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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Topeka, KS

June 2, 1987Wabaunsee County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 2, 1987, 12:50 PM CDT for Wabaunsee County, Kansas. It was in force for 50 min. 2 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 2, 1987, 12:50 PM CDT (17:50 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 1987, 1:40 PM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Wabaunsee 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 2, 1:27 PM CDTHail 1.75Wabaunsee, KS
Jun 2, 1:43 PM CDTHail 0.75Wabaunsee, 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 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 49 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 12:00Z on 1987-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1768 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 12:00Z on 1987-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 70 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1768 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
626 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-7 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KTOP 021752
TORTOP
KSC197-021840-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1250 PM CDT TUE JUN 2 1987
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 140 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF
 
EAST CENTRAL KANSAS... WABAUNSEE
 
AT 1245 PM CDT THE MORRIS COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE
GROUND 3 MILES SOUTH OF ALTA VISTA MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS
IS ABOUT 25 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF TOPEKA.
 
THIS TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND AND CAUSING DAMAGE.  ALL PEOPLE NEAR
THIS DANGEROUS STORM SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.
 
MAY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 8:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJewell, Republic31 min
Jun 2, 1:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Osage, Shawnee58 min
Jun 2, 1:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMorris58 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.