Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1991
Tornado Warning 32, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 23, 1991, 7:42 PM CDT for Finney County, Kansas. It was in force for 63 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 23, 1991, 7:42 PM CDT (00:42 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 1991, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Finney County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 7:45 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Finney, 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, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 80 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
- 770 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -88 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1235 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KDDC 240044 TORDDC KSC055-240145- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 742 PM CDT THU MAY 23 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS ...FINNEY COUNTY AT 740 PM CDT REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS BY SEVERAL CITIZENS NEAR GARDEN CITY HAD BEEN RECEIVED. WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER AND JUST WEST OF GARDEN CITY AT THAT TIME. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH AND WILL PASS THROUGH ALL OF FINNEY COUNTY BY 845 PM CDT. 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 X
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 23, 2:44 PM CDT, 4 hours 58 minutes before
KSZ006-009-232045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 237 PM CDT THU MAY 23 1991 ....THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN SOUTHEAST OF DODGE CITY IN SOUTHEASTERN CLARK COUNTY.... AT 235 PM...AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO LINGER IN SOUTHEAST CLARK AND COMANCHE COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORMS IN THIS AREA WERE LOCATED 45 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DODGE CITY AND SHOWED LITTLE OR NO MOVEMENT. ANOTHER STRONG STORM HAS DEVELOPED JUST NORTHEAST OF ASHLAND OR 30 MILES SOUTH OF DODGE CITY...AND ALSO HAS SHOWN LITTLE OR NO MOVEMENT. THESE STORMS CONTINUED TO DUMP LARGE AMOUNTS OF RAIN IN SOUTHEAST CLARK COUNTY. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST FEW HOURS SOUTH OF ASHLAND AND PROTECTION. THE THUNDERSTORMS CAUSING ALL THE RAIN ARE REMAINING ESSENTIALLY STATIONARY AND WITH FURTHER RAINFALL...SOME ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS MAY BE FLOODED IN SPOTS. PERSONS OUTDOORS...OR MOTORISTS TRAVELING IN CLARK AND COMANCHE COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND STAY TUNE TO THEIR LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATIONS...OR LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. MVT
Special weather statement, May 23, 2:48 PM CDT, 4 hours 54 minutes before
KSZ006-009-232045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT....CORRECTION TO 4TH LINE.... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 248 PM CDT THU MAY 23 1991 ....THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN SOUTHEAST OF DODGE CITY IN SOUTHEASTERN CLARK COUNTY.... AT 235 PM...AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO LINGER IN SOUTHEAST CLARK AND WESTERN COMANCHE COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORMS IN THIS AREA WERE LOCATED 45 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DODGE CITY AND SHOWED LITTLE OR NO MOVEMENT. ANOTHER STRONG STORM HAS DEVELOPED JUST NORTHWEST OF ASHLAND OR 30 MILES SOUTH OF DODGE CITY...AND ALSO HAS SHOWN LITTLE OR NO MOVEMENT. THESE STORMS CONTINUED TO DUMP LARGE AMOUNTS OF RAIN IN SOUTHEAST CLARK COUNTY. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST FEW HOURS SOUTH OF ASHLAND AND PROTECTION. THE THUNDERSTORMS CAUSING ALL THE RAIN ARE REMAINING ESSENTIALLY STATIONARY AND WITH FURTHER RAINFALL...SOME ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS MAY BE FLOODED IN SPOTS. PERSONS OUTDOORS...OR MOTORISTS TRAVELING IN CLARK AND COMANCHE COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND STAY TUNE TO THEIR LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATIONS...OR LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. MVT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant | 42 min |
| May 23, 7:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney | 63 min |
| May 23, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray | 48 min |
| May 23, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman | 48 min |
| May 24, 4:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton | 31 min |
| May 24, 4:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Morton, Stanton, Stevens | 62 min |
| May 24, 4:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Grant | 62 min |
| May 24, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Stanton, Stevens | 62 min |
| May 24, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton | 62 min |
| May 24, 6:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Grant | 64 min |
| May 24, 6:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant | 64 min |
| May 24, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark | 57 min |
| May 24, 6:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Morton | 65 min |
| May 24, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton | 65 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.