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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 66, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 1987, 7:35 PM CDT for Ellis County, Kansas. It was in force for 65 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 24, 1987, 7:35 PM CDT (00:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 1987, 8:40 PM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Ellis 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 8:30 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Ellis, 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 text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, Jun 24, 3:55 PM CDT, 3 hours 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 255 PM MDT WED JUN 24 1987 .....TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 257 IS IN EFFECT FOR A SMALL PART OF WESTERN KANSAS AND A LARGE PART OF EASTERN COLORADO TILL 8PM MDT THIS EVENING.. AT 250 PM MDT RADAR INDICATED A 20 MILE WIDE LINE OF INTENSE TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA SOUTHWEST TO EASTERN COLORADO. THE LINE EXTENDS FROM CURTIS NEBRASKA SOUTHWEST TO JUST WEST OF BENKELMAN NEBRASKA...SOUTHWEST TO JUST WEST OF IDELIA COLORADO... SOUTHWEST TO WEST OF LIMON COLORADO. MOVEMENT IS EAST 25 MPH. NO SEVERE WEATHER OR ANY PRECIPITATION IS IN NORTHWEST KANSAS. HOWEVER THE THUNDERSTORM LINE IN EASTERN COLORADO WILL BE MOVING INTO EXTREME NORTHWEST KANSAS IN CHEYENNE COUNTY BETWEEN 3 AND 4 PM MDT. MYERS
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.