNTY..MOVING TOWARD THE
NORTHWEST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY.
DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING ARE LIKELY WITH THIS THUJNDERSTORM.

WILSON

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

Local storm report, Jun 17, 7:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
710 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 1986

DATE     TIME CDT  EVENT

 17      708 PM    TREE DAMAGE AT GALENA IN CHEROKEE COUNTY REPORTED
                   BY CHEROKEE COUNTY SHERIFF. MINOR TREES DAMAGE AT
                   CHEROKEE KANSAS IN CRAWFORD COUNTY REPORTED BY
                   CRAWFORD COUNTY SHERIFF. EXACT TIME OF OCCURRENCES
                   UNKNOWN...
STEADHAM

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.