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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS Wichita, KS

June 27, 1986Sedgwick County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 1986, 6:09 PM CDT for Sedgwick County, Kansas. It was in force for 51 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
Jun 27, 1986, 6:09 PM CDT (23:09 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 1986, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Whole counties

County 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 27, 6:20 PM CDTHail 0.75Sedgwick, 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

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 1986-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1494 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 12:00Z on 1986-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 134 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1494 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
797 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
134 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
116 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
3.4

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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

Local storm report, Jun 27, 5:49 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
545 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 1986

DATE     TIME CDT  EVENT

 27      512 PM    1/2 TO 3/4 INCH HAIL AT WALDRON AND 35 TO 40 MPH
                   WINDS AT ANTHONY. HARPER COUNTY CD.
         523 PM    7 MILES WEST OF ANTHONY VERY HEAVY RAIN AND 3/4 INCH
                   HAIL. VERY HEAVY RAIN 2 MILES SOUTH OF ANTHONY AT
                   521 PM. ANTHONY PD.
         530 PM    50 MPH WINDS AT MULfVANE. MULVANE PD.
         540 PM    47 MPH WINDS AT ANTHONY AT 526 PM. HARPER CO CD.
STEADHAM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 4:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper57 min
Jun 27, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChautauqua57 min
Jun 27, 6:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler49 min
Jun 27, 6:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChautauqua41 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.