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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 1991, 6:37 PM CDT for Chase County, Kansas. It was in force for 53 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 26, 1991, 6:37 PM CDT (23:37 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 1991, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Chase County, KS
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 26, 1:32 PM CDT, 5 hours 5 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-261900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 132 PM CDT SUN MAY 26 1991 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS... AT 125 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WERE ACTIVE ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS. THOSE STORMS MOST LIKELY PRODUCING GUSTY WIND...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING WERE 55 MILES NORTHEAST OF WICHITA...NEAR EUREKA...AND 65 MILES EAST OF WICHITA OR JUST SOUTH OF SEVERY. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN EUREKA REPORTED ONLY PEA SIZE HAIL AS THE STORM PASSED THROUGH THE EUREKA AREA. CAMPERS AND BOATERS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THESE DANGEROUS STORMS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER ATPPROACHES. STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH. WILSON
Special weather statement, May 26, 1:48 PM CDT, 4 hours 49 minutes before
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KSZ009-011-012-014-017-262200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 400 PM CDT SUN MAY 26 1991 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 11 PM... VERY UNSTABLE CONDITIONS EXIST OVER SOUTHERN KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP AROUND WICHITA..AND SHOULD BECOME MUCH MORE NUMEROUS OVER THE NEXT 1-2 HOURS. PERSONS INVOLVED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE WEATHER SITUATION...AS SEVERE WEATHER COULD DEVELOP RAPIDLY. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STAIONS...AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. HEDGES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 8:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno | 47 min |
| May 26, 10:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, Marion | 65 min |
| May 26, 4:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Sedgwick | 50 min |
| May 26, 4:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Butler, Sedgwick | 38 min |
| May 26, 5:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Butler | 53 min |
| May 26, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler | 55 min |
| May 26, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Marion | 67 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 1991Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1991
Sources
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