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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Topeka, KS

July 12, 1987Douglas County, Jefferson County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 12, 1987, 6:04 AM CDT for Douglas County, Jefferson County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 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
Jul 12, 1987, 6:04 AM CDT (11:04 UTC)
Expired
Jul 12, 1987, 6:50 AM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Douglas County, KS, Jefferson 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
Jul 12, 6:30 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 52Douglas, 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, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 27 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 1987-07-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2915 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 1987-07-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 35 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2915 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1208 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
114 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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, Jul 12, 2:15 AM CDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
210 AM CDT SUN JUL 12 1987

AT 210 AM INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE 5 MILES WEST AND 5 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF OSBORNE IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS.  THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING
VERY HEAVY RAIN SOME HAIL GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.  THE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL
MOVE NEAR GLEN ELDER RECREATION AREA BY 245 AM CDT.  PERSONS AT THE
GLEN ELDER RECREATION AREA SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS.

ANOTHER INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS 7 MILES NORTH OF LARNED IN WEST
CENTRAL KANSAS.  THE THUNDERSTORM WAS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN GUSTY
WINDS SOME HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.  THE THUNDERSTORMQ WAS MOVING
EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN BARTON
COUNTY BY 225 AM CDT.

REMEMBER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH
CENTRAL AND CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 7 AM CDT.
PHILLIPS
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 2:41 AM CDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
240 AM CDT SUN JUL 12 1987

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 369 IS IN EFFECT FOR NEMAHA, BROWN,
DONIPHAN, POTTAWATOMIE, JACKSON, AND ATCHISON COUNTIES UNTIL 5AM. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 370 IS IN EFFECT FOR MARSHAL, RILEY, GEARY,
AND MORRIS COUNTIES UNTIL 7AM CDT.

AT 230 AM... WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS
NORTH-CENTRAL KANSAS. THEY WERE OVER BELOIT MOVING TOWARD CONCORDIA. A
THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS ALSO SHOWN OVER ST. JOSEPH
MISSOURI.

THESE STORMS WERE MOVNING EAST AROUND 25 MPH. IF THEY CONTINUE AT THAT
SPEED... THE STORMS WILL BE MOVING TO THE VICINITY OF MANHATTEN AND
JUNCTION CITY BETWEEN 4 AND 5 O'CLOCK.

PEOPLE IN AND NEAR THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN
ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS AND LARGE HAIL
THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE FOR CAMPERS.

MAyY
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 2:47 AM CDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
245 AM CDT SUN JUL 12 1987

AT 245 AM INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE 5 MILES WEST OF CONCORDIA..3 MILES
EAST OF MANKATO..5 MILES AND 10 MILES SOUTH AND 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF
BELOIT.  THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN SOME HAIL
WIND GUSTS 30 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.  THE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

OTHE SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE WEST OF A LINE FROM HUTCHINSON
TO 5 MILES WEST OF BELLEVILLE TO KEARNEY NEBRASKA AND WERE ALSO MOVING
EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

REMEMBER..A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF
NORTH CENTRAL AND C|ENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 7AM CDT.

PHILLIPS
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 3:23 AM CDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
325 AM CDT SUN JUL 12 1987

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 369 IS IN EFFECT FOR NEMAHA, BROWN,
DONIPHAN, POTTAWATOMIE, JACKSON, AND ATCHISON COUNTIES UNTIL 5AM. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 370 IS IN EFFECT FOR MARSHAL, RILEY, GEARY,
AND MORRIS COUNTIES UNTIL 7AM CDT.

WEATHER RADAR AT 315 SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS OVER TOPEKA EXTENDING
NORTHEAST TO ST. JOSEPH MISSOURI. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
NO REPORTS OF HIGH WINDS OR LARGE HAIL HAVE BEEN RECEIVED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ASSOCIATION WITH THESE STORMS.

RADAR SHOWED ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTH-CENTRAL KANSAS.
THESE STORMS EXTENDED FROM CONCORDIA SOUTH TO ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF SALINA. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. WIND GUSTS
IN THE RANGE OF 30 TO 40 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS.

PEOPLE IN MANHATTEN, JUNCTION CITY, AND CAMPERS AT TUTTLE CREEK LAKE AND
MILFORD LAKE CAN EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS TO ARRIVE IN YOUR AREA BETWEEN 430
AND 530 THIS MORNING.

OTHER PEOPLE IN AND NEAR THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA SHOULD
REMAIN ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS AND
LARGE HAIL THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.

MAY
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 5:24 AM CDT, 40 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 12, 3:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCloud, Ottawa59 min
Jul 12, 3:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPShawnee50 min
Jul 12, 3:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOttawa, Saline49 min
Jul 12, 4:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay, Dickinson, Washington65 min
Jul 12, 4:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary, Morris, Riley62 min
Jul 12, 4:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPPottawatomie62 min
Jul 12, 5:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJackson, Shawnee64 min
Jul 12, 5:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWabaunsee64 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.