Tornado Warning 25, NWS Dodge City, KS

Issued

May 16, 1991, 3:02 PM CDT (20:02 UTC)

Expired

May 16, 1991, 3:45 PM CDT

In force

43 min

Issued by

NWS Dodge City, KS

Area

Whole counties

County Finney County, 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.

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BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
302 PM CDT THU MAY 16 1991
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  345 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS
 
   ...WESTERN FINNEY COUNTY
 
AT 300 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO ABOUT 15 MILES
WEST OF GARDEN CITY...MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM
WILL MOVE THROUGH HOLCOMB BY 315 PM CDT...AND MOVE INTO THE GARDEN
CITY AREA BY 345 PM CDT.  PEOPLE IN WESTERN FINNEY COUNTY SHOULD
TAKE COVER NOW!!
 
 
 
THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE IN THE
PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE.
OTHERWISE... GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
POSSIBLE.  AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A
STURDIER BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO
TO A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A
TORNADO.  CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF NO
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.
 
EKB

In the hours 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

Tornado Warnings in Kansas, 1991Every tornado warning in 1991Tornadoes in 1991

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.