Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1991
Tornado Warning 16, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 12, 1991, 11:00 PM CDT for Reno County, Kansas. It was in force for 60 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, 11:00 PM CDT (04:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 13, 1991, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Reno County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 12, 11:25 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Reno, KS | |
| Apr 12, 11:30 PM CDT | Hail 1.5 | Reno, 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, 4.0 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3500 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 184 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KICT 130402 RRA TORICT KSC155-130500- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1100 PM CDT FRI APR 12 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS ...RENO COUNTY A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS OBSERVED AT 1100 PM CDT 20 MILES WEST OF HUTCHINSON NEAR SYLVIA. THE FUNNEL CLOUD WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU LIVE IN OR NEAR SYLVIA, PEACE CREEK, OR HUNTSVILLE, TAKE COVER THIS FUNNEL CLOUD COULD TOUCH DOWN AT ANY MOMENT. ALSO A THUNDERSTORM WITH POSSIBLE LARGE HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING INTO SOUTHERN RENO COUNTY ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF HUTCHINSON, OR 5 SOUTHWEST OF PRETTY PRAIRIE. THIS STORM WAS ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO
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, 5:07 PM CDT, 5 hours 53 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
Special weather statement, Apr 12, 8:39 PM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-130230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 840 PM CDT FRI APR 12 1991 ...LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS STILL MOVING SLOWLY ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS. AT 830 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE NEBRASKA BORDER NORTHEAST OF CONCORDIA...TO SALINA TO HUTCHINSON...TO PRATT. TRAILING THUNDERSTORMS NOT CONNECTED WITH THIS LINE WERE LOCATED SOUTH OF PRATT INTO OKLAHOMA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED EAST OF CONCORDIA AND 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HUTCHINSON. OTHER INTENSE STORMS CONTINUED IN NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SOME HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THE STORM NEAR HUTCHINSON. THE SYSTEM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. *TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 130 COVERS ALL OF CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 100 AM CDT. LEIVERS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 12, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey | 61 min |
| Apr 12, 9:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno | 63 min |
| Apr 12, 9:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman | 55 min |
| Apr 12, 10:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman | 42 min |
| Apr 12, 10:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Marion | 58 min |
| Apr 12, 11:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Reno | 116 min |
| Apr 12, 11:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey | 65 min |
| Apr 12, 11:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno | 68 min |
| Apr 13, 12:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper, Kingman | 57 min |
| Apr 13, 12:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Kingman | 2 hr |
| Apr 13, 12:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey | 50 min |
| Apr 13, 1:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Sedgwick | 69 min |
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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.