Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 1987, 5:21 PM CDT for Crawford County, Kansas. It was in force for 29 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 5, 1987, 5:21 PM CDT (22:21 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 1987, 5:50 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Crawford 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 5:22 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Crawford, 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
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 115 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
- 122 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -143 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 797 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 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 052226 COR SVRICT KSC037-052250- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTION TO TIME OF EVENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 521 PM CDT TUE MAY 5 1987 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 550 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS... CRAWFORD AT 510 PM CDT PITTSBURG KANSAS P.D. REPORTED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IN PITTSBURG. RADAR INDICATES STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR PITTSBURG MOVING NORTH AT 20 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY DROP LARGE HAIL THAT MAY RESULT IN DAMAGE TO ROOFS...VEHICLES AND CROPS. STAY INDOORS WHILE THIS HAIL STORM PASSES. FEH
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, 1:46 PM CDT, 3 hours 35 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, 2 hours 33 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
Special weather statement, May 5, 3:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KANSAS 340 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 330 AM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINS AND HAIL...WERE SCATTERED OVER PARTS OF EASTERN KANSAS. THE AREA WAS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM LINCOLN TO CONCORDIA TO LAWRENCE AND WEST OF A LINE FROM LAWRENCE TO OSWEGO. INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS...WITH EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINS AND POOSBLY HAIL... WERE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM PRATT TO WICHITA TO YATES CENTER. MARBLE SIZE HAIL HAD BEEN REPORTED AT WELLINGTON AND IN WILSON COUNTY SICNE 230PM CDT. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN POSIBLE WAS OVER MATFIELD GREEN. MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS NORTH AT 20 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR WHILE THE ASSOCIATED AREA WAS MOVING SLOWLY EAST. 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, 3:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KANSAS 340 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... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARING FOR SUMNER AT SOUTH SEDGWICK 410PM... AT 330 AM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINS AND HAIL...WERE SCATTERED OVER PARTS OF EASTERN KANSAS. THE AREA WAS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM LINCOLN TO CONCORDIA TO LAWRENCE AND WEST OF A LINE FROM LAWRENCE TO OSWEGO. INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS...WITH EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINS AND POOSBLY HAIL... WERE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM PRATT TO WICHITA TO YATES CENTER. MARBLE SIZE HAIL HAD BEEN REPORTED AT WELLINGTON AND IN WILSON COUNTY SICNE 230PM CDT. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN POSIBLE WAS OVER MATFIELD GREEN. MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS NORTH AT 20 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR WHILE THE ASSOCIATED AREA WAS MOVING SLOWLY EAST. PERSONS IN EASTERN KANSAS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE WEATHER CONDITIONS AROUND THEM AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE bIF 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, 4:43 PM CDT, 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KANSAS 435 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 430 AM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINS AND HAIL...WERE SCATTERED OVER SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS. THE STRONGEST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM ARKANSAS CITY TO INDEPENDENCE. THE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE EAST OF ALINE FROM MANHATTAN TO PRATT. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 20 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DECREASED IN INTENSITY SINCE 330 PM...BUT THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT THREATING WEATHER IS PAST. REMAIN WATCHFUL AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A SAFE LOCATION. ALL OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED VERY HEAVY RAIN...WHICH COULD PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING. LR
Special weather statement, May 5, 5:20 PM CDT, 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KANSAS 505 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 500 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN REMAIN OVER SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS. THE STRONGEST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE EAST OF ARKANSAS CITY. AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS PASSED OVER ARKANSAS CITY VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS REPORTED BY THE ARKANSAS CITY POLICE. THREE SEPERATE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN PROGRESS AT THIS TIME. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE FIRST AREA WAS ON A LINE FROM HUTCHINSON TO ANTHONY AND WAS 25 MILES WIDE. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE SECOND AREA WAS FROM PAWNEE OK TO EL DORADO AND WAS 25 MILES WIDE. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE THIRD AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS FROM BAXTER SPRINGS TO TOPEKA AND WAS 50 MILES WIDE. ALL THREE AREAS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 3:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick, Sumner | 62 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.