Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 18, 1986, 9:44 PM CDT for Cloud County, Ottawa County, Kansas. It was in force for 61 min. 2 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
- Aug 18, 1986, 9:44 PM CDT (02:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 18, 1986, 10:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Cloud County, KS, Ottawa 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 18, 10:09 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Ottawa, KS | |
| Aug 18, 10:09 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Ottawa, 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, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 267 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -315 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1362 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 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 190245 SVRCNK KSC143-029-190345- BULLETIN IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 944 PM CDT MON AUG 18 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS...SOUTHERN CLOUD..OTTAWA AT 944 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CONCORDIA KANSAS MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH. AT 934 PM 3/4 INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED 1 MILE EAST OF GLASCO KANSAS. < PERSONS THREATENED BY THE STORM SHOULD GET TO A REINFORCED SHELTER AND PREPARE FOR STRONG DAMAGING WIND..LARGE HAIL.. VERY HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING. PHILLIPS
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 18, 6:42 PM CDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 630 PM CDT MON AUG 18 1986 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH NUMBER 495 IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. RADAR SHOWS SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EAST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES SOUTH OF GENEVA NEBRASKA TO 10 MILES EAST OF WASHINGTON KANSAS THEN SOUTH TO MARION. THE LARGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS 15 MILES SOUTH OF GENENA NEBRASKA. ALL OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED AS THE STORMS MOVE ON TO THE SOUTHEAST.
Special weather statement, Aug 18, 6:49 PM CDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
645 PM CDT MON AUG 18 1986
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR A SMALL PART OF NORTHEAST
KANSAS UNTIL MIDNIGHT...
THUNDERSTORMS HAD BEGUN REFORMING OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS EARLY THIS
THIS EVENING...AND AT 640PM CDT WERE IN THE MANHATTAN...JUNCTION CITY
AND FORT RILEY AREAS. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS JUST EAST OF TUTTLE
CREEK LAKE.
THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH AND WILL DROP
HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR RILEY
...GEARY AND MORRIS COUNTIES AND AREAS TO THE WEST.
RESIDENTS OF NORTHEAST KANSAS SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAPID THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT AND TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS.
AKULOWSpecial weather statement, Aug 18, 7:29 PM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 728 PM CDT MON AUG 18 1986 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH NUMBER 495 IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. AT 725 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GRAND ISLAND NEBRASKA TO 10 MILES NORTH OF WASHINGTON IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL MOVE OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY AND WESTERN MARCHALL COUNTIES BY 8 PM CDT. VERY HEAVY RAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ALONG WITH POSSIBLE HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS. RESIDENDS OF WASHINGTON AN5D MARSHALL SHOULD BE ALERT AND TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTION. PETERSEN
Special weather statement, Aug 18, 7:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
750 PM CDT MON AUG 18 1986
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR A SMALL PART OF NORTHEAST
KANSAS UNTIL MIDNIGHT...
THUNDERSTORMS WERE INCREASING OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS AND A 743PM
REACHED IN A 25 MILE WIDE LINE FROM JUST NORTHWEST OF TOPEKA TO
MARYSVILLE TO NEAR FAIRBURY NEBRASKA. THE MOST INTENSE STORMS WERE NEAR
ONAGA AND IN SOUTHERN MARSHALL COUNTY.
VERY HEAVY RAINS...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS TO POSSIBLY 50 MPH
WILL LIKELY ACCOMPANY THESE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY MOVE SOUTHEAST AT
30 TO 35 MPH.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR RILEY
...GEARY AND MORRIS COUNTIES AND AREAS TO THE WEST.
BY 845 PM...THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD EXTEND FROM NEAR LAWRENCE TO TOPEKA
TO MARYSVILLE.
TEMPORARY FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS ARE LIKELY.
RESIDENTS OF NORTHEAST KANSAS SHOULD BE ALERT TO THUNDERSTORMS
DEVELOPMENTK AND TAKE NECESSARY SAFETY PRECAUTIONS.
AKULOWSpecial weather statement, Aug 18, 8:52 PM CDT, 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
850 PM CDT MON AUG 18 1986
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR A SMALL PART OF NORTHEAST
KANSAS UNTIL MIDNIGHT...
AT 840 PM CDT A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS..15 TO 25 MILES WIDE..EXTENDED
FROM POMONA RESERVOIR..TO WAMEGO..TO BELLEVILLE. THIS LINE OF STORMS
WAS MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORM
IN THIS LINE WAS IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS BETWEEN CONCORDIA AND WASH-
INGTON. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THIS NORTH
CENTRAL KANSAS STORM. ANOTHER INTENSE THUNDERSTORM..NOT SEVERE..WAS
LOCATED OVER NORTHERN RILEY COUNTY..BETWEEN CLAY CENTER AND BLUE
RAPIDS.
RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORMS IN NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
WERE PRODUCING BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS. PER-
SONS IN NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS SHOULD BE ALERT AS THESE
THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH.
MCNULTYSpecial weather statement, Aug 18, 9:31 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 930 PM CDT MON AUG 18 1986 ...PARTS OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELLED.... A SMALL PART OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 495 OVER WESTERN KANSAS HAS NOW BEEN CANCELLED. THE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THOSE COUNTIES WEST OF A LINE FROM SMITH CENTER TO HAYS TO COLDWATER. HOWEVER THE WATCH WILL CONTINUE UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR THOSE COUNTIES EAST OF THIS LINE. AKULOW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Washington | 60 min |
| Aug 18, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Republic | 56 min |
| Aug 18, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud | 62 min |
| Aug 18, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay | 63 min |
| Aug 18, 10:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson, Saline | 55 min |
| Aug 19, 1:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud | 55 min |
| Aug 19, 1:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Ottawa | 70 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.