Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1986
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 7, 1986, 5:32 PM CST for Greenwood County, Woodson County, Kansas. It was in force for 28 min. 4 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, 5:32 PM CST (23:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 7, 1986, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Greenwood County, KS, Woodson 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, 5:35 PM CST | Tornado F1 | Greenwood, KS | |
| Apr 7, 5:45 PM CST | Tornado F2 | Greenwood, KS | |
| Apr 7, 5:55 PM CST | Tornado F0 | Woodson, KS | |
| Apr 7, 6:01 PM CST | Tornado F2 | Woodson, 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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 128 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.
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
532 PM CST DAY APR 07 1986
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF
SOUTHEAST KANSAS NORTHEAST GREENWOOD..NORTHWEST WOODSON
AT 530 PM CST A TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY RADAR NEAR MAIDSON IN
NORTHEAST GREENWOOD COUNTY MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN
HOUR. BASEBALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED FROM THIS STORM AT ABOUT
525 PM.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. DON/T HESITATE.
A FEW SECONDS MIGHT SAVE YOUR LIFE.
TAKE COVER AT ONCE. DON/T WAIT UNTIL{ THE STORM IS UPON YOU...IT
HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNING AREA WILL LIKELY RESULT IN RUNOFF THAT
WILL SEND SMALL STREAMS OUT OF THEIR BANKS.
SWAINWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 22 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, 47 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, 5:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Allen, Neosho | 57 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Kansas, 1986Every tornado warning in 1986Tornadoes 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.