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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Wichita, KS

April 6, 1986Kingman County, Reno County, Kansas

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.

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.

000 
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.

HANSON

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, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 6, 8:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTKingman, Reno50 min
Apr 6, 8:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey, Sedgwick41 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.