Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1991
Tornado Warning 15, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 12, 1991, 6:39 PM CDT for Kingman County, Kansas. It was in force for 51 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 12, 1991, 6:39 PM CDT (23:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 12, 1991, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Kingman County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 12, 7:00 PM CDT | Hail 1.5 | Kingman, KS | |
| Apr 12, 7:00 PM CDT | Hail 1.5 | Kingman, 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 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 1583 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 695 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 4.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KICT 122341 TORICT KSC095-130030- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 639 PM CDT FRI APR 12 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS ...NORTHWESTERN KINGMAN COUNTY AT 640 PM CDT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORNADOS WERE MOVING FROM THE PRATT AREA INTO KINGMAN COUNTY OR 50 MILES WEST OF WICHITA. THE TOWN OF CUNNINGHAM IS IN THE APPARENT PATH OF THIS STORM. 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.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, Apr 12, 3:35 PM CDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-122130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 335 PM CDT FRI APR 12 1991 AT 330 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL KANSAS. A LARGE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED MIDWAY BETWEEN RUSSELL AND GREAT BEND. IT HAD REINTENSIFIED SINCE 300 PM. ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO INTENSIFY IN NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. THEY COULD THREATEN THE HARPER AND SUMNER COUNTY AREAS IN THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. THERE IS NO IMMEDIATE DANGER IN EITHER AREA AT THIS TIME. THESE STORMS ARE BEING MONITORED CLOSELY. MOVEMENT OF ALL STORMS WAS NORTH NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH. THE ATMOSPHERE OVER CENTRAL KANSAS REMAINS VERY UNSTABL8E AND ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON. *TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 125 IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 800 PM CDT. LEIVERS
Special weather statement, Apr 12, 4:07 PM CDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-122200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 405 PM CDT FRI APR 12 1991 AT 400 PM...THUNDERSTORMS IN OKLAHOMA BEING MONITORED. A LARGE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. IT'S HISTORY HAS INCLUDED THREE INCH HAIL AND NUMEROUS TORNADO WARNINGS. ALTHOUGH IT IS NOT AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...IT IS MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH. PRESENT MOVEMENT AND DIRECTION WOULD BRING IT INTO SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...SOMEWHERE ALONG THE HARPER OR SUMNER COUNTY LINE ...WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. IT IS BEING MONITORED CLOSELY. THE ATMOSPHERE OVER CENTRAL KANSAS REMAINS VERY UNSTABLE AND ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON. *TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 125 IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 800 PM CDT. LEIVERS
Special weather statement, Apr 12, 4:20 PM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-122230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 420 PM CDT FRI APR 12 1991 AT 415 PM...A LINE OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE BUSTING IN CENTRAL KANSAS. WICHITA RADAR INDICATED THREE LARGE THUNDERSTORMS. THE FIRST WAS LOCATED ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF RUSSELL. THE SECOND...NEWLY DEVELOPED...HAD RAPIDLY FORMED SINCE 400 PM ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF MEDICINE LODGE...OR 25 MILES SOUTH OF PRATT. THE THIRD...AND AT THIS TIME MOST DANGEROUS STORM...CONTINUED IN NORTHERN OKLAHOMA...NORTHWEST OF ENID. ALL OF THESE STORMS ARE BEING MONITORED CLOSELY AS THEY MOVE ABOUT THE SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS REGION. STAY TUNED FOR MORE INFORMATION AND FURTHER UPDATES. *TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 125 IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 800 PM CDT. LEIVERS
Special weather statement, Apr 12, 4:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-122230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 430 PM CDT FRI APR 12 1991 AT 430 PM...A LINE OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WAS BUSTING IN CENTRAL KANSAS. A BROKEN LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...GENERALLY FROM RUSSELL TO PRATT TO THE OKLAHOMA BORDER 75 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WICHITA... AND SOUTH INTO OKLAHOMA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED IN NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...NORTH OF ENID AND IN THE RUSSELL AREA. OTHER RAPIDLY DEVELOPING STORMS WERE IN THE MEDICINE LODGE AREA...ABOUT 60 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WICHITA AND WEST OF THAT AREA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH. STAY TUNED FOR MORE INFORMATION AND FURTHER UPDATES. *TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 125 IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 800 PM CDT. LEIVERS
Special weather statement, Apr 12, 4:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-122300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 453 PM CDT FRI APR 12 1991 AT 445 PM...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WEST AND SOUTH OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. TWO AREAS OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEING MONITORED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT THIS TIME. THE FIRST WAS IN NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...NORTHWEST OF ENID. NUMEROUS TORNADOES HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH THIS STORM. PRESENT MOVEMENT WILL BRING IT INTO SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS IN THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. THE OTHER STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF PRATT. THIS STORM HAS DEVELOPED RAPIDLY...HOWEVER AT THIS TIME THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER ASSOCIATED WI!TH IT. BOTH STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH. *TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 125 IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 800 PM CDT. LEIVERS
Special weather statement, Apr 12, 5:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-122300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 508 PM CDT FRI APR 12 1991 AT 500 PM...STORMS WEST AND SOUTH OF WICHITA BEING MONITORED. TWO AREAS OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEING MONITORED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT THIS TIME. THE FIRST WAS IN NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...NORTHWEST OF ENID. NUMEROUS TORNADOES HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH THIS STORM. PRESENT MOVEMENT WILL BRING IT INTO SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS IN ABOUT AN HOUR. THE OTHER STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF PRATT. A TORNADO HAS JUST BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. BOTH STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 15 MPH. PEOPLE NEAR THESE AREWAS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION. *TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 125 IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 800 PM CDT. LEIVERS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 12, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper | 69 min |
| Apr 12, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman | 55 min |
| Apr 12, 5:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Sumner | 53 min |
| Apr 12, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno | 65 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.