Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 1987, 11:36 PM CDT for Butler County, Cowley County, Kansas. It was in force for 64 min. 2 reports 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, 11:36 PM CDT (04:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 1987, 12:40 AM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Butler County, KS, Cowley 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 18, 12:00 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 58 | Cowley, KS | |
| Jun 18, 12:10 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 58 | Butler, 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
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 196 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
- 2560 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1529 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 195 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KICT 180436 SVRICT KSC015-035-180540- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1136 PM CDT WED JUN 17 1987 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1240 AM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS... BUTLER... COWLEY AT 1130 PM A MAJOR SQUALL LINE PACKING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES AN HOUR WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR AND EXTENDED FROM 15 MILES NORTH OF WICHITA TO THE OKLAHOMA/KANSAS BORDER SOUTH OF WELLINGTON. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...HEAVY RAIN...DAMAGING WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER FROM THIS STORM. PSWAIN
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, 6:35 PM CDT, 5 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, 3 hours 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, 3 hours 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
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 8:42 PM CDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 835 PM CDT WED JUN 17 1987 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 100 AM THUSDAY MORNING. A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS SOME SEVERE WAS LOCATED FROM 15 MILES WEST OF MC PHERSON KANSAS TO 15 MILES NORTH OF HUTCHINSON TO NEAR ST JOHNS TO NEAR LARNED TO NEAR KINSLEY KANSAS. HEAVY RAINS... STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE MORE INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THE GENERAL AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS 100 MILES WIDE AND WEST AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM NEAR SALINA TO HUTCHINSON TO GREENSBURG TOo WOODWARD OKLAHOMA. ELAND
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 9:36 PM CDT, 2 hours before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 935 PM CDT WED JUN 17 1987 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 100 AM THUSDAY MORNING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 940PM FOR RENO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. AT 930 PM A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS 15 MILES WIDE WAS LOCATED FROM JUST WEST OF MC PHERSON TO JUST SOUTH OF HUTCHINSON TO NEAR GREENSBURG KANSAS. VERY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. A GUST LINE WAS VISIBLE ON RADAR JUST WEST OF THE CITY OF WICHITA AND WINDS WILL LIKELY SHIFT TO GUSTY NORTHERLY IN THE CITY OF WICHITA BY 1000 PM. THE GENERAL AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS 125 MILES WIDE AND WEST OF A LINE FROM NEAR CLAY CENTER TO MC PHERSON TO NEAR CHENEY RESERVOIR TO NEAR MEDICINE LODGE AND ALVA OKLAHOMA. ELAND
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 9:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 945 PM CDT WED JUN 17 1987 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR RENO COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...HOWEVER... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 100 AM THUSDAY MORNING. AT 945 PM INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS COUNTINUED OVER THE SOUTHCENTRAL PORTIONS RENO COUNTY 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF WICHITA...NEAR PRETTY PRAIRIE AND THEN SOUTHWEST THROUGH NORTHWEST KINGMAN COUNTY NEAR CUNNINGHAM... NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS SINCE 9 30 PM. HOWEVER...THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MILES AN HOUR...HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AS THEY MOVE SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR. SWAIN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 8:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno | 64 min |
| 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 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.