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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 31, NWS Wichita, KS

April 17, 1991Sumner County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 17, 1991, 1:54 PM CDT for Sumner County, Kansas. It was in force for 66 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, 1:54 PM CDT (18:54 UTC)
Expired
Apr 17, 1991, 3:00 PM CDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Sumner County, KS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 17, 2:30 PM CDTHail 0.75Sumner, 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 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, 2 hours 14 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 17, 11:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTReno66 min
Apr 17, 1:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey, Reno60 min
Apr 17, 1:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMarion60 min
Apr 17, 2:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey46 min
Apr 17, 2:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMarion64 min
Apr 17, 2:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler66 min
Apr 17, 4:47 PM CDTTornado WarningICTKingman, Reno28 min
Apr 17, 5:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper, Kingman69 min
Apr 17, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCherokee30 min
Apr 17, 6:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCherokee24 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 1991Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1991

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.