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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Wichita, KS

April 12, 1991Kingman County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 12, 1991, 10:33 PM CDT for Kingman 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 12, 1991, 10:33 PM CDT (03:33 UTC)
Expired
Apr 12, 1991, 11:15 PM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Kingman County, KS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 12, 11:00 PM CDTHail 0.75Kingman, 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

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 157 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 1991-04-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 1991-04-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -22 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3500 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
184 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KICT 130335
SVRICT
KSC095-130415-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1033 PM CDT FRI APR 12 1991
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
 
   ...NORTHWESTERN KINGMAN COUNTY
 
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN KINGMAN COUNTY HAS
BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 11:15 PM CDT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH POSSIBLE
LARGE HAIL WAS 15 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF PRATT AT 1035 PM. THIS
THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN AND
AROUND CUNNINGHAM AND PENALOSA ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STOR3M.
 
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 12, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey61 min
Apr 12, 9:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTReno63 min
Apr 12, 9:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTKingman55 min
Apr 12, 10:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMarion58 min
Apr 12, 11:00 PM CDTTornado WarningICTReno60 min
Apr 12, 11:34 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTReno116 min
Apr 12, 11:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey65 min
Apr 12, 11:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTReno68 min
Apr 13, 12:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper, Kingman57 min
Apr 13, 12:29 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTKingman2 hr
Apr 13, 12:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey50 min
Apr 13, 1:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Sedgwick69 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.