Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 51, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 1987, 6:25 AM CDT for Edwards County, Stafford County, Kansas. It was in force for 65 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
- Jul 4, 1987, 6:25 AM CDT (11:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 1987, 7:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Edwards County, KS, Stafford 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 6:48 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 69 | Edwards, KS | |
| Jul 4, 7:00 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Edwards, 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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 81 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
- 1317 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1699 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 3.4
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, Jul 4, 4:01 AM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 400 AM CDT SAT JUL 4 1987 ....VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS INVADE SOUTHWEST KANSAS.... AT 400 AM CDT THIS SATURDAY MORNING VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS HAD FORMED RAPIDLY ALONG A LINE FROM NORTHERN FINNEY COUNTY SOUTHEAST TO NEAR DODGE CITY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE NATURE OF THESE STORMS IS SUCH THAT THEY COULD PRODUCE BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. AT PRESENT RATE OF MOVEMENT THESE STORMS WILL BE IN THE DODGE CITY AND GARDEN CITY AREA IN THE NEXT HALF AN HOUR. JOHNSON0901Z
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 4:31 AM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 430 AM CDT SAT JUL 4 1987 ....SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 900 AM CDT............ AT 430 AM CDT THIS SATURDAY MORNING VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS HAD FORMED RAPIDLY ALONG A LINE FROM SCOTT COUNTY SOUTHEAST THROUGH NORTHERN FINNEY COUNTY THROUGH NORTHERN GRAY COUNTY...ACROSS THE DODGE CITY AREA TO NEAR GREENSBURG IN CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST STORMS WERE OVER NORTHERN FINNEY AND NORTHERN GRAY COUNTY. THESE STORMS IN PARTICULAR ARE LIKELY PRODUCING A LOT OF VERY HEAVY RAINS AND SOME SMALL HAIL. AT PRESENT THE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE SOUTHWEST KANSAS AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. JOHNSON0931Z
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 5:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray, Haskell | 57 min |
| Jul 4, 5:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 63 min |
| Jul 4, 6:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Kiowa | 65 min |
| Jul 4, 6:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Meade | 65 min |
| Jul 4, 6:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray, Haskell | 50 min |
| Jul 4, 6:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 50 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.