Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Topeka, KS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
930 PM CDT THU MAY 8 1986

AT 930 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EAST OF A
LINE FROM SUPERIOR NEBRASKA SOUTH THROUGH SALINA TO WEST OF HUTCH/
INSON KANSAS. THE MOST INTENSE STORMS WERE FROM MARYSVILLE KANSAS
SOUTH THROUGH CLAY CENTER TO ABILENE. THE AREA WAS MOVING TO THE
EAST 15 TO 20 MPH. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECT
FROM THESE STORMS. NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS REPORTED.

ADCOCK

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
940 PM CDT THU 8 MAY 1986

      TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 140 WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING
  HOWEVER..TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 142 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM.

AT 930 PM CDT A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED IN NORTHEAST
KANSAS FROM MARYSVILLE IN MARSHALL COUNTY TO CLAY CENTER TO MARION.
ANOTHER LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS DEVELOPING FROM SOUTHWEST
WABUNSEE COUNTY TO EL DORADO IN BUTLER COUNTY. THE INDIVIDUAL CELLS
WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR WHILE THE LINE ITSELF
SHOWED EAST MOVEMENT OF ABOUT 30 MILES AN HOUR ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE
LINE AND 15 MILE AN HOUR MOVEMENT ON THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS.

THE INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LINE MAY REACH SEVERE LEVELS DURING THE
NEXT FEW HOUR AND RESIDENTS IN AND NEAR ITS PATH SHOULD REMAIN PREPARED
TO SEEK SHELTER IF CONDITIONS DETERIORATE. IF THE STORMS CONTINUE ON
THEIR PRESENT PATHS THEY SHOULD MOVE INTO NEMAHA..PORRAWATOMIE..RILEY..
GEARY..MORRIS..LYON AND CHASE COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR.

HEATHFIELD

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
1005 PM CDT THU MAY 8 1986

THE TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN SECTIONS
OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS EAST OF A LINE FROM BELLEVILLE
TO SALINA TO WELLINGTON UNTIL 2 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING.

AT 1005 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAUSING HEAVY RAINS
GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING FROM WASHINGTON TO JUNCTION CITY
TO NEAR NEWTON.  THE GENERAL AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS EAST OF A LINE
FROM BELLEVILLE TO ABILENE TO HUTCHINSON.  MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST
AT 35 MPH.

PERSONS IN AND CLOSE TO THE TORNADO WATCH AREA CONTINUE TO MONITOR
LOCAL WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND
POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

ADAMS 0309

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1045 PM CDT THU 8 MAY 1986

  ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 142 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM...

AT 1030 PM CDT THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHEAST KANSAS EXTENDED
FROM FRANKFORT IN MARSHALL TO MARION IN MARION COUNTY..THE LINE WAS 40
MILES WIDE. THE MOST INTENSE STORMS WERE CLUSTERED FROM FRANKFORT TO
COUNCIL GROVE. THE LINE WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 TO 30 MILES AN
HOUR WHILE THE INDIVIDUAL CELLS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN
HOUR.

A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS SIGHTED BRIEFLY BY THE MARION COUNTY SHERIFF AT 1030
THIS EVENING 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF COUNCIL GROVE. HOWEVER RADAR INDICATES
THAT THE STORMS HAVE NOT REACHED SEVERE INTENSITIES AT THIS TIME.
REPORTS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN BRIEF PERIODS OF SMALL HAIL HAVE ACCOMPANIED
THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVED THROUGH MORRIS COUNTY.

RESIDENTS IN THE PATH OF THE STORMS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER
IF THE STORMS DO INTENSIFY DU%RING THE NEXT HOUR. ALSO..LISTEN TO
WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL BROADCAST FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND
POSSIBLE WARNINGS AS THE STROMS CONTINE TO MOVE EAST ACROSS NORTHEAST
KANSAS.

HEATHFIELD

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1045 PM CDT THU 8 MAY 1986

  ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 142 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM...

AT 1030 PM CDT THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHEAST KANSAS EXTENDED
FROM FRANKFORT IN MARSHALL TO MARION IN MARION COUNTY..THE LINE WAS 40
MILES WIDE. THE MOST INTENSE STORMS WERE CLUSTERED FROM FRANKFORT TO
COUNCIL GROVE. THE LINE WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 TO 30 MILES AN
HOUR WHILE THE INDIVIDUAL CELLS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN
HOUR.

A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS SIGHTED BRIEFLY BY THE MORRIS COUNTY SHERIFF AT 1030
THIS EVENING 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF COUNCIL GROVE. HOWEVER RADAR INDICATES
THAT THE STORMS HAVE NOT REACHED SEVERE INTENSITIES AT THIS TIME.
REPORTS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN BRIEF PERIODS OF SMALL HAIL HAVE ACCOMPANIED
THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVED THROUGH MORRIS COUNTY.

RESIDENTS IN THE PATH OF THE STORMS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER
IF THE STORMS DO INTENSI)FY DURING THE NEXT HOUR. ALSO..LISTEN TO
WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL BROADCAST FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND
POSSIBLE WARNINGS AS THE STROMS CONTINE TO MOVE EAST ACROSS NORTHEAST
KANSAS.

HEATHFIELD

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
1105 PM CDT THU MAY 8 1986

THE TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CDT FRIDAY FOR
THAT PART OF NORTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL KANSAS EAST OF A LINE FROM
BELLEVILLE TO SALINA TO WELLINGTON.

AT 1105 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED NEWLY DEVELOPED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
20 MILES WEST AND 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SALINA.  HEAVY RAINS ALONG
WITH SOME HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL OCCUR.  THE GENERAL
AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS EAST OF A LINE FROM YORK NEBRASKA TO
CONCORDIA TO ELLSWORTH TO NEWTON.  MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS
WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

PERSONS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA CONTINUE TO MONITOR LOCAL
WEATHER CONDITIONS 5AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

ADAMS 0406