Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Topeka, KS
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 6:30 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Douglas, 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.
- 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
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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Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 3:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud, Ottawa | 59 min |
| Jul 12, 3:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Shawnee | 50 min |
| Jul 12, 3:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Ottawa, Saline | 49 min |
| Jul 12, 4:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Dickinson, Washington | 65 min |
| Jul 12, 4:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Geary, Morris, Riley | 62 min |
| Jul 12, 4:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie | 62 min |
| Jul 12, 5:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Shawnee | 64 min |
| Jul 12, 5:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Wabaunsee | 64 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.