Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 34, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 1987, 8:36 PM CDT for Reno 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
- Jun 17, 1987, 8:36 PM CDT (01:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 1987, 9:40 PM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Reno 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 17, 8:55 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Reno, 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, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 161 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
- 3146 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1959 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
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 17, 3:36 PM CDT, 5 hours before
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</html>Special weather statement, Jun 17, 6:35 PM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 635 PM CDT WED JUN 17 1987 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 1100 PM TONIGHT. AT 630 PM CDT...AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS SOME INTENSE WERE LOCATED IN AN AREA 30 TO 60 MILES WIDE AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM NEAR SALINA TO NEAR LYONS KANSAS TO NEAR GREAT BEND TO NEAR GARDEN CITY KANSAS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE SHOWN LITTLE OR NO MOVEMENT SINCE 530PM. IN OKLAHOMA AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS A FEW INTENSE WERE IN AN AREA 45 MILES IN DIAMETER AND CENTERED 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ENID OKLAHOMA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. ELAND
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 7:50 PM CDT, 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 745 PM CDT WED JUN 17 1987 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 1100 PM TONIGHT. AT 735 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS SOME INTENSE CONTINUE IN CENTRAL AND WESTERN KANSAS. THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF KANAPOLIS RESERVOIR...15 MILES NORTHWEST OF LYONS...20 MILES SOUTH OF HAYS AND JUST SOUTH OF MC CRAKEN KANSAS. THE GENERAL AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS NORTH OF A LINE FROM JUST WEST OF LINDSBORG KANSAS TO NEAR LYONS TO GREAT BEND TO JUST NORTH OF DODGE CITY KANSAS. THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL KANSAS WERE NEAR STATIONARY WHILE THUNDERSTORMS IN WESTERN KANSAS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. ELAND
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 8:17 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 810 PM CDT WED JUN 17 1987 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 1100 PM TONIGHT. INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POISED TO MOVE INTO SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. THE NEARLY STATIONARY INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS IN RICE COUNTY HAVE BEGAN TO MOVE SOUTHEASTWARD...AND ARE LOCATED JUST NORTH OF THE RENO RICE COUNTY LINE IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO RENO COUNTY VERY HEAVY RAINS...HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED. PERSONS IN RENO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGSS. ELAND
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 9:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman | 62 min |
| Jun 17, 10:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper | 63 min |
| Jun 17, 10:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 63 min |
| Jun 17, 11:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sumner | 58 min |
| Jun 17, 11:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Cowley | 64 min |
| Jun 18, 12:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua | 60 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.