Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1991
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 26, 1991, 5:25 PM CST for Miami County, Kansas. It was in force for 50 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
- Mar 26, 1991, 5:25 PM CST (23:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 26, 1991, 6:15 PM CST
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Miami County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 5:50 PM CST | Hail 0.75 | Miami, 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 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 severe thunderstorm 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, Mar 26, 4:20 PM CST, 1 hour 5 minutes before
MOZ001-002-004-005-008-009-013-KSZ015-016-262245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 415 PM CST TUE MAR 26 1991 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF EASTERN KANSAS AND PARTS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 10 00 PM THIS TUESDAY EVENING... AT 410 PM VERY INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN EAST KANSAS...THE STRONGEST JUST TO THE SOUTH OF TOPEKA AND TO THE EAST OF EMPORIA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST RAPIDLY AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO THE KANSAS CITY AREA AND INTO PARTS OF WESTCENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI BETWEEN 5 00 AND 6 00 PM THIS EVENING. PERSONS IN THE KANSAS CITY METROPOLITAN AREA AND IN WESTERN MISSOURI SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPS.
Special weather statement, Mar 26, 4:34 PM CST, 51 minutes before
MOZ001-002-004-005-008-009-013-KSZ015-016-262315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 430 PM CST TUE MAR 26 1991 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF EASTERN KANSAS AND PARTS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 10 00 PM THIS TUESDAY EVENING... AT 430 PM VERY INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN EAST KANSAS...THE STRONGEST ABOUT 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KANSAS CITY...AT LAWRENCE KANSAS ...AND JUST SOUTH OF TOPEKA...AND TO THE EAST OF EMPORIA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST RAPIDLY AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO THE KANSAS CITY AREA AND INTO PARTS OF WESTCENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI BETWEEN 4 45 AND 5 30 PM THIS EVENING. PERSONS IN THE KANSAS CITY METROPOLITAN AREA AND IN WESTERN MISSOURI SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 4:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clay, Platte | 46 min |
| Mar 26, 5:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clay, Platte | 35 min |
| Mar 26, 4:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte | 66 min |
| Mar 26, 5:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson | 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.