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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Wichita, KS

July 12, 1986Montgomery County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 12, 1986, 5:17 PM CDT for Montgomery County, Kansas. It was in force for 58 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
Jul 12, 1986, 5:17 PM CDT (22:17 UTC)
Expired
Jul 12, 1986, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Montgomery 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
Jul 12, 6:00 PM CDTHail 1Montgomery, 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

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 175 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 1986-07-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1583 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 1986-07-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 231 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
1583 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-108 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1007 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
231 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
245 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 122220
SVRICT
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
517 PM CDT SAT JUL 12 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES OF

SOUTHEAST KANSAS...MONTGOMERY

AT 515  PM CDT  RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED 12 MILES
WEST OF INDEPENDENCE KANSAS MOVING EAST NORTHRAST AT 1,5 MILES AN HOUR.

THIS DANGEROUS STORM THREATENS LAKE RECREATIONAL AREAS WITHIN THE
WARNING AREA.  CAMPERS AND BOATERS SHOULD MOVE TO SAFETY IMMEDIATELY.

ELAND

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 12, 6:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTNeosho58 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 1986Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1986

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.