Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 17, 1987, 7:00 PM CDT for Scott County, Kansas. It was in force for 30 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
- Jul 17, 1987, 7:00 PM CDT (00:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 17, 1987, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Scott 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 7:14 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Scott, 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
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 118 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
- 1522 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 919 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 187 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 336 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 10.3
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, 55 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 7:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Scott | 50 min |
| Jul 17, 7:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Ellis, Rooks | 3 hr |
| Jul 17, 9:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman, Wallace | 48 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.