Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1991
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at May 15, 1991, 5:29 PM MDT for Sherman County, Kansas. It was in force for 61 min. 4 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 15, 1991, 5:29 PM MDT (23:29 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 1991, 6:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Sherman County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 6:00 PM MDT | Tornado F0 | Sherman, KS | |
| May 15, 6:08 PM MDT | Hail 0.75 | Sherman, KS | |
| May 15, 6:20 PM MDT | Hail 1.75 | Sherman, KS | |
| May 15, 6:35 PM MDT | Hail 0.75 | Sherman, 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
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 2644 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -40 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 152330 TORGLD KSC181-160030- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 529 PM MDT WED MAY 15 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST KANSAS ...SHERMAN COUNTY AT 525 MDT..RADAR INDICATED A LIKELY TORNADO IN A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT WAS MOVING NORTHWEST INTO THE SOUTHWEST PART OF SHERMAN COUNTY..ABOUT 18 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GOODLAND. FUNNEL CLOUDS WERE REPORTED WITH THIS STORM IN WALLACE COUNTY AROUND 5 PM MDT. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE P7ATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE... GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDIER 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, May 15, 3:24 PM MDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
KSZ001-002-152230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 323 PM MDT (423 PM CDT) WED MAY 15 1991 ..TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR LARGE PART OF WESTERN KANSAS.. AT 415 PM CDT..RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST KANSAS IN SCOTT COUNTY..ABOUT 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF GARDEN CITY..AND OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER WALLACE AND LOGAN COUNTY..20 TO 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GOODLAND. THE STORM 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GOODLAND..SHOWED THE POTENTIAL FOR HAIL. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH AND PERSONS IN EASTERN SHERMAN COUNTY SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. DORSEY
Special weather statement, May 15, 4:12 PM MDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
KSZ001-002-152230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 323 PM MDT (423 PM CDT) WED MAY 15 1991 ..TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR LARGE PART OF WESTERN KANSAS.. AT 415 PM CDT..RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST KANSAS IN SCOTT COUNTY..ABOUT 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF GARDEN CITY..AND OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER WALLACE AND LOGAN COUNTY..20 TO 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GOODLAND. cTHE STORM 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GOODLAND..SHOWED THE POTENTIAL FOR HAIL. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH AND PERSONS IN EASTERN SHERMAN COUNTY SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. DORSEY
Special weather statement, May 15, 4:21 PM MDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
KSZ001-002-152315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 420 PM MDT (520 PM CDT) WED MAY 15 1991 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10PM CDT FOR LARGE PART OF WESTERN KANSAS... AT 515 PM CDT..RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN KANSAS IN AN AREA 25 MILES WIDE THAT EXTENDING FROM SOUTHERN SCOTT COUNTY..30 MILES NORTHWEST OF GARDEN CITY..TO WESTERN CHEYENNE COUNTY..30 MILES NORTHWEST OF GOODLAND. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER NORTHEAST WICHITA COUNTY..55 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GOODLAND AND IN NORTHWEST SHERMAN COUNTY ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF GOODLAND. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE TO THE NORTH AT 20 MPH.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 4:56 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Wallace | 64 min |
| May 15, 5:21 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Scott, Wichita | 69 min |
Nearby
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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.