Tornado Warning 15, NWS Wichita, KS

Issued

May 14, 1986, 1:52 PM CDT (18:52 UTC)

Expired

May 14, 1986, 2:30 PM CDT

In force

38 min

Issued by

NWS Wichita, KS

Area

Whole counties

Counties Cowley County, KS, Sumner County, KS

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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.

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
152 PM CDT WED MAY 14 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF

SOUTHEAST KANSAS...WESTERN COWLEY AND EASTERN SUMNER

AT 145 PM CDT NUMEROUS FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN THE
OXFORD OF EAST CENTRAL SUMNER COUNTY AND IN THE WELLINGTON AREA
OF COWLEY COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30
MILES AN HOUR.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.  DON/T HESITATE.
A FEW SECONDS MIGHT SAVE YOUR LIFE.

FH

In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1225 PM CDT WED MAY 14 1986

AT 1215 PM CST..A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAD FORMED ALONG THE KANSAS/
OKLAHOMA BORDER FROM ARKA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1235 PM CDT WED MAY 14 1986

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 161 IS IN EFFECT FOR A SMALL PART OF SOUTH-
EAST KANSAS AND PARTS OF NORTHEAST OKLHAOMA AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI
UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

AT 1230 PM CST..A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA
NEAR BARTLESVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT AROUND 30 MILES AN HOUR.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED FROhM SOUTH OF STILLWATER TO NEAR
ENID...TO WAYNOKA OKLAHOMA.

ALL THE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL..STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND
VERY HEAVY RAIN.

LACKEY

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
110 PM CDT WED MAY 14 1986

AT 103 PM CIVIL DEFENSE PERSONS REPORTED HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL 1/4
INCH IN DIAMETER AT WINFILED KANSAS.

ELAND

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
127 PM CDT WED MAY 14 1986

AT 123 PM INDEPENDENCE POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED HAIL 1/4 INCH
IN DIAMETER IN THE CITY OF INDEPENDENCE ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN.

GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL OCCURED 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF INDEPENDENCE AT
1:23 PM.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR LABETTE AND SOUTHEAST
MONTOGOMERY COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 200 PM THIS AFTERNOON.
ELAND

Tornado Warnings in Kansas, 1986Every tornado warning in 1986Tornadoes in 1986

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.