Tornado Warning 14, NWS Wichita, KS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
510 PM CDT THU MAY 8 1986

..TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 140 UNTIL 10 PM FOR PARTS OF WESTERN AND
CENTRAL KANSAS..

AT 505 PM CDT..SCATTERED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN AN AREA OF
CENTRAL KANSAS. THESE WERE 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HUTCHINSON AND
20 MILES TO THE NORTHWEST OF HUTCHINSON..MOVING NORTH 35 TO 40 MILES
AN HOUR. AT THE 500 PM DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT...THE STORM TO THE
SOUTHWEST OF HUTCHINSON WOULD PASS TO THE WEST OF HUTCHINSON.
THE HISTORY OF THESE STORMS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS HAD BEEN
BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL.

THE OVERALL AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM
MEDICINE LODGE TO NEAR KINGMAN THEN TO JUST EAST OF HUTCHINSON TO
MATFIELD GREEN..ALSO MOVING NORTH 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR.

WILSON

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
540 PM CDT THU MAY 8 1986

..TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 140 UNTIL 10 PM FOR PARTS OF WESTERN AND
CENTRAL KANSAS..

AT 533 PM CDT..A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM
NORTH CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS INTO WESTERN OKLAHOMA.
THE LINE WAS 40 MILES WIDE AND CENTERED ON A LINE FROM CONCORDIA TO
PRATT TO 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MEDICIN LODGE ON THE KANSAS/OKLAHOMA
BORDER NEAR AETNA.

VERY HEAVY RAINS..STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THE
THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN THIS LINE.

MOVEMENT OF THE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WAS NORTH AT 35 MILES AN
HOUR WHILE THE ASSOCIATED LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 5 TO 10
MILES AN HOUR.
OTHER STRONG TO INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN NORTH KANSAS NORTH OF
LINE FROM KINSLEY TO HUTCHINSON TO MARION. VERY HEAVY RAINS AND
HAIL CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED FROM THESE THUNDERSTORM.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 35 MILES AN HOUR WITH AN EASTERLY MOVEMENT
OF THE ASSOCIATED AREA.

FH

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
605 PM CDT THU MAY 8 1986

..TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 140 UNTIL 10 PM FOR PARTS OF WESTERN AND
CENTRAL KANSAS..

AT 600 PM CDT..A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM
NORTH CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS INTO WESTERN OKLAHOMA.
THE LINE WAS 20 MILES WIDE AND WAS CENTERED ON A LINE FROM NEAR
ELLINWOOD TO PRATT TO NEAR HARPER.

VERY HEAVY RAINS..STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THE
THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN THIS LINE.

MOVEMENT OF THE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WAS NORTH AT 35 MILES AN
HOUR WHILE THE ASSOCIATED LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 5 TO 10
MILES AN HOUR.

OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE A/LONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM
JUST EAST OF CONCORDIA TO HUTCHINSON TO THE KANSAS/OKLAHOMA BORDER
NEAR KIOWA KANSAS.

WILSON

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
705 PM CDT THU MAY 8 1986

..TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 140 UNTIL 10 PM FOR PARTS OF WESTERN AND
CENTRAL KANSAS..

INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS PERSISTED ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL KANSAS AND
AT 700 PM..THESE WERE FROM HUTCHINSON TO KINGMAN TO JUST WEST OF
HARPER.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 TO 55 MILES AN HOUR
AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINS..STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS
AND SOME iHAIL.

WILSON

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
750 PM CDT THU MAY 8 1986

..TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 140 UNTIL 10 PM FOR PARTS OF WESTERN AND
CENTRAL KANSAS..

INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS PERSISTED ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL KANSAS AND
AT 745 PM..THESE WERE FROM NEAR SALINA TO HUTCHINSON TO JUST EAST
OF KINGMAN. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR
AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINS..STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS
AND SOME HAIL.

THE OVERALL AREA OF PRECIPITATION WAS DRIFTING SLOWLY TOWARD THE
EAST AND WERE GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM EAST OF SALINA TO JUST
WEST OF WICHITA TO NEAR ANTHONY.

WILSON

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
835 PM CDT THU MAY 8 1986

..TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 142 UNTIL 2 AM FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND
EASTERN KANSAS..

AT 830 PM CDT..A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING ACROSS
NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.  THE LEADING EDGE OF THE
LINE WAS FROM CLAY CENTER TO ABILENE TO 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF
WICHITA NEAR ANDALE TO 20 SOUTHEAST OF KINGMAN NEAR NORWICH.

VERY HEAVY RAINS..LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED FROM
THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM NORTH CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH
CENTRAL KANSAS WEST OF A LINE FROM MARYSVILLE TO JUNCTION CITY TO
EL DORADO TO ARKANSAS CITY.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 45 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR.