Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 12, 1986, 10:59 PM CDT for Douglas County, Jefferson County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 min. 1 report 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
- May 12, 1986, 10:59 PM CDT (03:59 UTC)
- Expired
- May 12, 1986, 11:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Douglas County, KS, Jefferson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 11:34 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Douglas, 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, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 27 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
- 2058 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1781 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTOP 130359 SVRTOP KSC087-045-130445- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1059 PM CDT MON MAY 12 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST KANSAS...SOUTHERN JEFFERSON AND NORTHERN DOUGLAS AT 1055PM CDT A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM LEAVENWORTH TO PERRY LAKE TO TOPEKA. THE LINE WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WAS ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE LIKELY. THIS DANGEROUS STORM THREATENS RESERVOIR RECREATIONAL AREAS. CAMPERS AND BOATERS SHOULD MOVE TO SAFETY IMMEDIATELY. OPTIONAL FREE FORM MESSAGE... THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE CLINTON LAKE AND PERRY LAKE RECREATIONAL AREAS AND THE CI%TY OF LAWRENCE. AKULOW
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, May 12, 7:52 PM CDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 751 PM CDT MON MAY 12 1986 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 152 CONTINUES FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST AND EASTCENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT. AT 750PM...NO THUNDERSTORMS HAD YET FORMED OR MOVED INTO NORTHEAST OR EASTCENTRAL KANSAS...HOWEVER VERY INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE SOUTHWARD ACROSS NORTHWEST MISSOURI AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA. THESE STORMS COULD PUSH INTO NORTHEAST KANSAS LATER THIS EVENING AS WEATHER CONDITIONS REMAIN GOOD FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR LATER STATEMENTS. AKULOW
Special weather statement, May 12, 8:18 PM CDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 818 PM CDT MON MAY 12 1986 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 152 CONTINUES FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST AND EASTCENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT. NO THUNDERSTORMS HAD YET DEVELOPED OR MOVED INTO NORTHEAST OR EAST CENTRAL KANSAS AT 815PM. A LARGE AND POTENT MASS OF STORMS REACHED ACROSS THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF MISSOURI TO SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA NEAR FALLS CITY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD CROSS DONIPHAN AND THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF BROWN COUNTIES BETWEEN 830 AND 915 THIS EVENING. RESIDENTS IN THESE TWO EXTREME NORTHEAST KANSAS COUNTIES SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL. SCHURR
Special weather statement, May 12, 8:41 PM CDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 840 PM CDT MON MAY 12 1986 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR CLAY AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND DICKINSON..MCPHERSON AND SALINE COUNTIES OF CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT... AT 840 PM CDT THERE WERE NO THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTH CENTRAL OR CENTRAL KANSAS. THERE WAS A MASSIVE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN EXTREME NORTHWEST MISSOURI NORTH OF ST. JOSEPH AND WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. PHILLIPS 0141
Special weather statement, May 12, 9:11 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 910 PM CDT MON MAY 12 1986 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR BROWN COUNTY UNTIL 930PM CDT...WHILE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST AND EASTCENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL MIDNIGHT. AT 9PM VERY INTENSE TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS BROWN COUNTY OF EXTREME NORTHEAST KANSAS. THIS STORM WAS PART OF A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT REACHED FROM NEAR LAMONI IOWA TO JUST SOUTHWEST OF HIAWATHA. THE LINE WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. 3/4 TO ONE INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED 5 MILES NORTH OF HIAWATHA KS SHORTLY AFTER 9PM CDT. RESIDENTS OF BROWN COUNTY AND NEARBY DONIPHAN COUNTY KANSAS SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. AKULOW
Special weather statement, May 12, 9:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 930 PM CDT MON MAY 12 1986 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR BROWN COUNTY EXPIRED AT 930PM CDT AND WILL NOT BE REISSUED. IN ADDITION A PORTION OF THE SEVERE THUNDER/ STORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHCENTRAL KANSAS. AT 925PM THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER BROWN COUNTY HAD MOVED SOUTHEAST INTO DONIPHAN COUNTY KS WHERE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN POSTED UNTIL 10 PM CDT. THIS STORM WAS PART OF A LINE OF VERY INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM SOUTHCENTRAL IOWA TO EXTREME NORTHEAST KANSAS. THE LINE WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH. THE LINE SHOULD MOVE INTO ATCHISON COUNTY KANSAS AROUND 10PM. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THAT PART OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHCENTRAL KANSAS WEST OF A LINE FROM MARYSVILLE TO MANHATTAN TO EMPORIA TO BURLINGTON. ALTHOUGH THUNDERSTORMS MAY STIL OCCUR OVER PARTS OF SOUTHCENTRAL AND CENTRAL KANSAS THEY ARE NOT NOW EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR LATER INFORMATION. AKULOW
Special weather statement, May 12, 10:14 PM CDT, 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1014 PM CDT MON MAY 12 1986 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ATCHISON COUNTY KANSAS UNTIL 1030PM CDT...AND FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY AND SOUTHEAST JACKSON COUNTY UNTIL 11PM CDT. A LINE OF VERY INTENSE TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS REACHED FROM JUST NORTH OF ST JOSEPH MO TO HOLTON KS AT 10PM CDT AND WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH. HAIL OF ONE INCH OR GREATER...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING... GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH AND HEAVY RAINS HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LINE OF STORMS. IN ADDTION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 152 HAS BEEN REPLACED BY SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 154. WATCH NUMBER 154 WILL BE IN EFFECT UNTIL 3AM CDT APPLIES TO THAT PART OF EASTERN KANSAS EAST OF A HIAWATHA TO TOPEKA TO BURLINGTON TO FT SCOTT LINE. ALL RESIDENTS OF NORTHEAST KANSAS...ESPECIALLY IN THE TOPEKA...LAWRENCE AND KANSAS CITY AREAS...SHOULD BE ALERT TO THREATENING WEATHER AND TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR LATER INFORMATION. AKULOW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 8:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Brown | 43 min |
| May 12, 9:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Atchison | 53 min |
| May 12, 10:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Jefferson | 56 min |
| May 12, 10:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Shawnee | 58 min |
| May 12, 11:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Osage, Shawnee | 70 min |
| May 13, 12:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Franklin | 60 min |
| May 13, 12:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Osage | 29 min |
| May 13, 1:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Franklin | 45 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.