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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Wichita, KS

April 12, 1991Reno County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 12, 1991, 11:52 PM CDT for Reno County, Kansas. It was in force for 68 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 12, 1991, 11:52 PM CDT (04:52 UTC)
Expired
Apr 13, 1991, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
68 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Reno 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, Apr 12, 8:39 PM CDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-130230-

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

...LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS STILL MOVING SLOWLY ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS.

AT 830 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE NEBRASKA
BORDER NORTHEAST OF CONCORDIA...TO SALINA TO HUTCHINSON...TO PRATT.  TRAILING
THUNDERSTORMS NOT CONNECTED WITH THIS LINE WERE LOCATED SOUTH OF PRATT INTO
OKLAHOMA.  THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED EAST OF CONCORDIA AND 20 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF HUTCHINSON.  OTHER INTENSE STORMS CONTINUED IN NORTH CENTRAL
OKLAHOMA.  VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SOME HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THE STORM
NEAR HUTCHINSON.  THE SYSTEM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

*TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 130 COVERS ALL OF CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 100 AM CDT.

LEIVERS

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, 10:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTKingman42 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 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.