Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 81, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 1, 1986, 9:10 PM CDT for Reno County, Kansas. It was in force for 40 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 1, 1986, 9:10 PM CDT (02:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 1986, 9:50 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County 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, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 161 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
- 1619 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -163 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1564 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 296 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 6.9
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, 3:36 PM CDT, 5 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.
Local storm report, Aug 1, 7:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT...PRELIMINARY...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
730 PM CDT FRI AUG 1 1986
DATE TIME CDT EVENT
AUG 1 530 PM 100 MPH WINDS. WIDESPREAD DAMAGE AT PIQUA IN
WOODSON COUNTY BY CD.
545 PM AT MORAN IN ALLEN COUNTY...ONE INCH DIA. HAIL...
60+ MPH WINDS...3 FT DIAMETER TREE UPROOTED...WINDOWS
BROKEN OUT OF NUMEROUS HOMES. 2.53 INCHES RAIN.
POWER LINES DOWN. CARS BLOWN OFF ROAD. ROOF OFF
BARN. STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
600 PM DAMAGE TO TREES AND KG&E LINES WEST OF FORT SCOTT
IN BOURBON COUNTY. WINDS EST. 60-70 MPH.
658 PM DAMAGE TO POWER LINES..TREES. STRAIGHT WIND 60+ MPH.
530 TO 545 PM IOLA KANSAS..ALLEN COUNTY..LARGE TREE DOWN.
1.43 INCHES RAIN. WINDS WELL OVER 60 MPH. COOP OBS.
THIS IS A PRELIMINARY STORM REPORT. ADDITIONAL DaAMAGE HAS OCCURRED IN
SOUTHEAST KANSAS...BUT SPECIFIC INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.
STEADHAMSpecial weather statement, Aug 1, 7:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 740 PM CDT FRI AUG 1 1986 ..THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES ISSUED EARLIER FOR THE STATE OF KANSAS HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 730 PM..AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ALONG THE KANSAS- OKLAHOMA BORDER SOUTH OF ASHLAND..ALL OTHER INTENSE STORMS HAVE MOVED INTO NORTH OKALHOMA AND WEST MISSOURI. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS STILL CONTINUED ACROSS KANSAS WITH THE WEST EDGE OF THE AREA FROM NEAR CONCORDIA TO WICHITA TO NEAR FORD IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS. THESE STORMS WERE OF A MUCH LIGHTER VARIETY AND SHOULD STAY WELL WITHIN THE GARDEN VARIETY. MOVEMENT ACROSS THE WEST PARTS OF THE AREA WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT AROUND |40 MPH..AND TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 55 MPH ACROSS THE EAST.
Local storm report, Aug 1, 7:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT...PRELIMINARY...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
730 PM CDT FRI AUG 1 1986
DATE TIME CDT EVENT
AUG 1 530 PM 100 MPH WINDS. WIDESPREAD DAMAGE AT PIQUA IN
WOODSON COUNTY BY CD.
545 PM AT MORAN IN ALLEN COUNTY...ONE INCH DIA. HAIL...
60+ MPH WINDS...3 FT DIAMETER TREE UPROOTED...WINDOWS
BROKEN OUT OF NUMEROUS HOMES. 2.53 INCHES RAIN.
POWER LINES DOWN. CARS BLOWN OFF ROAD. ROOF OFF
BARN. STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
600 PM DAMAGE TO TREES AND KG&E LINES WEST OF FORT SCOTT
IN BOURBON COUNTY. WINDS EST. 60-70 MPH.
658 PM DAMAGE TO POWER LINES..TREES. STRAIGHT WIND 60+ MPH.
CRAWFORD COUNTY..PITTSBURG
530 TO 545 PM IOLA KANSAS..ALLEN COUNTY..LARGE TREE DOWN.
1.43 INCHES RAIN. WINDS WELL OVER 60 MPH. COOP OBS.
THIS IS A PRELIMINARY STORM REPORT. ADDITIONAL DAMAGE HAS OCCURRED IN
SOUTHEAST KANSAS...BUT SPECIFIC INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.
STEADHAM/RYANThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 9:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 40 min |
| Aug 2, 2:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Greenwood | 55 min |
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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.