Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 1988, 7:01 PM CDT for Reno County, Kansas. It was in force for 59 min. 3 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 26, 1988, 7:01 PM CDT (00:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 1988, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Reno 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 26, 7:33 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Reno, KS | |
| Jun 26, 7:49 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Reno, KS | |
| Jun 26, 8:00 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Reno, 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
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 161 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
- 679 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -126 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 947 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
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, Jun 26, 3:45 PM CDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 345 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 1988 ...THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING RAPIDLY... AT 330 PM...STORMS WERE INCREASING RAPIDLY OVER PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL KANSAS. THE MOST INTENSE STORMS...THOSE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND...HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...WERE LOCATED 10 MILES TO THE NORTHWEST OF HUTCHINSON AND JUST TO THE WEST OF MEDICINE LODGE. BOATERS AND CAMPERS SHOULD BE ESPE|CIALLY ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST AT 20 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR. WILSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 7:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Reno | 64 min |
| Jun 26, 7:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 36 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.