Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 1987, 7:22 PM CDT for Republic County, Washington County, Kansas. It was in force for 58 min. 4 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
- Jun 24, 1987, 7:22 PM CDT (00:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 1987, 8:20 PM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Republic County, KS, Washington 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 7:43 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Washington, KS | |
| Jun 24, 7:45 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Republic, KS | |
| Jun 24, 7:50 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Republic, KS | |
| Jun 24, 8:02 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Washington, 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 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 1715 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1388 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCNK 250023 SVRCNK KSC157-201-250120- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 722 PM CDT WED JUN 24 1987 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 820 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... EASTERN REPUBLIC... WASHINGTON AT 7:22 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BELLEVILLE KANSAS MOVING EAS T AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THIS WARNING IS FOR DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL. FIND SHELTER NOW. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT SO BE PREPARED IN CASE A TORNADO DEVELOPS. LS
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, Jun 24, 5:51 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 550 PM CDT WED JUN 24 1987 A TORNADO WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS FROM 615PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT. AT 550PM VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS REACHED FROM SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA TO WESTERN KANSAS. THESE STORM WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND THUS WILL NOT MOVE INTO NORTHEAST AND EASTCENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL AFTER ABOUT 9PM TONIGHT. PERSONS IN NORTHEAS%T AND EASTCENTRAL KANSAS SHOULD KEEP ALERT TO LOCAL WEATHER CONDITIONS AND STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. AKULOW
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 6:26 PM CDT, 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 625 PM CDT WED JUN 24 1987 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL MIDNIGHT. AT 625 PM CDT A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORM EXTENDED NORTHEAST FROM HILL CITY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS TO HASTINGS IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA TO JUST EAST OF GRAND ISLAND NEBRASKA. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THE LINE IS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE IN THE SMITH CENTER AREA BY 645 PM CDT AND IN THE MANKATO AREA BY 8 PM CDT. OTHER SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE SCATTERED ACROSS QSOUTH EAST NEBRASKA. THESE STORMS WERE ALSO MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. SCHNEIDER
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 6:43 PM CDT, 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 643 PM CDT WED JUN 24 1987 TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT... A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR MOST OF NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT. THE WATCH AREA IS GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM HIAWATHA TO TOPEKA TO BURLINGTON. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE CITIES OF TOPEKA...MANHATTAN...JUNCTION CITY AND EMPORIA. AT 643PM CDT A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS REACHED FROM NEAR LINCOLN NEBRASKA TO ABOUT 60 MILES WEST OF CONCORDIA KANSAS AND THEN SOUTHWEST INTO WESTERN KANSAS. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH AND THUS SHOULD NOT MOVE INTO NORTHEAST AND EASTCENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL AFTER ABOUT 9PM TONIGHhT. PERSONS IN NORTHEAST AND EASTCENTRAL KANSAS SHOULD KEEP ALERT TO LOCAL WEATHER CONDITIONS AND STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. AKULOW
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 6:48 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTON TO 3RD PARA... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 643 PM CDT WED JUN 24 1987 TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT... A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR MOST OF NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT. THE WATCH AREA IS GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM HIAWATHA TO TOPEKA TO BURLINGTON. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE CITIES OF TOPEKA...MANHATTAN...JUNCTION CITY AND EMPORIA. AT 643PM CDT A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS REACHED FROM NEAR LINCOLN NEBRASKA TO ABOUT 60 MILES WEST OF CONCORDIA KANSAS AND THEN SOUTHWEST INTO WESTERN KANSAS. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH AND THUS THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD NOT MOVE INTO NORTHEAST AND EASlTCENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL AFTER ABOUT 9PM TONIGHT. PERSONS IN NORTHEAST AND EASTCENTRAL KANSAS SHOULD KEEP ALERT TO LOCAL WEATHER CONDITIONS AND STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. AKULOW
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 6:55 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 655 PM CDT WED JUN 24 1987 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL MIDNIGHT. AT 650 PM CDT A WIND SHIFT LINE WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS NORTH/ CENTRAL KANSAS. THE LINE WAS FROM OSBORNE NORTHEAT TO 5 MILES WEST OF MANKATO TO HEBRON IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THE LINE IS CAUSING WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO NEAR 60 MILES AN HOUR. THE LINE IS MOVING SOUTH EAST AT 25 MPH. AT 6 50 PM CDT A LINE OF STRONG TO INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WAS SOME 5 TO 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE WIND SHIFT LINE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS..WIND GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH...PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND DANGEROUtS LIGHTNING. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. SCHNEIDER
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 7:14 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 715 PM CDT WED JUN 24 1987 PART OF TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 257 CANCELLED OVER NORTHWEST KANSAS... TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 257 IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME NORTHWEST KANSAS HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...CHEYENNE...RAWLINS ...THOMAS...SHERMAN AND LOGAN. HOEWVER THE WATCH CONTINUES FOR REST OF NORTHWEST AND WESTERN KANSAS UNTIL 9PM CDT... AKULOW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 8:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Geary, Riley | 43 min |
| Jun 24, 9:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie, Wabaunsee | 60 min |
| Jun 24, 9:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Morris | 60 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.