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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 1, 1987Finney County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 1, 1987, 8:43 PM CDT for Finney County, Kansas. It was in force for 47 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 1, 1987, 8:43 PM CDT (01:43 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 1987, 9:30 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 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 00:00Z on 1987-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1166 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 00:00Z on 1987-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 85 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
1166 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-100 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1433 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
142 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KDDC 020143
TORDDC
KSC055-020230-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
843 PM CDT MON JUN 1 1987
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF
 
SOUTHWEST KANSAS...  CENTRAL FINNEY
 
A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED 3 MILES WEST OF GARDEN CITY AT 840 CDT
 
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.  DON'T HESITATE.
A FEW SECONDS MIGHT SAVE YOUR LIFE.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 4:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber44 min
Jun 2, 5:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber31 min
Jun 2, 5:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber29 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Kansas, 1987Every tornado warning in 1987Tornadoes 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.