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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Topeka, KS

June 28, 1987Cloud County, Kansas

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 28, 12:47 AM CDTTornado F0Cloud, KS
Jun 28, 1:04 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 63Cloud, KS
Jun 28, 1:19 AM CDTHail 0.75Cloud, KS
Jun 28, 1:20 AM CDTTornado F0Cloud, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 1987-06-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 789 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 1987-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 55 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
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

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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 TO 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 11:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRepublic, Washington63 min
Jun 27, 11:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJewell63 min
Jun 27, 11:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPSmith62 min
Jun 28, 12:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPPottawatomie, Riley46 min
Jun 28, 12:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRepublic, Washington63 min
Jun 28, 12:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMitchell61 min
Jun 28, 12:49 AM CDTTornado WarningTOPCloud41 min
Jun 28, 1:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLincoln, Ottawa58 min
Jun 28, 1:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPEllsworth, Saline58 min
Jun 28, 1:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay, Dickinson56 min
Jun 28, 1:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary, Morris54 min
Jun 28, 1:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRiley54 min
Jun 28, 1:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMcPherson, Rice38 min
Jun 28, 3:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOsage, Shawnee43 min
Jun 28, 3:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJackson43 min
Jun 28, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMcPherson35 min

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.