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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Aug 15, 1987, 7:20 PM CDT for Reno County, Kansas. It was in force for 30 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
- Aug 15, 1987, 7:20 PM CDT (00:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 15, 1987, 7:50 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Reno 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 7:23 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Reno, 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
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 161 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
- 3647 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 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 160021 TORICT KSC155-160050- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 720 PM CDT SAT AUG 15 1987 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 750 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... RENO AT 715 PM RARAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTH CENTRAL RENO COUNTY NEAR PRETTY PRAIRIE...MOVING TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR. TAKE COVER NOW. TAKE COVER AT ONCE. DON'T WAIT UNTIL THE STORM IS UPON YOU...IT MIGHT BE TOO LATE. NW
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, Aug 15, 6:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 615 PM CDT SAT AUG 15 1987 ...THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 605 PM AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM POSSIBLY WITH HEAVY RAINS AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WAS 12 MILES WEST OF KINGMAN OVER CUNNINGHAM. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING SOME HAIL. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. WILL BE MOVING INTO SOUTHERN RENO COUNTY BETWEEN 620 AND 603 PM. FH
Special weather statement, Aug 15, 6:20 PM CDT, 1 hour before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY...CORRECT LAST LINE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 615 PM CDT SAT AUG 15 1987 ...THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 605 PM AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM POSSIBLY WITH HEAVY RAINS AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WAS 12 MILES WEST OF KINGMAN OVER CUNNINGHAM. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING SOME HAIL. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. WILL BE MOVING INTO SOUTHERN RENO COUNTY BETWEEN 620 AND 630 PM. FH
Special weather statement, Aug 15, 6:33 PM CDT, 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 630 PM CDT SAT AUG 15 1987 ...THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 625 PM INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS...POSSIBLY WITH HEAVY RAINS AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS...WERE 30 TO 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HUTCHINSON OR 15 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF KINGMAN NEAR CUNNINGHAM AND JUST SOUTHEAST OF TURON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ALSO HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING HAIL. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. FH
Nearby
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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.