Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 1987, 3:08 PM CDT for Sedgwick County, Sumner County, Kansas. It was in force for 62 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 5, 1987, 3:08 PM CDT (20:08 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 1987, 4:10 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner 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
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 217 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 552 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KICT 052008 SVRICT KSC173-191-052110- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 308 PM CDT TUE MAY 5 1987 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 410 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTHERN SEDGWICK... NORTHERN SUMNER AT 307 PM CDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER AND JUST EAST OF WELLINGTON...MOVING NORTH A(T 25 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...HEAVY RAIN...DAMAGING WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER FROM THIS STORM. STEADHAM
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 5, 10:43 AM CDT, 4 hours 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KANSAS 1040 AM CDT TUE MAY 5 1987 ...A FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS MORNING FOR BLUFF CREEK AND ITS TRIBUTARIES IN HARPER AND SOUTHWEST SUMNER COUNTY AND THE CHIKASKIA RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES IN HARPER...SOUTHERN KINGMAN AND SOUTHWEST SUMNER COUNTIES... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 1030 AM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINS... WERE SCATTERED OVER EASTERN KANSAS. INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS...WITH EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINS...WERE IN A 40 MILE WIDE AREA CENTERED ON A LINE FROM MC PHERSON TO NEWTON TO WICHITA TO WELLINGTON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAD THE POTENTIAL OF CAUSING FLOODING OF ROADWAYS...LOW SPOTS AND SMALL DITCHES. MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS NORTHWEST AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR WHILE THE ASSOCIATED AREA WAS MOVING EAST AT 5 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN KANSAS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER AND CONDITIONS AROUND THEM AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFER PLACE IF FLOODING IS REPORTED OR OBSERVED. THIS IS A POTENTIAL DANGEROUS SITUATION. STAY TUNE TO TELEVISION...RADIO...OR NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADIO FOR LATER STATMENTS OR WARNINGS. FH
Special weather statement, May 5, 11:09 AM CDT, 3 hours 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KANSAS 1105 AM CDT TUE MAY 5 1987 ...A FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS MORNING FOR BLUFF CREEK AND ITS TRIBUTARIES IN HARPER AND SOUTHWEST SUMNER COUNTY AND THE CHIKASKIA RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES IN HARPER...SOUTHERN KINGMAN AND SOUTHWEST SUMNER COUNTIES... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 1100 AM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINS... WERE SCATTERED OVER CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS...WITH EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINS...WERE IN A 40 MILE WIDE AREA CENTERED ON A LINE FROM MC PHERSON TO WICHITA TO SOUTH OF WICHITA AT MULVANE. ALSO IN A 30 MILE WIDE AREA FROM EL DORADO TO SOUTHEAST OF HOWARD AT LONGTON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAD THE POTENTIAL OF FLOODING ROADWAYS...LOW SPOTS...ONDERPASSES AND DRAINING DITCHES. MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS NORTHWEST AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR WHILE THE ASSOCIATED AREA WAS MOVING EAST AT 5 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND THE WESTERN PART OF SOUTHEAST SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE WEATHER AND CONDITIONS AROUND THEM AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFER PLACE IF FLOODING IS REPORTED OR OBSERVED. THIS IS A DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. STAY TUNE TO TELEVISION...RADIO...OR NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADIO FOR LATER STATMENTS OR WARNINGS. FH
Special weather statement, May 5, 12:52 PM CDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KANSAS 1245 PM CDT TUE MAY 5 1987 ...A FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON FOR BLUFF CREEK AND ITS TRIBUTARIES IN HARPER AND SOUTHWEST SUMNER COUNTY AND THE CHIKASKIA RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES IN HARPER...SOUTHERN KINGMAN AND SOUTHWEST SUMNER COUNTIES... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A LARGE PART OF EASTERN KANSAS... AT 1230 AM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINS... WERE SCATTERED OVER PARTS OF EASTERN KANSAS. THE AREA WAS SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM BELLEVILLE TO TOPEKA TO INDEPENDENCE. INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS...WITH EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINS...WERE IN AN AREA BOUNDED BY LINDSBORG...EUREKA...SOUTHWEST OF INDEPENDENC AT HAVANA TO CEDAR VALE TO EASTERN WICHITA. THIS AREA INCLUDED MOST OF THE SOUTH FLINT HILLS. A NEW AREA WAS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MEDICINE LODGE TO WELLINGTON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY AREA PRODUCING EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINS THAT COULD CAUSE FLOODING OR FLASH FLOODING. MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE NORTH NORTHWEST AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR WHILE THE ASSOCIATED AREA WAS MOVING EAST AT 5 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN EASTERN KANSAS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE WEATHER CONDITIONS AROUND THEM AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE IF FLOODING IS REPORTED OR OBSERVED. THIS IS A DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. STAY TUNE TO TELEVISION...RADIO...OR NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADIO FOR LATER STATMENTS OR WARNIN;GS. FH
