Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1991
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 12, 1991, 10:30 PM CDT for Pratt County, Kansas. It was in force for 60 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
- Apr 12, 1991, 10:30 PM CDT (03:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 12, 1991, 11:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pratt County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 12, 10:35 PM CDT | Hail 2.5 | Pratt, 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, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 103 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3500 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 184 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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, Apr 12, 4:36 PM CDT, 5 hours 54 minutes before
KSZ006-009-130100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 435 PM CDT THU APR 11 1991 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 435 PM...A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTH OF PRATT...BETWEEN SUN CITY AND MEDICINE LODGE. IT WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL PASS NEAR OR WEST OF MEDICINE LODGE BY 500 PM. IT WILL CONTAIN HEAVY DOWNPOURS...GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. AS OF 430 PM...NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS REPORTED IN SOUTH CENTRAL OR SOUTHWEST KANSAS. CONDITIONS ARE BECOMING MORE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP...ALONG WITH POSSIBLE TORNADOES. A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT FOR BARBER... COMANCHE...KIOWA...PRATT...EDWARDS...STAFFORD...AND PAWNEE COUNTIES. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES IN THE WATCH AREA. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL TV...RADIO...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS THIS EVENING. LETRO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 12, 7:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pratt | 41 min |
| Apr 12, 7:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Pratt, Stafford | 2 hr |
| Apr 12, 8:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pratt | 57 min |
| Apr 12, 9:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 43 min |
| Apr 12, 9:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Pratt | 3 hr |
| Apr 12, 9:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Comanche | 54 min |
| Apr 12, 10:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 56 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.