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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Topeka, KS

April 26, 1986Jewell County, Mitchell County, Osborne County, Kansas

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 26, 4:19 PM CSTHail 1.75Osborne, KS
Apr 26, 4:34 PM CSTHail 0.75Osborne, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 1986-04-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 44 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 12:00Z on 1986-04-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 203 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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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
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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 25, 6:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRussell42 min
Apr 25, 6:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLincoln, Mitchell55 min
Apr 25, 7:22 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMcPherson, Rice58 min
Apr 25, 7:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCloud, Mitchell59 min
Apr 25, 8:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay, Cloud, Washington59 min
Apr 25, 9:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDickinson, McPherson, Saline60 min
Apr 26, 3:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJewell, Smith46 min
Apr 26, 4:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPSmith58 min
Apr 26, 5:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJewell, Republic63 min
Apr 26, 5:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOsborne57 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.