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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Kansas City, MO

August 19, 1987Ray County, Missouri

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 19, 5:30 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 0Ray, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 1987-08-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 189 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, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 1987-08-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 12 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 19, 1:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAtchison56 min
Aug 19, 2:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHolt, Nodaway62 min
Aug 19, 3:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAndrew, Holt66 min
Aug 19, 3:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBuchanan67 min
Aug 19, 4:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPlatte51 min
Aug 19, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay, Jackson42 min
Aug 19, 6:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPettis, Saline70 min
Aug 19, 6:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCooper, Moniteau, Morgan62 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.