Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1991
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 1991, 9:49 PM CDT for Doniphan County, Kansas. It was in force for 41 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 26, 1991, 9:49 PM CDT (02:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 1991, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Doniphan County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 97 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 79 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 409 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 485 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 17.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KMCI 270249
TORMCI
KSC043-270330-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INT'L AIRPORT MO
949 PM CDT FRI APR 26 1991
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF KANSAS
DONIPHAN
AT 945 PM A TORNADO WAS REPORTED ON THE GROUND IN NORTHEAST
ATCHISON COUNTY KANSAS. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING NORTH...
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND SHOULD BE IN THE VICINITY OF TROY
KANSAS BETWEEN 1000 AND 1015 PM.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVANILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES...
TAKE COVER IN A REINFORCED 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, Apr 26, 4:58 PM CDT, 4 hours 51 minutes before
MOZ001-002-004-008-009-013-KSZ015-016-262230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 455 PM CDT FRI APR 26 1991 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF WESTERN MISSOURI AND EASTERN KANSAS UNTIL 10 PM THIS FRIDAY EVENING... AT 455 PM...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN EASTERN KANSAS... WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES WEST OF TOPEKA...TO 20 MILES NORTH OF WICHITA. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF MISSOURI...TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF ST JOSEPH...BY AROUND 6 PM. ALTHOUGH NO STORMS ARE CURRENTLY THREATENING THE KANSAS CITY AREA... DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OR TORNADOES IS POSSIBLE LATER THIS EVENING. THE TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM THIS EVENING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNING...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF THEATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
Special weather statement, Apr 26, 5:45 PM CDT, 4 hours 4 minutes before
MOZ001-002-004-008-009-013-KSZ015-016-262310- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 540 PM CDT FRI APR 26 1991 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF WESTERN MISSOURI AND EASTERN KANSAS UNTIL 10 PM THIS FRIDAY EVENING... AT 530 PM... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS... SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN... WERE OVER PARTS OF EASTERN KANSAS. THIS ACTIVITY WAS LOCATED FROM NEAR WICHITA NORTHEAST TO 40 MILES NORTH OF TOPEKA. THE STRONGEST OF THE STORMS WAS LOCATED ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF TOPEKA NEAR ST MARYS. TORNADOES WERE OBSERVED WITH THIS STORM SHORTLY AFTER 500 PM. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR... AND WILL MOVE INTO FAR NORTHWEST MISSOURI NORTH OF ST JOSEPH SHORTLY BEFORE 700 PM. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE LOCATED ABOUT 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TOPEKA AND WERE ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. ALTHOUGH NO STORMS ARE CURRENTLY THREATENING THE KANSAS CITY AREA... DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OR TORNADOES IS POSSIBLE LATER THIS EVENING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO... COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR LATER STATEMENTS ON THESE STORMS... AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE QUICKLY TO SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. LONGNECKER
Special weather statement, Apr 26, 7:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
MOZ001-002-004-008-009-013-KSZ015-016-270110- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 740 PM CDT FRI APR 26 1991 ... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF WESTERN MISSOURI AND EASTERN KANSAS UNTIL 200 AM SATURDAY MORNING ... AT 730 PM... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS... SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN... WERE OVER PARTS OF EASTERN KANSAS AND FAR NORTHWEST MISSOURI. THIS ACTIVITY WAS LOCATED FROM 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WICHITA NORTHEAST THROUGH THE TOPEKA AREA INTO FAR NORTHWEST MISSOURI NORTHWEST OF ST JOSEPH. THE STRONGEST OF THE STORMS WERE LOCATED FROM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF TOPEKA NORTHEAST TO 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF ST JOSEPH NEAR MOUND CITY MISSOURI. MOVEMENT OF ALL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. ALTHOUGH NO STORMS ARE CURRENTLY THREATENING THE KANSAS CITY AREA... DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OR TORNADOES IS POSSIBLE LATER THIS EEVENING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO... COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR LATER STATEMENTS ON THESE STORMS... AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE QUICKLY TO SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. LONGNECKER
Special weather statement, Apr 26, 8:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
MOZ001-002-004-008-009-013-KSZ015-016-270245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 845 PM CDT FRI APR 26 1991 ... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF WESTERN MISSOURI AND EASTERN KANSAS UNTIL 200 AM SATURDAY MORNING ... AT 830 PM... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS... SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN... WERE OVER PARTS OF EASTERN KANSAS AND FAR NORTHWEST MISSOURI. THIS ACTIVITY WAS LOCATED FROM THE WICHITA AND CHANUTE AREAS NORTHEAST THROUGH THE TOPEKA AREA INTO FAR NORTHWEST MISSOURI WEST AND NORTH OF ST JOSEPH. THE STRONGEST OF THE STORMS WERE LOCATED FROM NEAR TOPEKA NORTHEAST TO 40 MILES NORTH OF ST JOSEPH NEAR MARYVILLE MISSOURI. THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR... AND WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT EXTREME NORTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI DURING MUCH OF THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING. GUSTY WINDS... FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO... COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR LATER STATEMENTS ON THESE STORMS... AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE QUICKLY TO SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. LONGNECKER
Special weather statement, Apr 26, 9:45 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
MOZ001-002-004-008-009-013-KSZ015-016-270345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 945 PM CDT FRI APR 26 1991 ... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF WESTERN MISSOURI AND EASTERN KANSAS UNTIL 200 AM SATURDAY MORNING ... AT 930 PM... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS... SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN... WERE OVER PARTS OF EASTERN KANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI. THIS ACTIVITY WAS LOCATED EAST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTH OF ST JOSEPH THROUGH MANHATTAN KANSAS TO WICHITA... AND EXTENDED EAST THROUGH THE KANSAS CITY AND ST JOSEPH AREAS TO NEAR INTERSTATE 35 AND HARRISONVILLE. THE STRONGEST OF THE STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR MANHATTAN... BETWEEN TOPEKA AND ST JOSEPH... AND 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF ST JOSEPH NEAR BETHANY. THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR... AND WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT NORTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING. GUSTY WINDS... FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO... COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR LATER STATEMENTS ON THESE STORMS... AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE QUICKLY LTO SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. LONGNECKER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 11:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Wyandotte | 34 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.