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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Wichita, KS

July 8, 1987Sedgwick County, Sumner County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 1987, 7:21 PM CDT for Sedgwick County, Sumner County, Kansas. It was in force for 59 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
Jul 8, 1987, 7:21 PM CDT (00:21 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 1987, 8:20 PM CDT
In force
59 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 8, 7:32 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 61Sumner, KS
Jul 8, 7:45 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 52Sedgwick, 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 text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 7:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick58 min
Jul 8, 7:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler62 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.