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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 16, 1991Finney County, Kearny County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 16, 1991, 2:46 PM CDT for Finney County, Kearny County, Kansas. It was in force for 44 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
May 16, 1991, 2:46 PM CDT (19:46 UTC)
Expired
May 16, 1991, 3:30 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Finney County, KS, Kearny County, KS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 16, 3:36 PM CDTHail 0.75Finney, 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 12:00Z, 7.8 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 1991-05-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1548 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 1991-05-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1548 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-120 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
947 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 tornado 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, May 16, 12:56 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
KSZ003-006-009-1601815-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1250 PM CDT THU MAY 16 1991

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HODGEMAN AND WESTERN
   PAWNEE  COUNTIES EXPIRED AT 1245 PM CDT ...
...TORNADO WATCH FOR A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN KANSAS
   UNTIL 8 PM CDT...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HODGEMAN AND WESTERN
PAWNEE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED.  STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE STILL 12
TO 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JETMORE OR 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF DODGE CITY
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT  UNTIL 8 PM CDT.
THE WATCH IS GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM SYRACUSE TO GARDEN CITY
TO ST. JOHNS.

THIS WATCH MEANS THAT ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.
PEOPLE IN THE TORNADO WATCH AREA SHOULD CONSIDER ACTIVATING THEIR
SPOTTER NETWORKS AT THIS TIME.

STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION..OR LISTEN TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION.

CJ

The office that day

Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 15, 7:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney64 min
May 15, 7:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGray, Meade58 min
May 15, 8:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford50 min
May 15, 8:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman52 min
May 15, 8:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord50 min
May 15, 9:17 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards33 min
May 15, 9:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCComanche65 min
May 15, 10:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee44 min
May 16, 11:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman, Pawnee52 min
May 16, 12:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Hodgeman47 min
May 16, 1:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Hodgeman44 min
May 16, 1:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee44 min
May 16, 1:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Gray53 min
May 16, 2:18 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCPawnee27 min
May 16, 2:37 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFinney, Gray, Hodgeman53 min
May 16, 2:53 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFinney, Kearny37 min
May 16, 3:02 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFinney43 min
May 16, 3:13 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCHodgeman47 min
May 16, 3:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney44 min
May 16, 4:03 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCPawnee42 min
May 16, 5:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton40 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.