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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 1991, 7:41 PM CDT for Marion County, Kansas. It was in force for 49 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
- May 13, 1991, 7:41 PM CDT (00:41 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 1991, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Marion County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 7:59 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Marion, KS | |
| May 13, 8:15 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Marion, 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
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 1055 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -86 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2070 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
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, May 13, 4:34 PM CDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-132230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 434 PM CDT MON MAY 13 1991 AT 430 PM...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. ONE WAS 50 MILES NORTH OF WICHITA OR JUST TO THE SOUTHEAST OF MC PHERSON. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN. ANOTHER STORM WAS 25 MILES TO THE NORTHWEST OF CHANUTE. STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT ONLY 5 MPH. WILSON
Special weather statement, May 13, 5:29 PM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-132330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 529 PM CDT MON MAY 13 1991 AT 525 PM...A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW OF WHICH WERE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING...PERSISTED ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS. THESE WERE IN AN AREA BETWEEN MC PHERSON...50 MILES NORTH OF WICHITA... TO JUST SOUTHWEST OF MANHATTAN. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 15 5MPH. WILSON
Special weather statement, May 13, 6:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-140030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 602 PM CDT MON MAY 13 1991 AT 556 PM...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PERSISTED ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS BETWEEN SALINA AND JUNCTION CITY. THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...TORRENTIAL RAINS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVED TO THE NORTH AT 15 MPH. AT 600 PM...THERE WERE NO THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL OR SOUTHEAST KANSAS REGION. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 328 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 11 PM TONIGHT. WILSON
Special weather statement, May 13, 6:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-140130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 629 PM CDT MON MAY 13 1991 AT 625 PM...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS REMAINED ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS. THESE WERE FROM SALINA...EXTENDING EAST ALONG INTERSTATE 70 TO THE JUNCTION CITY AREA. THESE STORMS HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING WHILE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 10 MPH. AT 629 PM...THERE WERE NO THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL OR SOUTHEAST KANSAS REGION. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 328 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 11 PM TONIGHT. WILSON
Special weather statement, May 13, 7:04 PM CDT, 37 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-140100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 704 PM CDT MON MAY 13 1991 AT 657 PM...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL PERSISTED ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS...20 MILES EAST OF SALINA OR NEAR SOLOMON. OTHER STORMS WERE IN THIS GENERAL AREA FROM SALINA EAST ACROSS SOLOMON TO JUST SOUTH OF MANHATTAN. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT ONLY 5 MPH. AT 657 PM...THERE WERE NO THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN[ THE SOUTH CENTRAL OR SOUTHEAST KANSAS REGION. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 328 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 11 PM TONIGHT. WILSON
Special weather statement, May 13, 7:31 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-140130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 731 PM CDT MON MAY 13 1991 AT 725 PM...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN REMAINED ACTI
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 8:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Marion | 22 min |
| May 13, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Marion | 45 min |
| May 13, 9:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase | 66 min |
| May 14, 7:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette, Montgomery | 58 min |
| May 14, 9:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Labette, Montgomery | 59 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.