Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1986
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 7, 1986, 6:33 PM CST for Neosho County, Wilson County, Woodson County, Kansas. It was in force for 27 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, 6:33 PM CST (00:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 7, 1986, 7:00 PM CST
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Neosho County, KS, Wilson 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, 6:35 PM CST | Hail 2 | Neosho, KS | |
| Apr 7, 6:55 PM CST | Tornado F0 | Neosho, KS | |
| Apr 7, 7:10 PM CST | Hail 1.75 | Neosho, 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 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 148 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
- 1567 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1107 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 152 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KICT 080033 TORICT KSC133-207-205-080100- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 633 PM CST MON APR 7 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS...NEOSHO...EXTREME SOUTHERN WOODSON AND EXTREME NORTHERN WILSON AT 625 PM...RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO JUST TO THE NORTHWEST OF CHANUTE...MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. TAKE COVER NOW. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. DON/T HESITATE. A FEW SECONDS MIGHT SAVE YOUR LIFE. WILSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 6:02 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ICT | Woodson | 28 min |
| Apr 7, 6:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Crawford | 47 min |
| Apr 7, 6:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Crawford | 33 min |
| Apr 7, 6:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ICT | Cherokee, Crawford | 31 min |
| Apr 7, 6:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ICT | Allen, Neosho | 22 min |
| Apr 7, 7:05 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ICT | Chase, Marion | 25 min |
| Apr 7, 7:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cherokee, Crawford, Labette | 56 min |
| Apr 7, 7:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ICT | Cherokee, Crawford, Labette | 29 min |
| Apr 7, 7:34 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ICT | Chase | 26 min |
| Apr 7, 8:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Chase, Greenwood | 54 min |
| Apr 7, 9:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Neosho, Wilson | 49 min |
Nearby
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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.