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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Wichita, KS

May 26, 1987Butler County, Cowley County, Sedgwick County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 1987, 8:06 PM CDT for Butler County, Cowley County, Sedgwick County, Kansas. It was in force for 64 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
May 26, 1987, 8:06 PM CDT (01:06 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 1987, 9:10 PM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Butler County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Sedgwick 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
May 26, 8:57 PM CDTHail 1.75Cowley, 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

Ok Cty/Will Rgrs, OK (KOKC), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 246 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, Ok Cty/Will Rgrs, OK at 00:00Z on 1987-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1360 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Ok Cty/Will Rgrs, OK at 00:00Z on 1987-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 94 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
1360 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1210 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
211 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.7

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 7:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSumner56 min
May 26, 8:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSumner29 min
May 26, 9:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler59 min
May 27, 8:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick45 min
May 27, 1:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley55 min
May 27, 1:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler62 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.