Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 19, 1987, 4:20 PM CDT for Pottawatomie County, Kansas. It was in force for 50 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 19, 1987, 4:20 PM CDT (21:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 1987, 5:10 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pottawatomie 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 19, 5:00 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Pottawatomie, 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
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 74 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
- 189 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -204 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 954 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTOP 192120 SVRTOP KSC117-131-149-192210- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 420 PM CDT WED AUG 19 1987 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 510 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST KANSAS... SOUTHEASTERN MARSHALL... WESTERN NEMAHA... NORTHEASTERN POTTAWATOMIE AT 417 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED OVER EASTERN MARSHALL COUNTY MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. ONE INCH HAIL AND WINDS ESTIMATED AT 60 MILES AN HOUR WERE REPORTED AT 415 PM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF FRANKFORT IN SOUTHEAST MARSHALL COUNTY. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY AND PREPARED FOR STRONG DAMAGING WINDS... LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINS. BILLS
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, Aug 19, 2:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 235 PM CDT WED AUG 19 1987 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NORTHEAST AND MOST OF EAST CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 9 PM CDT... AT 230 PM CDT...THERE WERE NO THUNDERSTORMS IN ANY PART OF KANSAS. HOWEVER...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA APPROACHING NORTHEAST KANSAS. THE STORMS EXTENDED FROM ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF FALLS CITY NEBRASKA WEST TO NEAR BEATRICE NEBRASKA AND ON BACK WEST INTO SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA NORTH OF CONCORDIA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE COMING INTO THE NORHTEAST KANSAS COUNTIES OF MARSHALL...NEMAHA...BROWNA AND DONIPHAN COUNTIES BY AROUND 3 PM. HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVED THROUGH EASTERN NEBRASKA LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. RESIDENTS IN NORTHEAST KANSAS SHOULD BE ALERT AS THESE STORMS PA(SS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER IF THREATENING WEATHER IS OBSERVEED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. BILLS
Special weather statement, Aug 19, 2:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 250 PM CDT WED AUG 19 1987 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND MOST OF CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING..THE WATCH ALSO IS IN EFFECT FOR ADJACENT ARES OF EASTERN KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA. AT 250 PM CDT NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN CENTRAL OR NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. STRONG TO INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA..SOME 60 MILES NORTH OF BELLEVILLE AND ABOUT 50 MILES NORTH OF WASHINGTON. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MILES AN HOUR AND CAN WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY OF NORTHCENTRAL KASNAS BY 330 PM CDT. HAIL..STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS HA3VE BEEN REPORTED FROM THESE STORMS IN NEBRASKA..PERSONS IN NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THESE THUNDERSTORMS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER PPROACHES. SCHNEIDER
Special weather statement, Aug 19, 3:39 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 335 PM CDT WED AUG 19 1987 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND MOST OF CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING..THE WATCH ALSO IS IN EFFECT FOR ADJACENT AREAS OF EASTERN KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA. AT 335 PM CDT STRONG TO INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO THE THE NORTHEAST PART OF WASHINGTON COUNTY OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF WASHINGTON NEAR HOLLENBERG AND HANOVER. HAIL..STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED IN NORTHEAST WASHINGTON COUNTY. THE STORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE S|TORMS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER PPROACHES. SCHNEIDER
Special weather statement, Aug 19, 3:51 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 350 PM CDT WED AUG 19 1987 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORHERN ATCHISON COUNTY UNTIL 4 PM CDT...WARNING FOR SOUTHERN BROWN COUNTY CANCELLED... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NORTHEAST AND MOST OF EAST CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 9 PM CDT... AT 340 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING INTO NORTHERN ATCHISON COUNTY AND WILL MOVE ACROSS THE CITY OF ATCHISON BY 405 PM CDT. GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 50 TO 60 MILE AN HOUR WINDS WERE REPORTED WITH THIS STORM AS IT MOVED ACROSS BROWN COUNTY BETWEEN 3 PM AND 340 PM. RESIDENTS OF NORTHERN AND EASTERN ATCHISON COUNTY SHOULD MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY AS THIS STORM PASSES. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAD ALSO MOVED INTO NORTHWEST MARSHALL COUNTY NEAR MARYSVILLE. THIS STORM WAS NOT AS STRONG AS THE ONE IN ATCHISON COUNTY..BUT WILL LIKELY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR AND SOME SMALL HAIL AS WELL AS HEAVY RAINS AS IT MOVES TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM SHOULD MOVE ACROSS FRANKFORT AND INTO POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY TO NEAR WESTMORELAND AND ONAGA BY 430 PM THIS AFTERNOON. RESIDENTS IN NORTHEAST KANSAS SHOULD BE ALERT TO THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IN THEIR AREA FOR THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. BILLS
Special weather statement, Aug 19, 4:11 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 412 PM CDT WED AUG 19 1987 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS FOR BROWN AND ATCHISON COUNTIES EXPIRED AT 4PM CDT... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NORTHEAST AND MOST OF EAST CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 9 PM CDT... AT 400 PM CDT...THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR BROWN AND ATCHISON COUNTIES..WAS MOVING INTO MISSOURI TO THE NORTH NORTHWEST OF KANSAS CITY. THE STORM HAD DECREASED SOME IN INTENSITY. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS IN MARSHALL COUNTY OVER OR NEAR FRANKFORT. THIS STORM PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR AS IT MOVED ACROSS MARYSVILLE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE ACROSS ONAGA TO NEAR HOLTON BY 515 PM CDT. HOLTON IS ABOUT 25 MILES NORTH OF TOPEKA. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE SOME HAIL AS WELL AS GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR AND VERY HEAVY RAIN AS IT MOVES SOUTHEAST. RESIDENTS IN NORTHEAST KANSAS SHOULD BE ALERT TO THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IN THEIR AREA FOR THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. BILLS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Brown | 32 min |
| Aug 19, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Atchison | 42 min |
| Aug 19, 4:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Nemaha | 32 min |
| Aug 19, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Pottawatomie | 41 min |
| Aug 19, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Atchison, Jefferson | 50 min |
| Aug 19, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Shawnee, Wabaunsee | 50 min |
| Aug 19, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Franklin, Osage | 44 min |
| Aug 19, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Franklin, Lyon, Osage, Wabaunsee | 44 min |
| Aug 19, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Anderson | 46 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.