Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1991
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 1991, 1:58 AM CDT for Ford County, Kansas. It was in force for 62 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 23, 1991, 1:58 AM CDT (06:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 1991, 3:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Ford County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 2:32 AM CDT | Hail 1 | Ford, 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, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 9 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
- 467 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -164 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1612 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KDDC 230659 SVRDDC KSC057-230800- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 158 AM CDT SUN JUN 23 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS ...SOUTHERN FORD COUNTY AT 200 AM CDT RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST MOVING INTO ENSIGN...15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DODGE CITY. THIS STORM EXTENDED FROM THE ARKANSAS RIVER NEAR HOWELS SOUTH TO THE FORD-MEADE COUNTY LINE AND WAS MOVING EAST...INTO THE SOUTHERN HALF OF FORD COUNTY AT AROUND 20 MILES AND HOUR. THE STORM WILL REACH DODGE CITY BY AROUND 230 AM THIS MORNING. THIS STORM HAD PRODUCED NICKEL SIZED HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAINS AND WINDS ESTIMATED TO BE GUSTING TO 70 MILES AN HOUR DURING THE LAST HOUR. THE WARNING FOR CENTRAL GRAY COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY... SO DON'T DRIVE ONTO WATER-COVERED ROADS.
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 22, 8:11 PM CDT, 5 hours 47 minutes before
KSZ003-006-230815- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 811 PM CDT SAT JUN 22 1991 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME WESTERN COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL MIDNIGHT... AT 8 PM CDT RADAR INDICATES NO THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS. HOWEVER....STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN EASTERN COLORADO...EXTENDING FROM THE ARKANSAS VALLEY AROUND LAMAR COLORADO... NORTHWARD TO A POINT ROUGHLY 20 MILES WEST OF GOODLAND. STRONGEST STORMS IN THIS BROAD LINE OF STORMS WERE AT EITHER END... JUST EASTH OF LAMAR COLORADO AND ON THE COLORADO LINE 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GOODLAND. THIS LINE OF STORMS IS MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH. THE STORM JUST EAST OF LAMAR HAS PRODUCED LARGE HAIL DURING THE PAST HOUR. ON ITS PRESENT COURSE THIS STORM WILL CROSS THE KANSAS LINE JUST NORTH OF THE ARKANSAS VALLEY IN NORTHERN HAMILTON COUNTY AROUND 845 PM. GHOLSON
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 9:00 PM CDT, 4 hours 58 minutes before
KSZ003-006-230910- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 9 PM CDT SAT JUN 22 1991 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME WESTERN COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL MIDNIGHT... AT 9 PM CDT RADAR INDICATES A STRONG LINE OF THUNDESTORMS MOVING INTO EXTREME WESTERN KANSAS FROM EASTERN COLORADO. A PARTICULARLY STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN THE ARKANSAS VALLEY...CENTERED ABOUT 20 MILES EAST- NORTHEAST OF LAMAR COLORADO IS APPROACHING THE COLORADO BORDER 50 MILES WEST OF GARDEN CITY AND WILL BE ENTERING NORTHERN HAMILTON COUNTY BY 915 CDT. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM CELL EAST OF LAMAR PRODUCED LARGE HAIL AROUND LAMAR COLORADO AN HOUR OR SO AGO. THIS LINE OKF STORMS IS MOVING EAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. GHOLSON
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 11:03 PM CDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before
KSZ003-230500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1103 PM CDT SAT JUN 22 1991 ....A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST THROUGH SOUTHWEST KANSAS... AT 11 PM CDT RADAR WAS SHOWING A 15 MILE WIDE BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS APPROACHING JOHNSON AND LAKIN KANSAS FROM THE NORTHWEST. THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS BAND WAS 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF GARDEN CITY AND WILL BE IN THE JOHNSON AND LAKIN AREAS BETWEEN 1130 AND MIDNIGHT CDT. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS NEAR KENDAL KANSAS AT 11 PM AND WAS MOVING TOWARDS LAKIN KANSAS...ARRIVING LAKIN AROUND 1130 PM CDT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR FAR WESTERN KANSAS UNTIL MID[NIGHT...INCLUDING KEARNY AND STANTON COUNTIES. IF THREATNING WEATHER APPROACHES TAKE IMMEDIATE SHELTER IN A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM OF YOUR HOME. ABONDON MOBILE HOMES. NOLLER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 9:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 42 min |
| Jun 22, 11:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kearny | 37 min |
| Jun 23, 12:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Haskell | 58 min |
| Jun 23, 1:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray | 55 min |
| Jun 23, 2:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark | 63 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 1991Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1991
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.