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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 129, NWS Topeka, KS

August 1, 1986Jewell County, Osborne County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 1, 1986, 12:01 PM CDT for Jewell County, Osborne County, Kansas. It was in force for 39 min. 1 report 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
Aug 1, 1986, 12:01 PM CDT (17:01 UTC)
Expired
Aug 1, 1986, 12:40 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Jewell County, KS, Osborne 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 1, 12:10 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 52Jewell, 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

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 234 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 1986-08-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1813 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 1986-08-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 116 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1813 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-49 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
917 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
116 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
217 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
10.6

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 1, 11:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPSmith60 min
Aug 1, 2:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay, Dickinson43 min
Aug 1, 3:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLyon, Morris45 min
Aug 1, 3:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary45 min
Aug 1, 4:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCoffey, Lyon, Osage65 min
Aug 1, 5:00 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPCoffey, Lyon45 min
Aug 1, 5:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAnderson41 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.