Special weather statement, May 5, 1:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KANSAS 110 PM CDT TUE MAY 5 1987 ...A FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON FOR BLUFF CREEK AND ITS TRIBUTARIES IN HARPER AND SOUTHWEST SUMNER COUNTY AND THE CHIKASKIA RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES IN HARPER...SOUTHERN KINGMAN AND SOUTHWEST SUMNER COUNTIES... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A LARGE PART OF EASTERN KANSAS... AT 105 AM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINS... WERE SCATTERED OVER PARTS OF EASTERN KANSAS. THE AREA WAS SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM BELLEVILLE TO TOPEKA TO INDEPENDENCE. INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS...WITH EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINS...WERE IN AN AREA BOUNDED BY ANTHONY...NEWTON...EUREKA...FREDONIA...AND SEDAN. THIS AREA INCLUDED MOST OF THE SOUTH FLINT HILLS. INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS THAT MAY ALSO PRODUCE HAIL ALONG WITH THE EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINS WERE 5 TO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CALDWELL OR ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WELLINGTON. MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE NORTH NORTHWEST AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR WHILE THE ASSOCIATED AREA WAS MOVING EAST AT 5 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN EASTERN KANSAS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE WEATHER CONDITIONS AROUND THEM AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE IF FLOODING IS REPORTED OR OBSERVED...OR THREATENING WEATHER IS OBSERVED. THIS IS A DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. STAY TUNE TO TELEVISION...RADIO...OR NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADIO FOR LATER STATMENTS OR WARNINGS. FH j
Special weather statement, May 5, 1:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KANSAS 140 PM CDT TUE MAY 5 1987 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR A PART OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 8PM CDT... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A LARGE PART OF EASTERN KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... AT 130 AM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINS... WERE SCATTERED OVER PARTS OF EASTERN KANSAS. THE AREA WAS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM LINCOLN TO TOPKEA AND WEST OF A LINE FROM TOPEKA TO CHANUTE TO COFFEYVILLE. INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS...WITH EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINS...WERE SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM SOUTHWEST OF ANTHONY NEAR WALDRON TO AUGUSTA TO BURLINGTON. THIS INCLUDED THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE FLINT HILLS. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS WERE SCATTERED WITHIN AN AREA BOUNDED BY NEWTON...SALINA...AND EMPORIA. MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE NORTH NORTHWEST AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR WHILE THE ASSOCIATED AREA WAS MOVING EAST AT 5 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN EASTERN KANSAS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE WEATHER CONDITIONS AROUND THEM AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE IF FLOODING IS REPORTED OR OBSERVED...OR THREATENING WEATHER IS OBSERVED. THIS IS A DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. STAY TUNE TO TELEVISION...RADIO...OR NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADIO FOR LATER STATMENTS OR WARNINGS. FH
Special weather statement, May 5, 2:48 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KANSAS 240 PM CDT TUE MAY 5 1987 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR A PART OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 8PM CDT... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A LARGE PART OF EASTERN KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... AT 230 AM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINS... WERE SCATTERED OVER PARTS OF EASTERN KANSAS. THE AREA WAS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM SOUTH OF CONCORDIA AT GLASCO TO TOPEKA TO PAOLA. INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS...WITH EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINS...WERE SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM MEDICINE LODGE TO MULVANE AND 10 MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM GRIDLEY TO FEDONIA TO BETWEEN CHAUTUAQUA AND CANEY. ALSO JUST NORTH OF COFFEYVILLE. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAINS WAS 5 TO 10 MILES EAST OF NEWTON. MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS NORTH AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR WHILE THE ASSOCIATED AREA WAS MOVING EAST AT 5 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN EASTERN KANSAS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE WEATHER CONDITIONS AROUND THEM AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE IF FLOODING IS REPORTED OR OBSERVED...OR THREATENING WEATHER IS OBSERVED. THIS IS A DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. STAY TUNE TO TELEVISION...RADIO...OR NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADIO FOR LATER STATMENTS OR WARNINGS. FH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Crawford | 29 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.