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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 157, NWS Topeka, KS

August 13, 1986Lincoln County, Russell County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 1986, 7:30 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Russell County, Kansas. It was in force for 45 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 13, 1986, 7:30 PM CDT (00:30 UTC)
Expired
Aug 13, 1986, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Lincoln County, KS, Russell 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 13, 7:55 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 0Russell, 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 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 183 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 00:00Z on 1986-08-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1492 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 00:00Z on 1986-08-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 130 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
1492 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-87 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1514 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
182 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
9.0

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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 13, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPPottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee20 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.