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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 96, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 1991, 11:08 PM CDT for Chase County, Kansas. It was in force for 67 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
- May 16, 1991, 11:08 PM CDT (04:08 UTC)
- Expired
- May 17, 1991, 12:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Chase County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 11:10 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Chase, 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, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 114 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
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 16, 6:36 PM CDT, 4 hours 32 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-170030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 638 PM CDT THU MAY 16 1991 ...NO SEVERE WEATHER IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS. AT 638 PM CDT...THERE WAS NO SEVERE WEATHER OCCURRING ANYWHERE IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS. AT THIS TIME THERE WAS NO PRECIPITATION IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS. WICHITA WEATHER CONTINUES TO MONITOR THE RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WlEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL STATIONS FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. LEIVERS
Special weather statement, May 16, 8:53 PM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Greenwood | 51 min |
| May 16, 7:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Butler | 62 min |
| May 16, 7:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase | 53 min |
| May 16, 7:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Greenwood | 66 min |
| May 16, 8:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Greenwood | 54 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.