Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 1987, 12:43 AM CDT for Cloud County, Kansas. It was in force for 57 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 28, 1987, 12:43 AM CDT (05:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 1987, 1:40 AM CDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cloud 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 28, 12:47 AM CDT | Tornado F0 | Cloud, KS | |
| Jun 28, 1:04 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 63 | Cloud, KS | |
| Jun 28, 1:19 AM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Cloud, KS | |
| Jun 28, 1:20 AM CDT | Tornado F0 | Cloud, 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, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 181 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
- 789 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -98 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1558 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 227 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCNK 280543 SVRCNK KSC029-280640- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 1243 AM CDT SUN JUN 28 1987 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 140 AM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... CLOUD AT 1242 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF CONCORDIA NEAR JAMESTOWN. THE STORM IS MOVING SOUTHEASvT AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...HEAVY RAIN...DAMAGING WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER FROM THIS STORM. 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 27, 7:12 PM CDT, 5 hours 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 715 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 1987 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 268 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9PM CDT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 705 PM CDT...THERE WERE NO THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHEAST OR EAST CENTRAL KANSAS. THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAD BEEN IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON HAD MOVED INTO SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND EXTENDED BACK INTO A PART OF CENTRAL KANSAS. THE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED...IN A LINE 10 TO 20 MILES WIDE...FROM EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS BACK TO THE NORTHWEST TO NEAR NEWTON WHICH IS ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH OF WICHITA. ALTHOUGH THERE WERE NO THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHEAST OR EAST CENTRAL KANSAS AT 705 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE LATER TONIGHT AS A WARM FRONT STILL EXTENDS EAST WEST THROUGH CENTRAL KANSAS. THUNDERSHOWERS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA TO THE SOUTHEAST OF GRAND ISLAND...HAVE BEEN WEAKENING SINCE 6 PM CDT. BILLS
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 8:18 PM CDT, 4 hours 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 815 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 1987 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT FOR MOST OF CENTRAL KANSAS. AT 815 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM IN CENTRAL KANSAS 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF LYONS IN NORTH EAST RICE COUNTY. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF MCPHERSON. THE THUNDERSHOWERS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 M^PH. HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS. PETERSEN
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 8:31 PM CDT, 4 hours 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 830 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 1987 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 268 HAS BEEN CANCELLED IN KANSAS... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH THAT WAS POSTED FOR A LARGE PORTION OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON HAS BEEN CANCELLED AS OF 830 PM CDT. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER NO LONGER EXISTS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS...UPDATED ZONE FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED SHOR~TLY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH NUMBER 269 REMAINS IN EFFECT IN NORTHWESTERN KANSAS UNTIL 1AM CDT. REILLY
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 10:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 1045 PM CDT SAT JUNE 27 1987 ....A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PART OF CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA UNTIL 300 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING...THE WATCH IS FOR THAT PART OF EAST AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM SMITH CENTER TO OSBORNE TO SALINA TO MARION AND WEST OF A LINE FROM MARION TO MARYSVILLE. AT 1045 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF SUPERIOR IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. OTHER INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE SOUTH AND WEST OF HASTINGS. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE NORTH OF AND WEST OF A LINE FROM PHILLIPSBURG TO BELLEVILLE TO HEBRON NEBRASKA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. SCHNEIDER
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 10:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1055 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 1987 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 271 IN EFFECT UNTIL 3AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR FOR MARSHALL..RILEY..GEARY..MORRIS AND CHASE COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 1045 PM CDT...A SMALL AREA OF THUNDERSHOWERS WAS ALONG THE KANSAS MISSOURI BORDER SOUTHEAST OF PAOLA. THESE WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST INTO MISSOURI AT AROUND 25 MILES AN HOUR. OTHERWISE...THERE WERE NO THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHEAST OR EAST CENTRAL KANSAS. THERE WAS...HOWEVER...A LARGE AREA OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA WITH THE THE LEADING THUNDERSTORMS JUST BEGINNING TO MAKE IT INTO NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS JUST TO THE WEST OF BELLEVILLE. THESE ARE THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...AND THEY ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE ON SOUTHEAST DURING THE NIGHT AND LIKELY MOVE ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH CENTRAL...NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS BY SUNRISE. THESE STORM WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MILES AN HOUR. BILLS
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 11:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 1135 PM CDT SAT JUNE 27 1987 ....A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PART OF CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA UNTIL 300 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING...THE WATCH IS FOR THAT PART OF EAST AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM SMITH CENTER TO OSBORNE TO SALINA TO MARION AND WEST OF A LINE FROM MARION TO MARYSVILLE. AT 1135 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF SMITH CENTER NEAR ALMA NEBRASKA EAST TO NEAR RED CLOUD NEBRASKA TO THE KANSAS NEBRASKA BORDER NORTH OF BELLEVILLE TO FIVE MILES SOUTHEAST OF WASHINGTON IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. HEAVY RAINS..STRONG GUSTY WINDS..HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING CAN 4BE EXPECTED FORM THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS. THE LINE IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE NORTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTH OF PHILLIPSBURG TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF BELLEVILLE TO MANHATTAN. SCHNEIDER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 11:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Republic, Washington | 63 min |
| Jun 27, 11:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jewell | 63 min |
| Jun 27, 11:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Smith | 62 min |
| Jun 28, 12:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie, Riley | 46 min |
| Jun 28, 12:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Republic, Washington | 63 min |
| Jun 28, 12:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Mitchell | 61 min |
| Jun 28, 12:49 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Cloud | 41 min |
| Jun 28, 1:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lincoln, Ottawa | 58 min |
| Jun 28, 1:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Ellsworth, Saline | 58 min |
| Jun 28, 1:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Dickinson | 56 min |
| Jun 28, 1:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Geary, Morris | 54 min |
| Jun 28, 1:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Riley | 54 min |
| Jun 28, 1:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | McPherson, Rice | 38 min |
| Jun 28, 3:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Osage, Shawnee | 43 min |
| Jun 28, 3:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson | 43 min |
| Jun 28, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | McPherson | 35 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.