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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Goodland, KS

May 2, 1991Rawlins County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 1991, 6:36 PM CDT for Rawlins County, Kansas. It was in force for 39 min. 2 reports 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 2, 1991, 6:36 PM CDT (23:36 UTC)
Expired
May 2, 1991, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Rawlins County, KS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 2, 6:50 PM CDTHail 1Rawlins, KS
May 2, 6:55 PM CDTHail 1.5Rawlins, 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 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 2, 3:13 PM CDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before
KSZ001-002-022115-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
213 PM MDT (313 PM CDT) THU MAY 2 1991

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 8PM MDT FOR NORTHWEST AND WESTCENTRAL
KANSAS WEST OF A ATWOOD TO SCOTT CITY LINE...

AT 210PM MDT NO SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS INDICATED BY
RADAR OVER NORTHWEST OR WESTCENTRAL KANSAS.

HOWEVER...THERE IS A RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER OVER WESTERN KANSAS THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

PEOPLE ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS SHOULD KEEP ALERT TO DEVELOPING WEATHER
CONDTIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING,  STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR
LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

FREIBURGER
Special weather statement, May 2, 4:01 PM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 2, 5:57 PM CDT, 39 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 2, 6:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDThomas36 min
May 2, 3:54 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDElbert66 min
May 2, 4:17 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDLincoln58 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.