Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 1987, 6:15 PM CDT for Cowley County, Kansas. It was in force for 65 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 18, 1987, 6:15 PM CDT (23:15 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 1987, 7:20 PM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cowley County, KS
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 222 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
- 1107 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -89 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 900 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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, May 18, 3:57 PM CDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 355 AM CDT MON MAY 18 1987 AT 355 AM A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS DEVELOPING OVER CENTRAL KANSAS JUST WEST OF COTTONWOOD FALLS AND STRONG CITY. THIS STROM IS JUST THE FIRST OF MANY EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE EASTERN PART OF KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. STAY TUNED TO RADIO...TELEVISION...AND NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. FH
Special weather statement, May 18, 4:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 417 PM CDT MON MAY 18 1987 AT 415 AM AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS AND HAIL WAS OVER CENTRAL KANSAS 8 MILES NORTH OF COTTONWOOD FALLS. THE MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 10 TO 15 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO RADIO...TELEVISION...AND NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. FH
Special weather statement, May 18, 4:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 435 PM CDT MON MAY 18 1987 AT 430 PM AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS AND HAIL WAS OVER CENTRAL KANSAS ON THE CHASE/MORRIS COUNTY LINE NORTH OF COTTONWOOD FALLS. THE MOVEMENT WAS NORTH NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER NORTHERN OKLAHOMA. STAY TUNED TO RADIO...TELEVISION...AND NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. FH
Special weather statement, May 18, 5:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 505 PM CDT MON MAY 18 1987 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME NORTH CHASE COUNTY UNTIL 520 PM CDT... AT 500 PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS AND LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...WAS OVER EAST CENTRAL KANSAS IN EXTREME NORTHEAST CHASE COUNTY. THE MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER THUNDERSTO#RMS WERE OVER NORTHERN OKLAHOMA SOUTH OF ANTHONY AND ARKANSAS CITY. STAY TUNED TO RADIO...TELEVISION...AND NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. FH
Special weather statement, May 18, 5:42 PM CDT, 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 540 PM CDT MON MAY 18 1987 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EXTREME NORTH CHASE COUNTY EXPIRED AT 520PM CDT... AT 530 PM INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS AND LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...WERE OVER EAST CENTRAL KANSAS FROM 25 WEST OF TOPEKA NEAR ALMA TO EMPORIA. A TORNADO WAS REPORTED 5 MILES WEST OF EMPORIA AT 523PM CDT MOVING EAST. THE MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS NEAR WINFIELD TO ARKANSAS CITY THEN INTO NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO RADIO...TELEVISION...AND NOAA/BNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. FH
Special weather statement, May 18, 5:58 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 555 PM CDT MON MAY 18 1987 AT 550 PM INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS AND LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...WERE FROM 10 MILES SOUTH THROUGH 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ARKANSAS CITY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST COWLEY AND SOUTHWEST CHAUTAUQUA COUNTIES BY 630 TO 645 PM CDT. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE 30 TO 60 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ARKANSAS CITY ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO RADIO...TELEVISION...AND NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. FHQ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 4:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase | 33 min |
| May 18, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Greenwood | 29 min |
| May 18, 6:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Woodson | 26 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.