Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Wichita, KS

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
335 PM CDT FRI APR 12 1991

AT 330 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL KANSAS.

A LARGE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED MIDWAY BETWEEN RUSSELL AND GREAT BEND.
IT HAD REINTENSIFIED SINCE 300 PM.  ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED
TO INTENSIFY IN NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA.  THEY COULD THREATEN THE HARPER
AND SUMNER COUNTY AREAS IN THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO.  THERE IS NO IMMEDIATE
DANGER IN EITHER AREA AT THIS TIME.  THESE STORMS ARE BEING MONITORED CLOSELY.

MOVEMENT OF ALL STORMS WAS NORTH NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH.  THE ATMOSPHERE
OVER CENTRAL KANSAS REMAINS VERY UNSTABL8E AND ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT IS LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON.

*TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 125 IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
UNTIL 800 PM CDT.
LEIVERS

KSZ009-011-012-014-017-122200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
405 PM CDT FRI APR 12 1991

AT 400 PM...THUNDERSTORMS IN OKLAHOMA BEING MONITORED.

A LARGE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA.  IT'S HISTORY
HAS INCLUDED THREE INCH HAIL AND NUMEROUS TORNADO WARNINGS.  ALTHOUGH IT
IS NOT AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...IT IS MOVING NORTH
NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH.  PRESENT MOVEMENT AND DIRECTION WOULD BRING IT
INTO SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...SOMEWHERE ALONG THE HARPER OR SUMNER COUNTY LINE
...WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO.  IT IS BEING MONITORED CLOSELY.

THE ATMOSPHERE OVER CENTRAL KANSAS REMAINS VERY UNSTABLE AND ADDITIONAL
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON.

*TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 125 IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
UNTIL 800 PM CDT.
LEIVERS

KSZ009-011-012-014-017-122230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
420 PM CDT FRI APR 12 1991

AT 415 PM...A LINE OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE BUSTING IN CENTRAL KANSAS.

WICHITA RADAR INDICATED THREE LARGE THUNDERSTORMS.  THE FIRST WAS LOCATED
ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF RUSSELL.  THE SECOND...NEWLY DEVELOPED...HAD RAPIDLY
FORMED SINCE 400 PM ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF MEDICINE LODGE...OR 25 MILES
SOUTH OF PRATT.  THE THIRD...AND AT THIS TIME MOST DANGEROUS STORM...CONTINUED
IN NORTHERN OKLAHOMA...NORTHWEST OF ENID.  ALL OF THESE STORMS ARE BEING
MONITORED CLOSELY AS THEY MOVE ABOUT THE SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS REGION.
STAY TUNED FOR MORE INFORMATION AND FURTHER UPDATES.

*TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 125 IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
UNTIL 800 PM CDT.

LEIVERS

KSZ009-011-012-014-017-122230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
430 PM CDT FRI APR 12 1991

AT 430 PM...A LINE OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WAS BUSTING IN CENTRAL KANSAS.

A BROKEN LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...GENERALLY
FROM RUSSELL TO PRATT TO THE OKLAHOMA BORDER 75 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WICHITA...
AND SOUTH INTO OKLAHOMA.  THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED IN NORTH CENTRAL
OKLAHOMA...NORTH OF ENID AND IN THE RUSSELL AREA.  OTHER RAPIDLY DEVELOPING
STORMS WERE IN THE MEDICINE LODGE AREA...ABOUT 60 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WICHITA
AND WEST OF THAT AREA.  THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT ABOUT
20 MPH.  STAY TUNED FOR MORE INFORMATION AND FURTHER UPDATES.

*TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 125 IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
UNTIL 800 PM CDT.

LEIVERS

KSZ009-011-012-014-017-122300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
453 PM CDT FRI APR 12 1991

AT 445 PM...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WEST AND SOUTH OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

TWO AREAS OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEING MONITORED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE AT THIS TIME.  THE FIRST WAS IN NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...NORTHWEST
OF ENID.  NUMEROUS TORNADOES HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH THIS
STORM.  PRESENT MOVEMENT WILL BRING IT INTO SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS IN THE
NEXT HOUR OR TWO.

THE OTHER STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF PRATT.  THIS STORM HAS
DEVELOPED RAPIDLY...HOWEVER AT THIS TIME THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF
SEVERE WEATHER ASSOCIATED WI!TH IT.  BOTH STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST
AT ABOUT 20 MPH.

*TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 125 IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
UNTIL 800 PM CDT.             LEIVERS

KSZ009-011-012-014-017-122300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
508 PM CDT FRI APR 12 1991

AT 500 PM...STORMS WEST AND SOUTH OF WICHITA BEING MONITORED.

TWO AREAS OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEING MONITORED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE AT THIS TIME.  THE FIRST WAS IN NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...NORTHWEST
OF ENID.  NUMEROUS TORNADOES HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH THIS
STORM.  PRESENT MOVEMENT WILL BRING IT INTO SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS IN ABOUT
AN HOUR.

THE OTHER STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF PRATT.  A TORNADO HAS
JUST BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM.

BOTH STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 15 MPH.  PEOPLE NEAR THESE
AREWAS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION.
*TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 125 IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
UNTIL 800 PM CDT.             LEIVERS