Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 1987, 9:27 PM CDT for Barber County, Comanche County, Kansas. It was in force for 63 min. 3 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, 9:27 PM CDT (02:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 1987, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Barber County, KS, Comanche 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 9:35 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 56 | Barber, KS | |
| Jun 17, 9:37 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 65 | Comanche, KS | |
| Jun 17, 9:52 PM CDT | Tornado F1 | Comanche, 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 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 102 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
- 3146 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1959 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KDDC 180228 SVRDDC KSC007-033-180330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 927 PM CDT WED JUN 17 1987 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... BARBER... COMANCHE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS NOW OVER PRATT AND KIOWA COUNTY ARE MOVING ON SOUTHEAST INTO BARBER AND COMANCHE COUNTIES. THESE STORMS HAD PRODUCED VERY HEAVY RAINS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HAIL AND WINDS ESTIMATED TO 75 MILES AN HOUR. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...HEAVY RAIN...DAMAGING WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER FROM THIS STORM. JOHNSON
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, Jun 17, 4:22 PM CDT, 5 hours 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 420 PM CDT WED JUN 17 1987 .....SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTHWEST KANSAS TILL 1100 PM.... AT 420 PM CDT RADAR SHOWERS VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER KEARNY AND HAMILTON COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS. THESE STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG ENOUGH TO REACH SEVERE WEATHER STAGES WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS OVER SOUTHWEST KANSAS ARE SUCH THAT HAIL..DAMAGING WINDS..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAINS ARE A VERY REAL POSSIBILITY WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING IN OUR AREA. STAY TUNED TO YOUR RADIO.. TELEVISION OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST ON THIS DANGEROUS SITUATION. JOHNSON2121Z
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 5:37 PM CDT, 3 hours 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 540 PM CDT WED JUN 17 1987 .....SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTHWEST KANSAS TILL 1100 PM.... SO FAR THERE HAS BEEN LITTLE TO BECOME CONCERNED ABOUT OVER MOST OF THE SOUTHWEST KANSAS AREA. THOUGH OUR ATMOSPHERE REMAINS EXTREMELY UNSTABLE...THE ONLY SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN A HUGE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX OVER WICHITA COUNTY AND THE LEOTI AREA. SOME HEAVmY SHOWERS AND AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM OR TWO HAD FORMED OVER SOUTHWEST KANSAS MOSTLY WEST OF A LINE FROM SCOTT CITY TO LIBERAL BUT NONE OF THESE HAVE YET SHOWN A DESIRE TO BECOME VIOLENT. JOHNSON2236Z
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 6:15 PM CDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 620 PM CDT WED JUN 17 1987 .....SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTHWEST KANSAS TILL 1100 PM.... AT 620 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED A STRING OF VERY INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS COVERING THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF HAMILTON..KEARNY.. FINNEY AND HODGEMAN COUNTIES. THESE STORMS ARE SHOWING A SLOW SOUTHERLY MOVEMENT. VERY HEAVY RAINS...SMALL HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND STRONG WINDS MAY BE EXPECTED WITH THE STORMS AS THEY CONTINUE TO DRIFT SOUTH ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...BE PREPARED TO MOVE QUICKLY TO A PLACE OF SHELTER. JOHNSON2314Z
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney | 50 min |
| Jun 17, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Hamilton, Kearny | 55 min |
| Jun 17, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stanton | 64 min |
| Jun 17, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray | 64 min |
| Jun 17, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford | 62 min |
| Jun 17, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee | 62 min |
| Jun 17, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards | 58 min |
| Jun 17, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Haskell | 58 min |
| Jun 17, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Meade | 58 min |
| Jun 17, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stafford | 58 min |
| Jun 17, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 62 min |
| Jun 17, 9:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pratt | 58 min |
| Jun 17, 9:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche | 17 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.