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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 96, NWS Goodland, KS

July 17, 1987Ellis County, Rooks County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 17, 1987, 6:22 PM CDT for Ellis County, Rooks County, Kansas. It was in force for 28 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 17, 1987, 6:22 PM CDT (23:22 UTC)
Expired
Jul 17, 1987, 6:50 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Ellis County, KS, Rooks County, KS

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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, Jul 17, 6:05 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
6 PM CDT FRI JUL 17 1987

AT 545 PM CDT MODERATE TO STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS WERE
OVER PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF GOVE AND NEAR
STOCKTON KANSAS.  HEAVY RAINS HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN THE HAYS AREA
WITH POOLING OF WATER ALONG ROADWAYS.

THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 15 TO 20 MPH.

NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS INDICATED BY RADAR. IF THUNDERSTORMS DO INTENSIFY
ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS ARE WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED.

BOYLE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 17, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDElbert65 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.