Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1991
Tornado Warning 38, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 1, 1991, 1:12 PM CDT for Pratt County, Kansas. It was in force for 33 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
- Jun 1, 1991, 1:12 PM CDT (18:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 1991, 1:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pratt County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 1:20 PM CDT | Hail 1.5 | Pratt, 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, 6.2 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
- 1374 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -159 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1129 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.1
- Supercell composite
- -1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KDDC 011814 TORDDC KSC151-011845- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 112 PM CDT SAT JUN 1 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 145 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS ...PRATT COUNTY AT 112 PM CDT SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 5 MILES WEST OF PRATT MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY!! 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.
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, Jun 1, 7:12 AM CDT, 6 hours before
KSZ003-011315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 711 AM CDT SAT JUN 1 1991 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE ONCE AGAIN MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST KANSAS... AT 705 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT TO ENTER KANSAS TO THE EAST OF ELKHART. THE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED INTO THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND WERE MOVING NORTH AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. AT THE PRESENT RATE OF MOVEMENT THE STORMS WILL BE OVER ROLLA OR 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ULYSSES BY 730 AM. HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND STRONG WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND STAYED TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 8:23 AM CDT, 4 hours 49 minutes before
KSZ003-006-011400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 822 AM CDT SAT JUN 1 1991 ...MORNING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS MARCH INTO THE REGION FROM THE SOUTHWEST... AT 822 AM CDT RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS SOUTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM TRIBUNE TO ULYSSES TO BEAVER OKLAHOMA AND SPREADING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS OVER THE LIBERAL AREA. THESE STORMS WERE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. IF YOU RE IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS YOU SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF NECESSARY...STAY TUNED TO YOUR RADIO...TELEVISION OnF TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ABOUT THE STORMS. JOHNSON
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 8:26 AM CDT, 4 hours 46 minutes before
KSZ003-006-011400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT.....CORRECTED TYPOS...... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 822 AM CDT SAT JUN 1 1991 ...MORNING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS MARCH INTO THE REGION FROM THE SOUTHWEST... AT 822 AM CDT RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SOUTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM TRIBUNE TO ULYSSES TO BEAVER OKLAHOMA AND SPREADING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS OVER THE LIBERAL AREA. THESE STORMS WERE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS YOU SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF NECESSARY...STAY TUNED TqO YOUR RADIO...TELEVISION OR TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ABOUT THE STORMS. JOHNSON
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 9:28 AM CDT, 3 hours 44 minutes before
KSZ003-006-009-011400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 925 AM CDT SAT JUN 1 1991 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO GARDEN CITY AND DODGE CITY... AT 925 AM CDT RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SOUTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM TRIBUNE TO GARDEN CITY TO BUFFALO OKLAHOMA SPREADING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS 30 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF DODGE CITY...NEAR FOWLER. THESE STORMS HAD PRODUCED BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...SOME PEA SIZED HAIL... STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVED THROUGH LIBERAL. THE STORMS WILL REACH GARDEN CITY BY 930 AM AND DODGE CITY BY 1030 AM. PERSONS IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS SHOULD PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE WEATHER TODAY AS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST AGAIN FOR THE AFTERNOON HOURS. KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY...BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH. LISTEN TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TEL4EVISION...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THESE STORMS. JOHNSON
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 11:11 AM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
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zSOUTHWEST KANSAS SHOULD STAY ALERT TODAY AND KEEP AN EAR OPEN FOR WEATHER BULLETINS ON LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION...OR ON NOAA WEATHER RADIO. JOHNSON
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 12:12 PM CDT, 1 hour before
KSZ003-006-009-011800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1210 PM CDT SAT JUN 1 1991 ...MOTHER NATURE IS RENEWING THE SEVERE WEATHER SIEGE IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM FOR NORTHWEST MEADE COUNTY. AT NOON A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR PLAINS...35 MILES SOUTH OF GARDEN CITY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PAWNEE...EDWARDS... KIOWA...COMANCHE...STAFFORD...PRATT AND BARBER COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL 500 PM CDT. AT 1155 AM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE CENTERED 15 MILES WEST OF PRATT BETWEEN PRATT AND GREENSBURG ALONG HIGHWAY 54. THE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. PERSONS IN NORTHWEST PRATT COUNTY...AND IN THE PRATT AREA...SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SOME STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND SOME SMALL HAIL UNTIL AROUND 100 PM. IF YOU ARE IN THE SEVERE THUNDESTORM WATCH =AREA THIS AFTERNOON...YOU SHOULD STAY IN TOUCH WITH LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. LETRO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 12:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Meade | 55 min |
| Jun 1, 12:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Stafford | 58 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.