Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 7, 1986, 5:18 PM CST for Allen County, Neosho County, Kansas. It was in force for 57 min. 3 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
- Apr 7, 1986, 5:18 PM CST (23:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 7, 1986, 6:15 PM CST
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Allen County, KS, Neosho 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 5:24 PM CST | Hail 3 | Neosho, KS | |
| Apr 7, 6:00 PM CST | Hail 1.75 | Neosho, KS | |
| Apr 7, 6:00 PM CST | Hail 1.75 | Allen, 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, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 582 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -132 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1496 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 152 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KICT 072318 SVRICT KSC001-133-080015- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 518 PM CST MON APR 7 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS...SOUTHERN ALLEN AND NEOSHO AT 515 PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR THE CITY OF CHANUTE KANSAS MOVING NORTH AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FREQUENT..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN THAT CAN QUICKLY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS. REMEMBER..SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTlLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING...SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT ..AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF ONE IS SPOTTED. ELAND
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, Apr 7, 4:10 PM CST, 1 hour 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 405 PM CST MON APR 7 1986 AT 400 PM CST A SCATTERED LINE OF HEAVY TO INTENSE THUNDERSTORM HAD DEVELOPED FROM SOUTHEAST KANSAS NEAR FREDONIA TO COTTONWOOD FALLS TO NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS NEAR MINNEAPOLIS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS...ALONG WITH HAIL. FH
Special weather statement, Apr 7, 4:45 PM CST, 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 440 PM CST MON APR 7 1986 ..A TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN KANSAS AND PARTS OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI UNTIL 1100 PM.. AT 430 PM CST A SCATTERED LINE OF HEAVY TO INTENSE THUNDERSTORM EXTENDED FROM SOUTHEAST KANSAS 10 MILES WEST OF CHANUTE NEAR BUFFALO TO COTTONWOOD FALLS TO 25 MILES SOUTH OF CONCORDIA NEAR MINNEAPOLIS. THESE THUNDERSTORM1S MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS...ALONG WITH HAIL. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. HEAVY THUNDERSTORM WERE IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA 10 TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF COFFEYVILLE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. FH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 8:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman, Reno | 50 min |
| Apr 6, 8:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, Sedgwick | 41 min |
| Apr 6, 10:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman, Reno | 59 min |
| Apr 7, 4:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Wilson, Woodson | 45 min |
| Apr 7, 5:32 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ICT | Greenwood, Woodson | 28 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.