Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1991
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 26, 1991, 10:34 PM CST for Pratt County, Kansas. It was in force for 26 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 26, 1991, 10:34 PM CST (04:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 26, 1991, 11:00 PM CST
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pratt County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 4.6 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
- 86 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -78 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2959 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 77 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 168 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
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, Mar 26, 8:28 PM CST, 2 hours 6 minutes before
KSZ003-006-009-270330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 825 PM CST TUE MARCH 26 1991 A TORNADO WATCH IS STILL IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST KANSAS TIL 10PM SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS. THE STORMS WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN WERE SOUTHWEST OF SUBLETTE IN HASKELL COUNTY...OR ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTH OF GARDEN CITY. THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER STILL EXISTS ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION...STRONG GUSTY WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE LIKELY OVERNIGHT. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR LATER UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF WARNINGS ARE REQUIRED:. VAN TRESS/LETRO
Special weather statement, Mar 26, 9:30 PM CST, 1 hour 4 minutes before
KSZ003-006-009-270430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 930 PM CST TUE MARCH 26 1991 ...A TORNADO WATCH WILL CONTINUE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 4 AM CST... ...A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST KANSAS OVERNIGHT... THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE MORNING HOURS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE CURRENTLY PUSHING INTO SOUTHERN KANSAS. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS ABOUT 70 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DODGE CITY...MOVING INTO MEDICINE LODGE IN BARBER COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS... TORRENTIAL RAINS...AND SMALL HAIL AS THEY MOVE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. IN ADDITION...A COLD FRONT BEGINNING TO PUSH INTO WESTERN KANSAS IS PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY SURFACE WINDS. AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH... WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTH AT BETWEEN 20 AND 40 MPH...WITH SOME GUSTS OVER 50 MPH LIKELY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES TO DEVELOP IN THE WATCH AREA. IF SEVERE WEATHER IS SIGHTED...BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION TO PROTECT YOURSELF. LETRO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 6:04 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DDC | Barber | 41 min |
| Mar 26, 6:16 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DDC | Pratt | 29 min |
| Mar 26, 6:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 55 min |
| Mar 26, 9:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche | 46 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.