Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 1, 1986, 6:10 PM CDT for Crawford County, Kansas. It was in force for 50 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
- Aug 1, 1986, 6:10 PM CDT (23:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 1986, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Crawford 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 6:58 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Crawford, 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, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 115 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
- 1416 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -104 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 719 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.5
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
Special weather statement, Aug 1, 12:46 PM CDT, 5 hours 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY..CORRECTION TO MOVEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1235 PM CDT FRI AUG 1 1986 AT 1225 PM..SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS..SOME INTENSE..WERE OVER CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. THE AREA WAS NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM HUTCHINSON TO TOPEKA. HEAVY RAINS..STRONG WINDS AND HAIL AREA POSSIBLE FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS. DEVELOPMENT INTO SOUTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL KANSAS IS LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON. MOVEMENT WAS EAST SOUTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR. FH
Special weather statement, Aug 1, 1:44 PM CDT, 4 hours 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 140 PM CDT FRI AUG 1 1986 AT 130 PM..AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER CENTRAL KANSAS. THE AREA WAS BOUNDED BY LYONS..HILLSBORO..WICHITA..AND HUTCHINSON. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NORTHERN KANSAS. THE AREA WAS NORTH OF A LINE FROM PHILLPSBURG TO SALINA TO TOPEKA. INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE BETWEEN SMITH CENTER AND MANKATO. MOVEMENT WAS EAST SOUTHEAST AROUND 30 30 MILES AN HOUR. FH
Special weather statement, Aug 1, 1:50 PM CDT, 4 hours 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY..CORRECTION TO MOVEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 140 PM CDT FRI AUG 1 1986 AT 130 PM..AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER CENTRAL KANSAS. THE AREA WAS BOUNDED BY LYONS..HILLSBORO..WICHITA..AND HUTCHINSON. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NORTHERN KANSAS. THE AREA WAS NORTH OF A LINE FROM PHILLPSBURG TO SALINA TO TOPEKA. INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE BETWEEN SMITH CENTER AND MANKATO. MOVEMENT WAS EAST SOUTHEAST AROUND 30 MILES AN HOUR. FH
Special weather statement, Aug 1, 1:56 PM CDT, 4 hours 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY..CORRECTION TO MOVEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 140 PM CDT FRI AUG 1 1986 ..SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR A LARGE PART OF NORTHERN KANSAS UNTIL 800PM CDT.. AT 130 PM..AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER CENTRAL KANSAS. THE AREA WAS BOUNDED BY LYONS..HILLSBORO..WICHITA..AND HUTCHINSON. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NORTHERN KANSAS. THE AREA WAS NORTH OF A LINE FROM PHILLPSBURG TO SALINA TO TOPEKA. INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE BETWEEN SMITH CENTER AND MANKATO. MOVEMENT WAS EAST SOUTHEAST AROUND 30 MILES AN HOUR. FH
Special weather statement, Aug 1, 2:41 PM CDT, 3 hours 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 240 PM CDT FRI AUG 1 1986 ..SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR A LARGE PART OF NORTHERN KANSAS UNTIL 800PM CDT.. AT 230 PM..AN 80 MILE WIDE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS..SOME VERY INTENSE.. WERE ACROSS NORTH KANSAS. THE MOST INTENSE STORMS WERE LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTH OF CONCORDIA..AND NEAR GLASCO. THESE STORMS WERE SHOWING VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AS THEY MOVE SOUTHEAST AT NEARLY 45 MPH. OTHER WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSHOWERS WERE CONTINUING TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND NORTH OKLAHOMA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSHOWER IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS WAS 15 MILES NORTHEAS#T OF PRATT. THESE WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
Special weather statement, Aug 1, 3:36 PM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 335 PM CDT FRI AUG 1 1986 ..SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR A LARGE PART OF NORTHERN KANSAS UNTIL 800PM CDT.. AT 330 PM..VERY INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS THE NORTH PARTS OF KANSAS..IN AN 80 MILE WIDE AREA THAT WAS NORTH OF A LINE FROM NEAR SALINA TO COUNCIL GROVE TO JUST WEST OF TONGANOXIE. THE MOST INTENSE STORM WAS IN THE FORT RILEY TO ENTERPRISE AREA AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT NEARLY 50 MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM AND PERSONS IN THE PATH OF IT SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS IF SIGHTED. IT WAS BEARING VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE HAIL. OTHER SSCATTERED THUNDERSHOWERS WERE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND NORTH OKLAHOMA..THESE WERE MOSTLY JUST LIGHT SHOWERS AND MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 35 MPH.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Allen, Woodson | 41 min |
| Aug 1, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Bourbon | 48 min |
| Aug 1, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Allen | 34 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.