Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1991
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 11, 1991, 9:18 PM CDT for Rooks County, Kansas. It was in force for 42 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
- Apr 11, 1991, 9:18 PM CDT (02:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 11, 1991, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Rooks County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 9:25 PM CDT | Tornado F1 | Rooks, 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
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 226 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
- 935 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 90 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 220 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
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 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 11, 5:15 PM CDT, 4 hours 3 minutes before
KSZ004-007-008-112315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 515 PM CDT THU APR 11 1991 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 10 PM CDT... AT 5 15 PM CDT...NO PRECIPITATION WAS NOTED OVER WESTERN KANSAS IN THE WATCH AREA. DORSEY MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES ALONG WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER NORTHWEST KANSAS OVERNIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL COOL TO THE LOW 40S TO UPPER 40S BY SUNRISE. GAHAGAN
Special weather statement, Apr 11, 6:27 PM CDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before
KSZ004-007-008-120030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 625 PM CDT THU APR 11 1991 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 10 PM CDT... AT 620 PM CDT...A THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED OVER EASTERN ROOKS COUNTY OF CENTRAL KANSAS...ABOUT 35 MILES NORTH OF HAYS. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 30 MPH. THIS WAS THE ONLY PRECIPITATION NOTED IN THE WATCH AREA OF WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. DORSEY
Special weather statement, Apr 11, 7:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
KSZ004-007-008-120130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 730 PM CDT THU APR 11 1991 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 10 PM CDT... AT 725 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP OVER WEST CENTRAL KANSAS AND MOVE RAPIDLY NORTHWARD INTO NEBRASKA. STORMS WERE REPORTED IN ELLIS COUNTY JUST WEST OF HAYS AND ACROSS PHILLIPS COUNTY..40 TO 50 MILES NORTH OF HAYS. PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL..LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE TO THE NORTH AT 30 MPH. DORSEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rooks | 40 min |
| Apr 11, 8:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Phillips, Rooks | 57 min |
| Apr 11, 9:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Phillips | 44 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.