Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 19, 1987, 5:18 PM CDT for Ray County, Missouri. It was in force for 42 min. 1 report 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
- Aug 19, 1987, 5:18 PM CDT (22:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 1987, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Ray County, MO
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 5:30 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Ray, MO |
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
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 148 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
- 189 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -204 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 954 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KMCI 192218
SVRMCI
MOC177-192300-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTL AIRPORT
518 PM CDT WED AUG 19 1987
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI
...RAY
RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN
KANSAS CITY MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
REMEBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT
BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. HEAVY RAINS
CAN COVER ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER
COVERS THE ROADS.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR H)OME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.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, Aug 19, 2:16 PM CDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT 215 PM CDT WED AUG 19 1987 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI AND NORTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 9 PM CDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ATCHINSON COUNTY IN MISSOURI UNTIL 245 PM CDT. AT 2PM AN AREA OF VERY STRONG THUNDER- STORMS WAS ENTERING THE EXTREME NORTHWEST CORNER OF ATCHINSON COUNTY MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE ACROSS ATCHINSON COUNTY BETWEEN 2 AND 3 PM. HOUR AND RAINFALL BETWEEN 3 AND 4 AM TOTAL k.64 INCHES. JOHNSON COUNTY KANSAS ALSO REPORTED WIND GUST TO 60 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF KANSAS CITY BUT RAIN AND OCCASIONAL THUNDER WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.
Special weather statement, Aug 19, 2:18 PM CDT, 3 hours before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT 215 PM CDT WED AUG 19 1987 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI AND NORTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 9 PM CDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ATCHINSON COUNTY IN MISSOURI UNTIL 245 PM CDT. AT 2PM AN AREA OF VERY STRONG THUNDER- STORMS WAS ENTERING THE EXTREMmE NORTHWEST CORNER OF ATCHINSON COUNTY MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE ACROSS ATCHINSON COUNTY BETWEEN 2 AND 3 PM.
Special weather statement, Aug 19, 4:42 PM CDT, 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT 440 PM CDT WED AUG 19 1987 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI AND NORTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 9 PM CDT... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ISSUED FOR BUCHANAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHERN BUCHANAN COUNTY HAS MOVED SOUTHEAST AND WEAKENED. THE WARNING FOR NORTHERN PLATTE COUNTY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM.
Special weather statement, Aug 19, 5:17 PM CDT, 1 minute before
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT 515 PM CDT WED AUG 19 1987 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI AND NORTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 9 PM CDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN CLAY AND JACKSON COUNTIES IN MISSOURI UNTIL 530 PM. HAIL AND STRONG WINDS HAVE KNOCKED OUT WINDOWS IN THE KEARNEY AREA WHICH IS 20 MILES NORTH- EAST OF KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. 60 MILE AN HOUR WINDS AND DOWNED TREES WERE REPORTED JUST EAST OF LIBERTY MISSOURI JUST AFTER 5 PM. VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...AND LARGE HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS IN NORTH$EASTERN JACKSON AND WESTERN RAY COUNTIES IN MISSOURI BETWEEN 515 AND 6 PM. PLEASE TAKE SHELTER FROM THESE STORMS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 1:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Atchison | 56 min |
| Aug 19, 2:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Holt, Nodaway | 62 min |
| Aug 19, 3:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Andrew, Holt | 66 min |
| Aug 19, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Buchanan | 67 min |
| Aug 19, 4:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Platte | 51 min |
| Aug 19, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clay, Jackson | 42 min |
| Aug 19, 6:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Pettis, Saline | 70 min |
| Aug 19, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cooper, Moniteau, Morgan | 62 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 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.