Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Wichita, KS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
335 AM CDT SUN JUL 5 1987

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
KANSAS...AND NORTHERN OKLAHOMA...

AT 3 30 AM CDT...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN PLAGUE KANSAS FROM THE
CENTRAL INTO THE SOUTHWEST...MAINLY NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES
NORTH OF MCPHERSON SOUTHWEST TO LARNED TO THE OKLAHOMA BORDER SOUTH
OF DODGE CITY.  THE STRONGEST STORM WAS ABOUT 20 MIL(ES WEST OF LARNED.
THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 40 TO 45 MPH.

OTHER WEAKER THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING FROM SOUTHEAST KANSAS
INTO NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS TO THE NORTH/
EAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
415 AM CDT SUN JUL 5 1987

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
KANSAS...AND NORTHERN OKLAHOMA...UNTIL 9AM CDT...

AT 410 AM CDT...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING RAPIDLY ACROSS WESTERN
KANSAS.  THE LEADING EDGE WAS FROM COLDWATER TO ST JOHN TO LYON TO
SOUTHEAST OF SALINA AT HOPE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

HAIL...VERY STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAINS CAN BE EXPECTED
FROM THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

CONTINUE TO MONITOR RADIO...TELEVISION AND NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
RADIO FOR LATER STATMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINOGS.  ALSO BE PREPARED TO
GO TO A SAFE PLACE IF THREATENING WEATHER IS EXPERIENCED OR REPORTED.

FH

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
440 AM CDT SUN JUL 5 1987

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
KANSAS...AND NORTHERN OKLAHOMA...UNTIL 9AM CDT...

AT 430 AM CDT...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS FROM CENTRAL INTO SOUTHWEST
KANSAS...MAINLY IN A LINE FROM JUST WEST OF WHITE CITY TO GREAT BEND
TO GREENSBURG TO THE OKLAHOMA BORDER SOUTH OF ASHLAND.

THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 40 MPH AND WILL BE
ACCOMPANIED WITH BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINS...SOME HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY
WINDS.  THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR ASHLAND...JUST SOUTHWEST
OF GREENSBURG...JUST WEST OF GREAT BEND...NEAR MCPHERSON AND ABOUT
15 MILES SOUTH OF SALINA.

THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS MAINLY
INTO RENO AND KINGMAN COUNTIES BY 5 30 AM THEN ACROSS THE REST OF
SOUTH CENTRAL COUNTIES BY 8 AM CDT.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
605 AM CDT SUN JUL 5 1987

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
KANSAS...AND NORTHERN OKLAHOMA...UNTIL 9AM CDT...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR EASTERN CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS
   UNTIL 1100 AN CDT...

AT 600 AM CDT...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING RAPIDLY ACROSS PARTS OF
EASTERN KANSAS.  THE LEADING EDGE WAS FROM ANTHONY TO WEST OF WICHITA AT
GARDEN PLAIN TO NEWTON TO WEST OF TOPEKA AT WHITE CITY.

THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EASTERLY AT AROUND 40 MPH AND WILL BE
ACCOMPANIED WITH BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINS...SOME HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY
WINDS.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
KANSAS WEST OF A LINE FROM CHANUTE TO TOPEKA.
MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS NORTHEASTERLY AT 35 TO 40 MPH.

FH