Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 89, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 26, 1986, 4:47 PM CDT for Chase County, Kansas. It was in force for 43 min. 2 reports 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
- Sep 26, 1986, 4:47 PM CDT (21:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 26, 1986, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Chase 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26, 5:01 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Chase, KS | |
| Sep 26, 5:10 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Chase, 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
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 114 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
- 2121 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -80 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 893 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 250 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 264 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.7
- Supercell composite
- 15.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KICT 262149 SVRICT KSC017-262230- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 447 PM CDT FRI SEP 26 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF CENTRAL KANSAS...CHASE AT 447 PN CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST MARION COUNTY NEAR BURNS MOVING TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM WILL PRDOCUE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN. THIS STORMS WILL PASS NEAR FLORENCE AND MATFIELD GREEN. THIS DANGEROUS STORM THREATENS LAKE RECREATIONAL AREAS WITHIN THE WARNING AREA. CAMPERS AND BOATERS SHOULD MOVE TO SAFETY IMMEDIATELY. THIS STORM MAY PRODUCE WINDS THAT CAN CAUSE DAMAGE NEARLY AS SEVERE AS THAT CAUSED BY A TORNADO. IT IS WISE TO TAKE SHELTER FROM THIS STORM JUST AS YOU WOULD FROM A TORNADO...A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR BATHROOM OR CLOSENT IS BEST...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. NW
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, Sep 26, 12:41 PM CDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before
RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1235 PM CDT FRI SEP 26 1986 AT 1230 PM...AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS EXTENDING INTO NORTHEAST AND CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES WEST OF YATES CENTER TO ARKANSAS CITY..EXTENDING EASTWARD INTO MISSOURI AND SOUTH INTO OKLAHOMA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED VERY HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING IN THE SOUTHEAST KANSAS AREA. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH SOUTHEAST KANSAS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT TO CONTINUED HEAVY RAINS..GUSTY WINDS..LIGHTNING AND FLOODING. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING WAS ISSUED AT 1230 PM CDT FOR LABETTE...CRAWFORD ...CHEROKEE AND SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 330 PM. RASMUSSEN
Special weather statement, Sep 26, 1:38 PM CDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 130 PM CDT FRI SEP 26 1986 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR LABETTE ...CRAWFORD...CHEROKEE AND AND SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS... AT 130 PM...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...EXTENDED FROM SOUTHEAST KANSAS TO CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. IN KANSAS THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM JUST EAST OF WINFIELD THROUGH HOWARD AND CHANUTE TO THE MISSOURI BORDER NEAR FORT SCOTT KANSAS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF THREE INCHES IN PARTS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OVER THESE SATURATED AREAS MAY CAUSE URBAN FLOODING. PERSONS IN LABETTE...CRAWFORD ...CHEROKEE AND SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY SHOULD BE ALERT TO POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. STEADHAM
Special weather statement, Sep 26, 2:42 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 235 PM CDT FRI SEP 26 1986 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR LABETTE ...CRAWFORD...CHEROKEE AND AND SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS... AT 230 PM NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTH OKLAHOMA. IN KANSAS..THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE JUST NORTH OF EUREKA IN GREENWOOD COUNTY. THE THUNERSTORMS IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS WERE NORTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES EAST OF AUGUSTA TO PARSONS TO JOPLIN. THE AREA WAS ABOUT 45 MILES WIDE. NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA..JUST SOUTH OF THE KANSAS STATE LINE AND WILL BE MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST KANSAS BETWEEN 3 AND 4 PM. THEASE WILL CONTINUE THE THREAT OF FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREAS OF MONTGOMERY...CRAWFORD...LABETTE AND CHEROKEE COUNTIES. FLASH RYAN
Special weather statement, Sep 26, 3:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 315 PM CDT FRI SEP 26 1986 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH VALID FROM 300 PM TO 9 PM FOR MOST OF EASTERN KANSAS AND ADJACENT STATES... ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR LABETTE ...CRAWFORD...CHEROKEE AND AND SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS... AT 315 PM NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTH OKLAHOMA. IN KANSAS...THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE EAST OF ALINE FROM TOPEKA TO ELDORADO TO FREDONIA TO INDEPENDENCE AND ON INTO OKLAHOMA. THE THUNERSTORMS WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN WERE FROM OSAGE CITY TO THE CHANUTE AREA. THE MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST 35 BMPH. LR
Special weather statement, Sep 26, 3:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 335 PM CDT FRI SEP 26 1986 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH VALID FROM 300 PM TO 9 PM FOR MOST OF EASTERN KANSAS AND ADJACENT STATES... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS EXPIRED... AT 330 PM NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTH OKLAHOMA. IN KANSAS...THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE EAST OF ALINE FROM TOPEKA TO ELDORADO TO CHANUTE TO INDEPENDENCE AND ON INTO OKLAHOMA. A LARGE PART OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS DOES NOT HAVE HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS OVER THEM...BUT ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHERN OKLAHOMA ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS REFORM OR MOVE OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS AGAIN WITH HEAVY RAIN...FLASgH FLOODING MAY OCCUR AND ADDITIONAL WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUE. MOVEMENT WAS THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. LR
Special weather statement, Sep 26, 4:02 PM CDT, 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 400 PM CDT FRI SEP 26 1986 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH VALID FROM 300 PM TO 9 PM FOR MOST OF EASTERN KANSAS AND ADJACENT STATES... AT 400 PM THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTH OKLAHOMA. IN KANSAS...THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE EAST OF ALINE FROM WAMEGO TO WICHITA TO KINGMAN AND ON INTO OKLAHOMA. A LARGE PART OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS DOES NOT HAVE HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS OVER THEM...BUT ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHERN OKLAHOMA ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS REFORM OR MOVE OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS AGAIN WITH HEAVY RAIN...FLASH FLOODING MAY OCCUR AND ADDITIONAL WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUE. MOVEMENT WAS THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. RASMUSSEN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler | 60 min |
| Sep 26, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 47 min |
| Sep 26, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey | 22 min |
| Sep 26, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno | 27 min |
| Sep 26, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Marion | 27 min |
| Sep 26, 5:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, Marion | 27 min |
| Sep 26, 5:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase | 27 min |
| Sep 26, 6:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper | 40 min |
| Sep 26, 6:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase | 40 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.