Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1991
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Goodland, KS
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 2:56 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Ellis, 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 7:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Sherman | 58 min |
| May 15, 7:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan, Scott | 57 min |
| May 15, 7:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Thomas | 57 min |
| May 15, 9:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Ness | 67 min |
| May 15, 9:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur | 63 min |
| May 16, 1:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rooks | 68 min |
| May 16, 2:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham | 57 min |
| May 16, 3:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 54 min |
| May 16, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Ellis, Rush | 55 min |
| May 16, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Wichita | 59 min |
| May 16, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Ness | 60 min |
| May 16, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rush | 60 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.