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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 199, NWS Topeka, KS

September 28, 1986Jewell County, Mitchell County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 28, 1986, 6:45 PM CDT for Jewell County, Mitchell County, Kansas. It was in force for 60 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
Sep 28, 1986, 6:45 PM CDT (23:45 UTC)
Expired
Sep 28, 1986, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Jewell County, KS, Mitchell 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
Sep 28, 6:47 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 52Mitchell, KS
Sep 28, 7:32 PM CDTHail 0.75Jewell, 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 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 248 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 12:00Z on 1986-09-28Temperature 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 12:00Z on 1986-09-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 150 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
3615 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
150 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
184 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

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, Sep 28, 4:24 PM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
420 PM CDT SUN SEP 28 1986

....SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS
UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
AT 415 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND LARGE THUNDER/
STORMS IN CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS.  THE AREA WAS
SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM YORK NEBRASKA SOUTHWEST THROUGH OSBORNE
KANSAS TO HAYS. THE STORMS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY AND MOVING TO THE
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR LINCOLN KANSAS.
ADCOCK
Special weather statement, Sep 28, 4:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
457 PM CDT SUN SEP 28 1986

....SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS
UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
AT 457 PM CST INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM BRAINARD NEBRASKA TO
20 MILES WEST OF  HAYS KANSAS TO 10 MILES EAST OF MARYSVILLE KANSAS.
THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR MANKATO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
OSBORNE 10 MILES SOSUTHWEST OF CONCORDIA AND 10 MILES NORTH OF
WASHINGTON.
THEY WERE MOVING NORTHEST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR,
STAPLETON
Special weather statement, Sep 28, 5:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
504 PM CDT THU SEP 25 1986

AT 504PM CDT AN AREA OF STRONG TO INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS...ABOUT 15 MILES
WIDE...STRETCHED FROM AROUND 30 MILES SOUTH OF CONCORDIA TO NORTHWEST
OF MARYSVILLE ALONG THE NEBRASKA BORDER. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING
NORTHEAST AROUND 35 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS OVER 40 MPH
DEADLY LIGHTNING AND SOME HAIL ARE LIKELY WITH THIS AREA OF STORMS AS IT
MOVES OVER PART OF NORTHEAST KANSAS THIS EVENING.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A PORTION OF NORTHEAST
KANSAS..NOT INCLUDING THE TOPEKA AREA...UNTIL 11PM CDT.

ALSO A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THE NIGHT FOR PART OF
EASTCENTRAL KANSAS.
KAYS
Special weather statement, Sep 28, 5:59 PM CDT, 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
558 PM CDT THU SEP 25 1986

AT 558PM CDT AN AREA OF STRONG TO INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS...ABOUT 15 MILES
WIDE...STRETCHED FROM NORTHWEST NEMAHA COUNTY NORTHWEST OF SENECA TO
MARSHALL COUNTY THEN ON SOUTHWEST NEAR CONCORDIA. THE MOST INTENSE
STORMS WERE OVER WESTERN MARSHALL COUNTY JUST SOUTHWEST OF MARYSVILLE
AND OVER EASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY. AT 545PM CDT THE MARSHALL COUNTY
SHERIFF IN MARYSVILLE REPORTED GUSTY WINDS AND PEA SIZE HAIL ALONG WITH
VERY HEAVY RAINS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 40
MPH. VERY HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS OVER 40 MPH SOME HAIL AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS THROUGH THE
EVENING HOURS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A PORTION OF NORTHEAST
KANSAS..NOT INCLUDING THE TOPEKA AREA...UNTIL 11PM CDT.

ALSO A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THE NIGHT FOR PART OF
EASTCENTRA:L KANSAS.
KAYS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 27, 11:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPCoffey, Franklin, Lyon, Osage3 hr
Sep 28, 2:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay50 min
Sep 28, 4:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCloud56 min
Sep 28, 5:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWashington54 min
Sep 28, 6:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWashington63 min
Sep 28, 6:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCloud60 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.