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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 94, NWS Topeka, KS

May 16, 1986Cloud County, Ottawa County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 1986, 3:22 PM CDT for Cloud County, Ottawa County, Kansas. It was in force for 53 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 16, 1986, 3:22 PM CDT (20:22 UTC)
Expired
May 16, 1986, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cloud County, KS, Ottawa County, KS

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 177 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, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 1986-05-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1823 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, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 1986-05-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 165 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
1823 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-69 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
706 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
165 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
180 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.2
Supercell composite
6.1

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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, May 16, 10:07 AM CDT, 5 hours 15 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 16, 10:18 AM CDT, 5 hours 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1015 AM CDT FRI MAY 16 1986

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 178 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
NORTHEAST KANSAS UNTILL NOON TODAY.

THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS HAVE DIMINISHED IN INTENSITY
SINCE 945 AM THIS MORNING AND AT 1015 AM STORMS WERE PRODUCING
PRIMARILY MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS.  THE INTENSE LINE MOVING
THROUGH NORTHEAST KANSAS EXTENDED FROM NEAR FALLS CITY NEBRASKA TO
ONAGA TO MANHATTAN AT 915 AM AND MOVING EAST ABOUT 30 MILES PER HOUR.
THE HEAVIEST STORMS ALONG THIS LINE WERE LOCATED ABOUT 15 MILES
NORTHEAST OF HOLTON AND MAY BE PRODUCING SOME SMALL HAIL AND STRONG
GUSTY WINDS.

OTHER SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OF LIGHT INTENSITY EXTENDED
TO THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST OF THIS LINE OVER NORTHEAST AND EASTCENTRAL
KANSAS.  ALL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE EASTWARD
OUT OF NORTHEAST KANSAS BY ABOUT NOON TODAY FOLLOWED BY PARTLY ScUNNY
SKIES.
SHIDELER
Special weather statement, May 16, 10:31 AM CDT, 4 hours 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION..TIME AND STORM LOCATION..HOLTON
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1015 AM CDT FRI MAY 16 1986

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 178 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
NORTHEAST KANSAS UNTILL NOON TODAY.

THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS HAVE DIMINISHED IN INTENSITY
SINCE 945 AM THIS MORNING AND AT 1015 AM STORMS WERE PRODUCING
PRIMARILY MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS.  THE INTENSE LINE MOVING
THROUGH NORTHEAST KANSAS EXTENDED FROM NEAR FALLS CITY NEBRASKA TO
ONAGA TO MANHATTAN AT 1015 AM AND MOVING EAST ABOUT 30 MILES PER HOUR.
THE HEAVIEST STORMS ALONG THIS LINE WERE LOCATED ABOUT 15 MILES
NORTHWEST OF HOLTON AND MAY BE PRODUCING SOME SMALL HAIL AND STRONG
GUSTY WINDS.

OTHER SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OF LIGHT INTENSITY EXTENDED
TO THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST OF THIS LINE OVER NORTHEAST AND EASTCENTRAL
KANSAS.  ALL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE EASTWARD
OUT OF NORTHEAST KANSAuS BY ABOUT NOON TODAY FOLLOWED BY PARTLY SUNNY
SKIES.
SHIDELER
Special weather statement, May 16, 11:22 AM CDT, 4 hours before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1115 AM CDT FRI MAY 16 1986

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 178 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR
   NORTHEAST KANSAS...

AT 11 AM CDT A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS REMAINED IN NORTHEAST KANSAS.
THESE WERE LOCATED NEAR VALLEY FALLS IN NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY AND
NEAR ATCHINSON. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST NORHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE INTENSE LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY
RAIN.

OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN AN AREA FROM NEAR
ATCHINSON TO NEAR TOPEKA TO HOLTON IN SOUTHERN BROWN COUNTY. MOVEMENT
WAS TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS FOR THE
TIME BEING...HOWEVER THE ATMOSPHERE REMAIN VERY UNSTABLE AND THE
POSSIBILITY REMAINS THAT WATCHS AND OR WARNING MAY BE ISSUED LATER THIS
AFTERNOON OR EVENING.

CRANDALL
Local storm report, May 16, 1:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
130 PM CDT FRI MAY 16 1986

ALL TIMES CDT AND AREA IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

1255 AM   GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AT ALTON IN WESTERN OSBORNE COUNTY.
125  AM   GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IN OSBORNE.
504  AM   ONE HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS TO 40 MPH AT KENSINGTON IN
          SMITH COUNTY.
515  AM   TORNADO REPORTED FROM 1 MILE SOUTH OF GAYLORD TO 5 MILES
          SOUTHEAST OF SMITH CENTER IN SMITH COUNTY.  CONSIDERABLE
          DAMAGE TO CROPS FROM HAIL AND NUMEROUS POWER POLES DOWN.
517  AM   3/4 INCH HAIL IN SMITH CENTER.
630  AM   ONE INCH HAIL AND WINDS TO 50 MPH AT BELOIT IN MITCHELL.
825  AM   11/2 INCH HAIL 1 MILE NORTH OF GREENLEAF IN W[ASHINGTON
          COUNTY.

          HEAVY RAINS OF OVER TWO INCHES ACCOMPAINED MOST OF THE
          SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

ADAMS 1844
Special weather statement, May 16, 2:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
211 PM CDT FRI MAY 16 1986

AT 210 PM RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 5 MILES
NORTHEAST OF DELPHOS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
BRIF BUT VERY HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS
THUNDERSTORM  AS IT MOVES TO NORTHERN CLAY COUNTY BY 3 PM CDT.

AT 210PM MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS REPORTED BY
THE OTTAWA COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE 15 MILES SOUTH OF COUNCORDIA.
PETERSEN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 16, 12:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOsborne57 min
May 16, 5:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPSmith53 min
May 16, 5:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPPottawatomie51 min
May 16, 6:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall, Pottawatomie, Riley58 min
May 16, 6:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPNemaha58 min
May 16, 6:40 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPMarshall, Nemaha, Pottawatomie, Riley4 hr
May 16, 6:40 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPBrown4 hr
May 16, 7:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPAtchison57 min
May 16, 8:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWashington61 min
May 16, 8:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay32 min
May 16, 9:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRiley30 min
May 16, 2:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay, Cloud57 min
May 16, 3:40 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPClay50 min
May 16, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall, Riley45 min
May 16, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary45 min
May 16, 4:08 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPRiley37 min
May 16, 4:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWashington55 min
May 16, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPEllsworth, Saline55 min
May 16, 4:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay57 min
May 16, 4:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall, Pottawatomie, Riley50 min
May 16, 4:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary50 min
May 16, 4:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMcPherson61 min
May 16, 5:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRice67 min
May 16, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDickinson, Saline60 min
May 16, 5:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRiley41 min
May 16, 6:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMcPherson42 min
May 16, 6:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPPottawatomie52 min
May 16, 6:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJackson42 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.