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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 17, 1987Barber County, Comanche County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 17, 1987, 9:53 PM CDT for Barber County, Comanche County, Kansas. It was in force for 17 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 17, 1987, 9:53 PM CDT (02:53 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 1987, 10:10 PM CDT
In force
17 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 1987-06-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3146 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 1987-06-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 7 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
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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KDDC 180254
TORDDC
KSC033-007-180310-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
953 PM CDT WED JUN 17 1987
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1010 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF
 
SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN COMANCHE... EXTREME
   SOUTHWESTERN BARBER

COMANCHE COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTS A ROPE TORNADO ON THE GROUND IN
EXTREME SOUTHEST COMANCHE COUNTY MOVING RAPIDLY SOUTHEAST TOWARDS
EXTREME SOUTHWEST BARBER COUNTY.
 
THIS TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND AND CAUSING DAMAGE.  ALL PEOPLE NEAR
THIS DANGEROUS STORM SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.
 
JOHNSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 17, 7:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney50 min
Jun 17, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Hamilton, Kearny55 min
Jun 17, 7:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStanton64 min
Jun 17, 7:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGray64 min
Jun 17, 8:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Ford62 min
Jun 17, 8:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee62 min
Jun 17, 8:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards58 min
Jun 17, 8:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHaskell58 min
Jun 17, 8:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Meade58 min
Jun 17, 8:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStafford58 min
Jun 17, 8:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKiowa62 min
Jun 17, 9:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt58 min
Jun 17, 9:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Comanche63 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.