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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 26, 1991, 5:29 PM CDT for Grant County, Stanton County, Kansas. It was in force for 31 min. 2 reports 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 26, 1991, 5:29 PM CDT (22:29 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 1991, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Grant County, KS, Stanton County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 5:32 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Stanton, KS | |
| May 26, 5:55 PM CDT | Tornado F1 | Grant, 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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 1665 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -111 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 691 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 262 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 239 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 7.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KDDC 262230 TORDDC KSC067-187-262300- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 529 PM CDT SUN MAY 26 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS ...NORTHERN GRANT COUNTY...NORTHEASTERN STANTON COUNTY AT 530 PM CDT (430 PM MDT) RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 40 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF GARDEN CITY...OR ABOUT 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF ULYSSES ON THE COUNTY LINE BETWEEN STANTON AND HAMILTON COUNTIES. THE THUNDERSTORM THAT SPAWNED THIS TORNADO WAS MOVING EAST AT AROUND 15 MILES AN HOUR AS IT CROSSED OPEN FARM LAND NORTHWEST OF ULYSSES AND SOUTHWEST OF LAKIN. THERE IS SOME INDICATION THAT THE STORM MAY TAKE A MORE SOUTHERLY TRACK BY 545 PM CDT. TAKE SHELTER 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 OUTSI DE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
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 26, 4:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
KSZ003-006-262215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 413 PM CDT SUN MAY 26 1991 .... TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 395 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT 11PM CDT .... AT 310 PM MDT (410 PM CST)...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN EASTERN COLORADO MOVING INTO SOUTHERN HAMILTON AND NORTHERN STANTON COUNTIES...OR 40 MILES WEST OF ULYSSES. THIS STORM IS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH ALONG THE HAMILTON-STANTON COUNTY LINE...AND WILL BE IN NORTH CENTRAL STANTON AND SOUTH CENTRAL HAMILTON COUNTIES BY 430 PM...OR 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF ULYSSES. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT AND PERSONS IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION. STAY TUNE @TO YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATION...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MVT
Special weather statement, May 26, 5:14 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
KSZ003-006-262245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 515 PM CDT SUN MAY 26 1991 ....TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL 11 PM CDT...10 PM MDT... ....FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR SOUTHWEST KANSAS TONIGHT... AT 415 PM MDT (515 PM CDT)...RADAR SHOWED A VERY STRONG CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS 50 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF GARDEN CITY...25 MILES NORTH WEST OF ULYSSES. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT AROUND 20 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCEING BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINS...SMALL HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AS IT MOVES TO EAST ACROSS THE FARM AND PASTURE LANDS NORTH OF ULYSSES AND SOUTH OF LAKIN. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA UNTIL 11 PM CDT ...10 PM MDT. RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE COULD PRODUCE A TORNADO WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. . IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM...ACROSS SOUTHERN KEARNY OR NORTHERN GRANT COUNTIES...YOU SHOULD WATCH THE STORM CLOSELY AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH. JOHNSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 5:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Haskell | 44 min |
| May 26, 6:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Grant | 32 min |
| May 26, 6:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Haskell | 44 min |
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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.