Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1991
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 26, 1991, 6:42 AM CDT for Cowley County, Kansas. It was in force for 63 min. 2 reports 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 26, 1991, 6:42 AM CDT (11:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 1991, 7:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cowley County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 6:52 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 63 | Cowley, KS | |
| Apr 26, 7:55 AM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Cowley, 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
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Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 7:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua | 68 min |
| Apr 26, 7:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 65 min |
| Apr 26, 8:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua | 29 min |
| Apr 26, 8:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua | 29 min |
| Apr 26, 9:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua | 36 min |
| Apr 26, 9:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Montgomery | 42 min |
| Apr 26, 10:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Montgomery | 42 min |
| Apr 26, 1:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper, Kingman | 67 min |
| Apr 26, 2:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Kingman | 34 min |
| Apr 26, 2:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno | 53 min |
| Apr 26, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey | 32 min |
| Apr 26, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman | 30 min |
| Apr 26, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase | 25 min |
| Apr 26, 3:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno | 51 min |
| Apr 26, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Marion | 59 min |
| Apr 26, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey | 57 min |
| Apr 26, 4:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper | 69 min |
| Apr 26, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman, Sumner | 56 min |
| Apr 26, 5:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Harper, Sumner | 19 min |
| Apr 26, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 55 min |
| Apr 26, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Marion | 35 min |
| Apr 26, 5:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Sedgwick, Sumner | 29 min |
| Apr 26, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Marion | 40 min |
| Apr 26, 6:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 36 min |
| Apr 26, 6:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Harvey | 29 min |
| Apr 26, 6:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Cowley | 50 min |
| Apr 26, 6:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Butler | 60 min |
| Apr 26, 6:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Marion | 50 min |
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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.