Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1991
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 4, 1991, 2:51 PM CDT for Clinton County, DeKalb County, Missouri. It was in force for 54 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 4, 1991, 2:51 PM CDT (19:51 UTC)
- Expired
- May 4, 1991, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Clinton County, MO, DeKalb County, MO
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 3:10 PM CDT | Hail 1.25 | Clinton, 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 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, May 4, 12:44 PM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, May 4, 1:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
MOZ001-004-041930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 140 PM CDT SAT MAY 4 1991 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI UNTIL 500 PM CDT... AT 125 PM... THUNDERSTORMS... SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN... WERE OVER PARTS OF NORTHEAST KANSAS. ONE OF THE STRONGEST STORMS WAS LOCATED JUST NORTH OF HIAWATHA KANSAS... OR ABOUT 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF ST JOSEPH. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR... AND WILL MOVE INTO HOLT COUNTY MISSOURI BEFORE 200 PM. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE LOCATED FROM ABOUT 15 MILES WEST OF TOPEKA NORTH TO THE NEBRASKA BORDER. THESE STORMS WERE ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS AND SMALL HAIL... AS WELL AS BRIEF HEAVY RAINS. PEOPLE IN FAR NORTHWEST MISSOURI NORTH OF ST JOSEPH SHLOLD BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS... AND SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. MSL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates | 45 min |
| May 4, 1:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Holt | 34 min |
| May 4, 2:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Buchanan | 43 min |
| May 4, 2:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Andrew | 54 min |
| May 4, 3:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Caldwell | 44 min |
| May 4, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Grundy, Harrison, Mercer | 35 min |
| May 4, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Pettis, Saline | 59 min |
| May 3, 10:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson | 58 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.