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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Wichita, KS

August 1, 1986Sedgwick County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 1, 1986, 9:50 PM CDT for Sedgwick County, Kansas. It was in force for 40 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 1, 1986, 9:50 PM CDT (02:50 UTC)
Expired
Aug 1, 1986, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Sedgwick 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, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 215 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 1986-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1619 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 1986-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 103 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
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KICT 020253 COR
SVRICT
KSC173-020330-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED..CORRECTION TO TIME
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
950 PM CDT FRI AUG 1 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY OF

SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...SEDGWICK

AT 1049 PM CDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY RADAR 20 MILES
NORTH-NORTHWEST OF WICHITA..MOVINLG TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD MOVE TO A REINFORCED BUILDING
AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. THIS STORM IS DANGEROUS.
 RYAN

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

Local storm report, Aug 1, 7:34 PM CDT, 2 hours 16 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.

STEADHAM
Special weather statement, Aug 1, 7:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 10 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, 2 hours 5 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/RYAN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 1, 9:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTReno40 min
Aug 2, 2:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTGreenwood55 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.