Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, August 1987
57 severe thunderstorm warnings in August 1987. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of severe thunderstorm warnings reaches back to 1986.
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in August 1987. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 57
- Busiest day
- August 18, 198723 severe thunderstorm warnings
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Central Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 6:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Scott | 64 min |
| Aug 6, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Phillips | 47 min |
| Aug 6, 5:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Osborne, Smith | 61 min |
| Aug 6, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove | 64 min |
| Aug 6, 6:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jewell, Smith | 60 min |
| Aug 6, 6:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove | 58 min |
| Aug 6, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Republic, Washington | 60 min |
| Aug 6, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham | 56 min |
| Aug 6, 7:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jewell | 42 min |
| Aug 6, 7:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud, Washington | 59 min |
| Aug 6, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay | 41 min |
| Aug 6, 9:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay | 23 min |
| Aug 7, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay | 47 min |
| Aug 12, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman, Reno | 63 min |
| Aug 14, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Republic, Washington | 56 min |
| Aug 14, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Nemaha | 65 min |
| Aug 14, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Washington | 27 min |
| Aug 17, 8:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham | 45 min |
| Aug 17, 9:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rooks | 48 min |
| Aug 17, 9:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | McPherson, Saline | 57 min |
| Aug 17, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Ellis | 43 min |
| Aug 17, 10:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 56 min |
| Aug 17, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Barton | 60 min |
| Aug 17, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Russell | 53 min |
| Aug 17, 10:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | McPherson | 58 min |
| Aug 17, 10:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Washington | 61 min |
| Aug 17, 11:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Marion | 60 min |
| Aug 17, 11:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Riley | 63 min |
| Aug 17, 11:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Barton | 57 min |
| Aug 17, 11:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Marion | 56 min |
| Aug 17, 11:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Washington | 57 min |
| Aug 18, 12:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie | 59 min |
| Aug 18, 12:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Riley | 39 min |
| Aug 18, 12:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Barton | 62 min |
| Aug 18, 12:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Rice | 62 min |
| Aug 18, 12:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | McPherson | 60 min |
| Aug 18, 1:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, Reno | 44 min |
| Aug 18, 1:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lincoln, Russell | 60 min |
| Aug 18, 3:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson | 60 min |
| Aug 18, 9:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Barton | 34 min |
| Aug 19, 3:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Doniphan | 66 min |
| Aug 19, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Brown | 32 min |
| Aug 19, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Atchison | 42 min |
| Aug 19, 4:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie | 50 min |
| Aug 19, 4:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Nemaha | 32 min |
| Aug 19, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Miami | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Pottawatomie | 41 min |
| Aug 19, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Atchison, Jefferson | 50 min |
| Aug 19, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Shawnee, Wabaunsee | 50 min |
| Aug 19, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Franklin, Osage | 44 min |
| Aug 19, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson | 44 min |
| Aug 19, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson | 45 min |
| Aug 19, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Franklin, Lyon, Osage, Wabaunsee | 44 min |
| Aug 19, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Anderson | 46 min |
| Aug 19, 6:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Linn | 66 min |
| Aug 19, 7:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Allen, Bourbon | 65 min |
| Aug 19, 8:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Allen, Woodson | 56 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Washington County6
- Marshall County4
- Barton County4
- Clay County3
- McPherson County3
- Pottawatomie County3
- Johnson County3
- Smith County2
- Gove County2
- Jewell County2
- Republic County2
- Graham County2
- Reno County2
- Nemaha County2
- Russell County2
- Marion County2
- Riley County2
- Atchison County2
- Wabaunsee County2
- Franklin County2
- Osage County2
- Allen County2
- Scott County1
- Phillips County1
- Osborne County1
- Cloud County1
- Kingman County1
- Rooks County1
- Saline County1
- Ellis County1
- Dickinson County1
- Rice County1
- Harvey County1
- Lincoln County1
- Doniphan County1
- Brown County1
- Miami County1
- Jackson County1
- Jefferson County1
- Shawnee County1
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Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.