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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Topeka, KS

August 7, 1986Jewell County, Kansas

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 7, 2:45 AM CDTHail 1Jewell, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 1986-08-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 1986-08-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 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
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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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.
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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.

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 7, 12:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall, Nemaha30 min
Aug 7, 12:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBrown, Jackson, Nemaha75 min
Aug 7, 12:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall, Pottawatomie75 min
Aug 7, 1:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJewell63 min
Aug 7, 2:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCloud, Republic60 min
Aug 7, 7:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay, Dickinson32 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.