Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1991
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 17, 1991, 1:00 PM CDT for Harvey County, Reno County, Kansas. It was in force for 60 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 17, 1991, 1:00 PM CDT (18:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 17, 1991, 2:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Harvey County, KS, Reno County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 1:05 PM CDT | Hail 2 | Harvey, 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 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 190 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
- 44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -715 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 551 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 200 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 177 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 17, 11:40 AM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-171730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1139 AM CDT WED APR 17 1991 ...THUNDERSTORMS COTINUE TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 1127 AM CDT A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...25 MILES WIDE...STRETCHED FROM 40 MILES WEST OF SALINA...TO JUST WEST OF HUTCHINSON...TO 60 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WICHITA...NEAR THE KANSAS/OKLAHOMA BORDER. THE STRONGER STORMS WERE LOCATED...15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HUTCHINSON... NEAR PARTRIDGE. VERY HEAVY RAINS AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. MOVEMENT OF INDIVIDUAL STORMS WAS NORTH AT 20 MPH... WHILE THE LINE IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH. THE SHOWERS WILL MOVE INTO ThHE HUTCHINSON DURING THE NEXT 20 MINUTES. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR COUNTIES WEST OF WICHITA. PRESTON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 11:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno | 66 min |
| Apr 17, 1:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Marion | 60 min |
| Apr 17, 1:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sumner | 66 min |
| Apr 17, 2:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey | 46 min |
| Apr 17, 2:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Marion | 64 min |
| Apr 17, 2:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler | 66 min |
| Apr 17, 4:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Kingman, Reno | 28 min |
| Apr 17, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper, Kingman | 69 min |
| Apr 17, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cherokee | 30 min |
| Apr 17, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cherokee | 24 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.