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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Goodland, KS

June 16, 1987Decatur County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 1987, 3:47 PM CDT for Decatur County, Kansas. It was in force for 43 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
Jun 16, 1987, 3:47 PM CDT (20:47 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 1987, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Decatur 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 16, 4:20 PM CDTHail 0.75Decatur, 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

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 150 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 1987-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 858 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 1987-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 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
858 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-285 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1572 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
65 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KGLD 162047
SVRGLD
KSC039-162130-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
347 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1987
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF
 
NORTHWEST KANSAS... NORTHERN DECATUR
 
AT 345 PM CDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF OBERLIN
KANSAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

 
THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...HEAVY RAIN...DAMAGING
WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.  SEEK SHELTER FROM THIS STORM.
 
WW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 3:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRawlins61 min
Jun 16, 5:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSheridan56 min
Jun 16, 6:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove57 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.