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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Wichita, KS

June 2, 1987Sumner County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 2, 1987, 5:15 PM CDT for Sumner County, Kansas. It was in force for 35 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 1987, 5:15 PM CDT (22:15 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 1987, 5:50 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Whole counties

County 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

Ok Cty/Will Rgrs, OK (KOKC), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 205 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Ok Cty/Will Rgrs, OK at 12:00Z on 1987-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1649 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Ok Cty/Will Rgrs, OK at 12:00Z on 1987-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 19 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1649 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-122 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
787 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KICT 022225
TORICT
KSC191-022250-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
515 PM CDT TUE JUN 2 1987
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 550 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF
 
SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTHERN SUMNER
 
AT 510 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTH OF
ARGONIA IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS IN WEST CENTRAL SUMNER COUNTY. A WALL
CLOUD THAT PRODUCED A FUNNEL CLOUD AT ABOUT 505 PM CDT WAS REPORTED
BY A STORM SPOTTER.MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
PERSONS BETWEEN ARGONIA AND CALDWELL SHOULD TAKE COVER FROM THIS STORM
NOW.
ARGONIA IS 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WICHITA.
 
THIS IS $A DANGEROUS STORM.  TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.  DON'T HESITATE.
A FEW SECONDS MIGHT SAVE YOUR LIFE.
 
FEH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 12:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTReno63 min
Jun 2, 2:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick29 min
Jun 2, 3:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Greenwood56 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Kansas, 1987Every tornado warning in 1987Tornadoes 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.