Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 7, 1986, 2:30 AM CDT for Jewell County, Kansas. It was in force for 30 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 7, 1986, 2:30 AM CDT (07:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 1986, 3:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jewell 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 2:45 AM CDT | Hail 1 | Jewell, 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
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 231 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3611 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCNK 070731 SVRCNK KSC089-070800- BULLETIN IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 230 AM CDT THU AUG 7 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS...SOUTHERN JEWELL AT 230 AM CDT RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MANKATO MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. 3/4 T6O ONE INCH HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED FROM THIS STORM. < PERSONS THREATENED BY THE STORM/S SHOULD GET TO A REINFORCED SHELTER AND PREPARE FOR STRONG DAMAGING WIND..LARGE HAIL.. VERY HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING. SCHNEIDER
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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, Aug 6, 8:31 PM CDT, 5 hours 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 830 PM CDT WED AUG 6 1986 ....A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN UNTIL 11 PM CDT FOR PART OF CENTRAL AND NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS..GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM MANKATO TO MEDICINE LODGE.... AT 830 PM CDT INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE 30 MILES WEST OF PHILLIPSBURG AND 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF PHILLIPSBURG IN NORTHWEST KANSAS. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS..LARGE HAIL...HEAVY RAINS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE WEST AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM HOLDREGE NEBRASKA TO SMITH CENTER IN NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS TO 10 MILES NORTH OF HAYS IN CENTRAL KANSAS. THE AREA WAS MOVING SLOWLY EAST. SCHNEIDER
Special weather statement, Aug 6, 9:10 PM CDT, 5 hours 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 910 PM CDT WED AUG 6 1986 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 471 FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL KANSAS HAS BEEN CANCELLED. CRANDALL
Special weather statement, Aug 6, 10:05 PM CDT, 4 hours 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 1000 PM CDT WED AUG 6 1986 AT 10 PM CDT ONLY ONE SMALL AREA OF RAIN SHOWERS REMAINED IN KANSAS. THIS AREA WAS 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PHILLIPSBURG. THE SHOWERS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THERE WAS A LARGE AREA OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS IN NEBRASKA NORTH OF A LINE FROM LINCOLN WEST THROUGH HASTING THEN SOUTHWEST TO ALMA. THE STORMS IN NEBRASKS WERE ALSO MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAAST AT 20 MPH. ADCOCK 0304
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 12:06 AM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1205 AM CDT THU AUG 7 1986 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 473 IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 5 AM CDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR A LARGE PART OF NORTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 5 AM. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE CITIES OF TOPEKA...LAWRENCE...KANSAS CITY...ATCHISON AND MARYSVILLE. AT MIDNIGHT AN AREA OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS JUST NORTH OF THE NEBRASKA BORDER FROM NEAR FAIRBURY NEBRASKA TO NEBRASKA CITY NEBRASKA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO MARSHALL...NEMAHA AND BROWN COUNTIES OF EXTREME NORTHEAST KANSAS ABOUT 1AM. WIND GUSTS OVER 70 MPH WERE REPORTED AT LINCOLN NEBRASKA AS THE STORMS MOVED THROUGH AROUND 1115PM CDT. IN ADDITION...VERY HEAVY RAINS... HAIL AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THE THUNDER/ STORMS AS THEY MOVE INTO NORTHEAST KANSAS DURING THE MORNING HOURS. RESIDENTS OF NORTHEAST KANSAS SHOULD BE ALERT TO THIS STRONG AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS AND TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS. AKULOW
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 12:33 AM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 1230 AM CDT THU AUG 7 1986 ..SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CDT FOR NORTHEAST KANSAS AND ADJOINING AREAS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEBRASKA.. AT 1230 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS IN A 25 MILE WIDE BAND FROM 20 MILES EAST OF WYMORE NEBRASKA TO KEARNEY NEBRASKA. THE AREA OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS NORTH OF WASHINGTON BY 1245 AM AND INTO REPUBLIC AND JEWELL COUNTIES BY 130 AM CDT. VERY HEAVY RAIN, STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS. PETERSEN
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 1:16 AM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 115 AM CDT THU AUG 7 1986 ..SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CDT FOR NORTHEAST KANSAS AND ADJOINING AREAS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEBRASKA.. AT 110 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF INTENSE TO SEVERE THUNDER/ STORMS IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA FROM NEAR BLUE HILL TO 30 MILESRNEY NORTH OF SUPERIOR. THE AREA OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS NORTH COUNTIES OF SMITH ..JEWELL AND REPUBLIC BY 2 AM CDT. VERY HEAVY RAIN, STRONG GUSTY WINDS..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS. PETERSEN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 12:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Nemaha | 30 min |
| Aug 7, 12:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Brown, Jackson, Nemaha | 75 min |
| Aug 7, 12:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Pottawatomie | 75 min |
| Aug 7, 1:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jewell | 63 min |
| Aug 7, 2:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud, Republic | 60 min |
| Aug 7, 7:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Dickinson | 32 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 1986Every severe thunderstorm warning 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.