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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Goodland, KS

May 16, 1991Ellis County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 1991, 2:50 PM CDT for Ellis County, Kansas. It was in force for 55 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 16, 1991, 2:50 PM CDT (19:50 UTC)
Expired
May 16, 1991, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Ellis County, KS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 16, 2:56 PM CDTTornado F0Ellis, 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, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 137 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 1991-05-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1548 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 1991-05-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1548 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-120 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
947 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KGLD 161950
SVRGLD
KSC051-162045-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
150 PM MDT (250 PM CDT) THU MAY 16 1991
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  245 PM MDT (345 PM CDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL KANSAS
 
   ...EASTERN ELLIS COUNTY
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED BY ELLIS SHERIFF OFFICE 10 MILES
EAST OF HAYS MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.
 
GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN THIS STORM.
 
 
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.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING.  PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM DANGEROUS WEATHER
IN A STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY
RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED.

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 16, 1:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
KSZ001-002-004-005-007-008-161915-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1216 PM MDT (116 PM CDT) THU MAY 16 1991

TORNADO WATCH 342 IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN
KANSAS UNTIL 800 PM CDT.

AT 115 PM CDT NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS REPORTED OVER WESTERN KANSAS.
SHOWERS AND INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER A LARGE PART
OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES
SOUTH OF HAYS NEAR LA CROSSE TO NEAR NORTON KANSAS. THE STRONGEST
THUNDERSTORM WAS 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COLBY NEAR OAKLEY. MOVEMENT
WAS NORTH AT 20 TO 25 MPH.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHWEST
AND CENTRAL KANSAS WITH SOME ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLY BECOMING
SEVERE AT TIMES.

PERSONS IN AND AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR
POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR
REINFORCED SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.

WORKMAN
Special weather statement, May 16, 1:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
KSZ001-002-004-005-007-008-161915-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1216 PM MDT (116 PM CDT) THU MAY 16 1991

TORNADO WATCH 342 IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN
KANSAS UNTIL 800 PM CDT.

AT 115 PM CDT NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS REPORTED OVER WESTERN KANSAS.
SHOWERS AND INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER A LARGE PART
OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS WEST OF A LINE FROM 25 MILES
SOUTH OF HAYS NEAR LA CROSSE TO NEAR NORTON KANSAS. THE STRONGEST
THUNDERSTORM WAS 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COLBY NEAR OAKLEY. MOVEMENT
WAS NORTH AT 20 TO 25 MPH.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHWEST
AND CENTRAL KANSAS WITH SOME ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLY BECOMING
SEVERE AT TIMES.

PERSONS IN AND AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR
POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...MOVE TO A BASEMENTD OR
REINFORCED SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.

WORKMAN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 15, 7:32 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDCheyenne, Sherman58 min
May 15, 7:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan, Scott57 min
May 15, 7:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDThomas57 min
May 15, 9:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDNess67 min
May 15, 9:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur63 min
May 16, 1:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRooks68 min
May 16, 2:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGraham57 min
May 16, 3:21 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDCheyenne54 min
May 16, 3:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDEllis, Rush55 min
May 16, 3:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWichita59 min
May 16, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove, Ness60 min
May 16, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRush60 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 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.