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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Wichita, KS

March 26, 1991Reno County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Mar 26, 1991, 11:50 PM CST for Reno County, Kansas. It was in force for 40 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
Mar 26, 1991, 11:50 PM CST (05:50 UTC)
Expired
Mar 27, 1991, 12:30 AM CST
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Reno County, KS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 26, 11:50 PM CSTTornado F0Reno, 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

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 161 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 1991-03-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 86 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 1991-03-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 122 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
86 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-78 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2959 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
77 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
122 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
168 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KICT 270551
TORICT
KSC155-270630-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1150 PM CST TUE MAR 26 1991
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
 
   ...EASTERN RENO COUNTY
 
THE TORNADO WARNING FOR RENO COUNTY HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNITL 12:30 AM
CST.
 
AT 11:50 PM CST RENO COUNTY CIVIL DEFENSE REPORTED THAT A TORNADO WAS
JUST SOUTH OF HAVEN, WHICH IS ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HUTCHINSON.
THE TORNADO WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.
 
 
THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE IN THE
PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE.
OTHERWISE... GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
POSSIBLE.  AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A
STURDIER BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 26, 6:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTKingman55 min
Mar 26, 6:31 PM CSTTornado WarningICTReno44 min
Mar 26, 6:43 PM CSTTornado WarningICTHarper, Kingman47 min
Mar 26, 7:16 PM CSTTornado WarningICTReno29 min
Mar 26, 7:27 PM CSTTornado WarningICTKingman33 min
Mar 26, 7:38 PM CSTTornado WarningICTSedgwick48 min
Mar 26, 8:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSumner60 min
Mar 26, 8:53 PM CSTTornado WarningICTSumner52 min
Mar 26, 9:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley67 min
Mar 26, 9:28 PM CSTTornado WarningICTCowley62 min
Mar 26, 9:52 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTKingman53 min
Mar 26, 10:06 PM CSTTornado WarningICTKingman39 min
Mar 26, 10:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTReno61 min
Mar 26, 10:20 PM CSTTornado WarningICTCowley40 min
Mar 26, 10:55 PM CSTTornado WarningICTWilson50 min
Mar 26, 11:08 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTReno37 min
Mar 26, 11:24 PM CSTTornado WarningICTReno36 min
Mar 26, 11:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTWoodson48 min
Mar 26, 11:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey42 min
Mar 26, 11:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTAllen49 min
Mar 27, 12:03 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBourbon27 min
Mar 27, 12:09 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey36 min
Mar 27, 12:28 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley47 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.