Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1991
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 26, 1991, 7:20 PM CST for Chariton County, Linn County, Missouri. It was in force for 40 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, 7:20 PM CST (01:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 26, 1991, 8:00 PM CST
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Chariton County, MO, Linn County, MO
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 7:50 PM CST | Hail 0.75 | Linn, MO |
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
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 237 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
- 37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -168 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 779 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 413 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 384 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCOU 270121 SVRCOU MOC041-115-270200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO 720 PM CST TUE MAR 26 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S... IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI ...NORTHWESTERN CHARITON COUNTY...SOUTHERN LINN COUNTY AT 720 PM THE COLUMBIA WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO NORTHWEST CHARITON COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM PRODUCED LARGE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES AN HOUR AS IT MOVED FROM THE KANSAS CITY AREA INTO NORTHCENTRAL MISSOURI. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE SHELTER IN A REINFORCED ROOM IMMEDIATELY. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. PERLOW/BLANCHARD
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, 3 hours 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, 2 hours 46 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, 6:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Ray | 36 min |
| Mar 26, 6:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Carroll, Livingston | 45 min |
| Mar 26, 7:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Macon | 64 min |
| Mar 26, 11:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Atchison | 42 min |
| Mar 27, 2:05 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clinton | 25 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 1991Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1991
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.