Tornado Warning 1, NWS Wichita, KS

Issued

Mar 26, 1991, 5:53 PM CST (23:53 UTC)

Expired

Mar 26, 1991, 6:45 PM CST

In force

52 min

Issued by

NWS Wichita, KS

Area

Whole counties

County Reno County, 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.

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BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
553 PM CST TUE MAR 26 1991
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  645 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
 
   ...WESTERN RENO COUNTY
 
AT 5:55 PM CST A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND 30 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF HUTCHINSON, NEAR PRESTON. THE TORNADO IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT
30 MILES AN HOUR.
 
IF YOU LIVE IN OR NEAR SYLVIA AND HUNTSVILLE YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF
THIS STORM. TAKE COVER NOW.
 
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO
TO A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT USE YOU0R CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A
TORNADO.  CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF NO
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.

In the hours before

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
315 PM CST TUE MAR 26 1991

AT 300 PM CST THUNDERSTORMS HAVE STARTED TO DEVELOP RAPIDLY IN EASTERN
KANSAS. THE HEAVIEST STORMS WERE 60 MILES NORTHEAST OF WICHITA NEAR
COTTONWOOD FALLS. NO MOVEMENT HAS BEEN NOTED.

A TORNADO WATCH 63 CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST.

LR

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
340 PM CST TUE MAR 26 1991

AT 1525 PM CST THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED RAPIDLY ON A LINE FROM THE
TOPEKA AREA TO EMPORIA SOUTH TO ARKANSAS CITY. SMALL HAIL WAS REPORTED
IN CHASE COUNTY NEAR CEDAR POINT OR 65 MILES NORTHEAST OF WICHITA.
OTHER STORMS WERE ALSO DEVELOPING IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS ON THE OKLAHOMA
BORDER SOUTHWEST OF COLDWATER.

THE STORMS WERE ,MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
LR

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
535 PM CST TUE MAR 26 1991

...TORNADO WATCHES 63 AND 64 REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL
AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 10 PM.

AT 530 PM CST THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM 75 MILES NORTHWEST OF WICHITA NEAR
ELLSWORTH TO COLDWATER AREA OR 75 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WICHITA.  LIGHT SHOULD
BE STARTING IN RENO COUNTY 25 MILES WEST OF HUTCHINSON BY 545 PM.

OTHER STORMS WERE IN NORTHEAST KANSAS AROUND THE TOPEKA...KANSAS CITY AREA.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
LR

Tornado Warnings in Kansas, 1991Every tornado warning in 1991Tornadoes in 1991

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.