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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 17, 1987Finney County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 1987, 6:43 PM CDT for Finney County, Kansas. It was in force for 47 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
Jun 17, 1987, 6:43 PM CDT (23:43 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 1987, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Finney 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
Jun 17, 6:50 PM CDTHail 2Finney, KS
Jun 17, 7:15 PM CDTHail 2.75Finney, 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, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 80 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 1987-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2392 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 1987-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 133 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2392 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-295 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1349 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
133 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
167 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KDDC 172343
SVRDDC
KSC055-180030-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
643 PM CDT WED JUN 17 1987
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF
 
SOUTHWEST KANSAS... WESTERN FINNEY
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTH OF HOLCOMB CONTINUED TO DRIFT SLOWLY
SOUTH WITH THE EASTERN FRINGE OF THE STORM OVER PARTS OF THE GARDEN CITY
AREA.  RADAR INDICATES THE STORM CONTAINED HAIL.
 
THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...HEAVY RAIN...DAMAGING
WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.  SEEK SHELTER FROM THIS STORM.
 
JRJ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 17, 6:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman62 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 1987Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1987

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.