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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 6, 1986, 10:31 PM CST for Kingman County, Reno County, Kansas. It was in force for 59 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 6, 1986, 10:31 PM CST (04:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 6, 1986, 11:30 PM CST
- In force
- 59 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 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.
- 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
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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TTAA00 KICT 070431
SVRICT
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1031 PM CST SUN APR 6 1986
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES OF
SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...SOUTHERN RENO AND NORTHERN KINGMAN
AT 1025 PM (A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 10 MILES WEST OF KINGMAN
(MOVING EAST ApT 40 MPH.)
THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FREQUENT..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..
LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN THAT CAN QUICKLY
FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS.
HANSONWhat 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, 7:01 PM CST, 3 hours 30 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, 3 hours 21 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, 2 hours 48 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
Special weather statement, Apr 6, 9:35 PM CST, 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 935 PM CST SUN APR 6 1986 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR HARVEY AND NORTH SEDGWICK COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED...REPEAT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. AT 930 PM THE THUNDERSTORM HAD WEAKENED OVER NORTHWEST SEDGWICK AND SOUTHWEST HARVEY COUNTIES. NO TREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED FROM THIS THUNDERSTORM. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR KINGMAN AND RENO COUNTIES EXPIRED ATB 915 PM. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND ADJACENT PARTS OF NORTHERN OKLAHOMA CONTINUES UNTIL 200 AM MONDAY. FH
Special weather statement, Apr 6, 9:37 PM CST, 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 930 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 930 PM...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER SOUTHERN KANSAS AND NORTHERN OKLAHOMA. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN AND NORTH OF THE WICHITA AREA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DECREASED IN DINTENSITY SINCE 900 PM. SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN CAN STILL BE EXPECTED WITH THIS AREA OF STORMS. THE THUNDERSTORM IN OKLAHOMA CONTINUES TO MOVE SLOWLY EAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR. LR
Special weather statement, Apr 6, 10:11 PM CST, 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1000 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 1000 PM...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE 25 MILES WEST OF WICHITA OUT 50 MILES WEST OF WICHITA. THESE STORMS HAVE INCREASED IN INTENSITY SINCE 930 PM. MOVEMENT HAS BEEN EAST AT 30 MbILES AN HOUR. SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THESE STORMS. 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, 8:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, Sedgwick | 41 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.