Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1987
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 22, 1987, 3:57 PM CDT for Lyon County, Morris County, Kansas. It was in force for 43 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
- Jun 22, 1987, 3:57 PM CDT (20:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 1987, 4:40 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lyon County, KS, Morris 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 22, 4:10 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Morris, 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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 81 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
- 939 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -94 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1082 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTOP 222058 TORTOP KSC111-127-222140- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 357 PM CDT MON JUN 22 1987 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 440 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF EAST CENTRAL KANSAS... NORTHERN LYON... EASTERN MORRIS AT 355 A TORNADO WAS REPORTED ON THE GROUND 4 MILES EAST OF COUNCIL GROVE RESERVOIR MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST. THIS TORNADO WAS ON THBE GROUND AND CAUSING DAMAGE. ALL PEOPLE NEAR THIS DANGEROUS STORM SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. FRANTZ
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 22, 2:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 215 PM CDT MON JUN 22 1987 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 250 PM CDT FOR WABAUNSEE COUNTY... TORNADO WATCH #244 IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF EAST AND CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 8 PM CDT... AT 230PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS FROM SOUTHWEST MARION COUNTY EXTENDING NORTH NORTHEAST TO NEAR ALMA IN WABAUNSEE COUNTY. AT 225PM CDT GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED 2 MILES SOUTH OF ALTA VISTA IN WABAUNSEE COUNTY. THE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST SLOWLY AND SLOWLY INTENSIFYING. THESE ARE DANGEROUS STORMS WITH POTENTIALLY HEAVY RAINS, DAMAGING WINDS, FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LARGE HAIL. HALL
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 2:56 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 300 PM CDT MON JUN 22 1987 TORNADO WATCH #244 IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF EAST AND CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 8 PM CDT... AT 255PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS FROM SOUTH- WEST OF HILLSBORO IN MARION COUNTY EXTENDING EAST NORTHEAST TO EASTERN WABAUNSEE COUNTY. SOME DECREASE IN INTENSITY HAS BEEN INDICATED BY RADAR. THE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTH AT ABOUT 5 MILES AN HOUR. HEAVY RAINS HAVE STATIONARY OVER EASTERN MORRIS COUNTY FOR THE PAST HOUR WITH SOME PROBAB- ILITY OF STREET AND LOWLAND FLOODING. THESE ARE DANGEROUS STORMS WITH POTENTIALLY HEAVY RAINS, DAMAGING WINDS, FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LARGE HAIL. HALL "0"
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 3:27 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 325 PM CDT MON JUN 22 1987 TORNADO WATCH #244 IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF EAST AND CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 8 PM CDT... AT 315PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS CON- TINUING FROM NEAR NEWTON EXTENDING NORTHEASTWARD TO SOUTHWEST OF ROSS- VILLE. THE HEAVIEST ACTIVITY IS IN THE JUNCTION CITY-FT. RILEY AND COUNCIL GROVE AREAS. MOVEMENT IS SLOWLY NORTHWARDS. HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE OVER EASTERN MORRIS COUNTY WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR STREET AND LOWLAND FLOODING IN THIS AREA. THESE ARE DANGEROUS STORMS WITH POTENTIALLY HEAVY RAINS, DAMAGING WINDS, FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LARGE HAIL. HALL
Local storm report, Jun 22, 3:35 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
3:33 PM CDT MON JUN 22 1987
STORM REPORTS FROM MCPHERSON AND DICKINSON COUNTY
MONDAY JUNE 22 1987...ALL TIMES CDT.
1:30 PM 3/4 INCH HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS 2 MILES SOUTH OF MCPHERSON
MCPHERSON COUNTY.
1:50 PM 65 MPH WINDS AND 1/4 INCH HAIL AT CANTON...MCPHERSON COUNTY.
2:18 PM SEVERAL LARGE TREES UP-ROOTED BY STRAIGHT LINE WINDS 9 MILES
SOUTH OF CANTON..MCPHERSON COUNTY.
2:33 PM 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN AT ELMO..DICKINSON CO.
2:48 PM 50 TO 60 MPH WINDS AT HERINGTON..DICKINSON COUNTY.
SCHNEIDERSpecial weather statement, Jun 22, 3:39 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 335 PM CDT MON JUN 22 1987 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN KANSAS UNTIL 8 PM CDT... AT 330 PM CDT...RADAR SHOWERED AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS 15 MILES SOUTH OF WASHINGTON AND FROM NEAR WAKEFIELD TO 5 MILES NORTH OF ABILENE. A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED 5 MILES OF HERRINGTON IN SOUTHEAST DICKINSON COUNTY AND 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF ABILENE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN EXPECT HEAVY RAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE HAIL. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS WERE EAST OF A LINE FR,OM JUST WEST OF HUTCHINSON TO GREAT BEND TO MINNEAPOLIS TO 10 MILES WEST OF WASHINGTON. PETERSEN
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 3:48 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...2ND PARAGRAPH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 335 PM CDT MON JUN 22 1987 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN KANSAS UNTIL 8 PM CDT... AT 330 PM CDT...RADAR SHOWERED AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS 15 MILES SOUTH OF WASHINGTON AND FROM NEAR WAKEFIELD TO 5 MILES NORTH OF ABILENE. A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF HERRINGTON IN SOUTHEAST DICKINSON COUNTY AND 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF ABILENE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN EXPECT HEAVY RAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE HAIL. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWE5RS WERE EAST OF A LINE FROM JUST WEST OF HUTCHINSON TO GREAT BEND TO MINNEAPOLIS TO 10 MILES WEST OF WASHINGTON. PETERSEN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 1:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | McPherson | 45 min |
| Jun 22, 1:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Wabaunsee | 56 min |
| Jun 22, 2:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson, McPherson | 50 min |
| Jun 22, 3:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall | 28 min |
| Jun 22, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall | 27 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.