Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 26, 1986, 4:17 PM CST for Jewell County, Mitchell County, Osborne County, Kansas. It was in force for 58 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
- Apr 26, 1986, 4:17 PM CST (22:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 1986, 5:15 PM CST
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Jewell County, KS, Mitchell County, KS, Osborne 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 4:19 PM CST | Hail 1.75 | Osborne, KS | |
| Apr 26, 4:34 PM CST | Hail 0.75 | Osborne, 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 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 233 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
- 44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -317 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1943 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 203 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 219 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 262217 SVRCNK KSC123-141-183-089-262315- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 417 PM CST SAT APR 26 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...NORTHERN MITCHELL...NORTHEAST OSBORNE... EASTERN SMITH AND JEWELL AT 415 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED 5 MILES EAST OF OSBORNE MOVING NORTHNORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FREQUENT..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY DROP HAILSTONES 3/4 INCH OR LARGER AND PRODUCE WINDS 60 MILES AN HOUR OR STRONGER. ES
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, Apr 26, 2:22 PM CST, 1 hour 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 218 PM CST SAT APR 26 1986 ....SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN RUSSELL AND LINCOLN COUNTIES KANSAS. AT 218 PM CST CONCORDIA RADAR SHOWsS THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH RUSSELL AND LINCOLN COUNTIES WITH THE HEAVIEST STROM NEAR ASH GROVE. THIS STORM DROP 1/2 INCH HAIL AND SOME WINDS. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH. STAPLETON
Special weather statement, Apr 26, 2:53 PM CST, 1 hour 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 250 PM CST SAT APR 26 1986 ....SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN CENTRAL AND AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 250 PM CST CONCORDIA RADAR INDICATED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS 15 MILES WEST AND 15 MILES NORTHEST OF BELOIT IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN REPUBLIC COUNTY BY 330 PM CST. HEAVY RAIN STRONG WINDS AND HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN SOUTHWESTERN RUSSELL COUNTY 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RUSSELL MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO THE RUSSELL AREA BY 315 PM CST. HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS AREA LIKELY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 112 WILL BE INEFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS FROM 3 PM TO 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. THIS WATCH WILL INCLUDE ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL KANSAS EAST OF A LINE FROM MANKATO TO RUSSELL TO ASHLAND. PETERSEN
Special weather statement, Apr 26, 3:27 PM CST, 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 325 PM CST SAT APR 26 1986 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS EAST OF A LINE FROM MANKATO TO RUSSELL TO ASHLAND. THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST. AT 325 PM CST CONCORDIA RADAR INDICATED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS 15 MILES NORTH OF RUSSELL AND IN THE LURRAY AREA 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF RUSSELL. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO THE LAKE WACONDA RECTREATIONAL AREA WEST OF BELOIT BY 4 PM CST. STRONG WINDS AND HAIL ARE LIKELY POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. CONSIDERABLE SMALL HAIL WAS REPORTED AT LURAY KANSAS AT 315PM CST. AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM AT OSBORNE WAS PRODUCING PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AT 324 PM CST. THIS STROM IS ALSO MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE TO NEAR MANKATO BY 430 PM CST. PETERSEN
Special weather statement, Apr 26, 3:29 PM CST, 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 330 PM CST SAT APR 26 1986 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 112 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9PM CST FOR A PART OF NORTHEAST KANSAS. COUNTIES EFFECTED BY THE WATCH ARE MARSHALL.. NEMAHA..RILEY..POTAWATOMIE..AND GEARY. AT 325 PM CST NO THUNDERSTORMS THREATENED NORTHEAST KANSAS. HOWEVER INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER NORTHERN KANSAS BETWEEN RUSSELL AND CONCORDIA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE OVER PARTS OF NORTHEAST KANSAS THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE ON THE INCREASE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY NIGHT OVER ALL OF NORTHEAST KANSAS. SOME HEAVY RAINS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. KAYS
Special weather statement, Apr 26, 4:04 PM CST, 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 357 PM CST SAT APR 26 1986 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS EAST OF A LINE FROM MANKATO TO RUSSELL TO ASHLAND. THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST. AT 355 PM CST CONCORDIA RADAR INDICATED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS 10 MILES WEST OF MANKATO IN JEWELL COUNTY MOVING TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. OTHER VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM TIPTON TO LURAY IN OSBORNE COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS WEST OF A LINE FROM BRAINARD NEBRASKA TO BELOIT KANSAS TO RUSSELL KANSAS TO RUSH CENTER KANSAS. THE AREA WAS MOVING TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. STAPLETON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 6:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Russell | 42 min |
| Apr 25, 6:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lincoln, Mitchell | 55 min |
| Apr 25, 7:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | McPherson, Rice | 58 min |
| Apr 25, 7:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud, Mitchell | 59 min |
| Apr 25, 8:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Cloud, Washington | 59 min |
| Apr 25, 9:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson, McPherson, Saline | 60 min |
| Apr 26, 3:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jewell, Smith | 46 min |
| Apr 26, 4:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Smith | 58 min |
| Apr 26, 5:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jewell, Republic | 63 min |
| Apr 26, 5:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Osborne | 57 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.