Tornado Warning 19, NWS Wichita, KS

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1225 PM CDT FRI APR 26 1991

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 1 PM...

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS.  THE STRONGEST
THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ABOUT 15 MILES NORTH OF CHANUTE.  THESE
STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY
WINDS...ANS DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.  THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THE WEATHER SITUATION ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS REMAINS
QUITE TENSE THIS AFTERNOON.  THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER REMAINS HIGH.
NEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP RAPIDLY ALONG A DRYLINE TO THE
WEST OF WICHITA AND HUTCHINSON.  A TORNADO WATCH WILL GO INTO EFFECT AT
100 PM UNTIL 8 PM FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...AND PARTS OF
SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

STAY TUNED TO LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATIONS...AND NOAA WEATHER
RADIO...FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT.

HEDGES

KSZ009-011-012-014-017-261915-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
112 PM CDT FRI APR 26 1991

...TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 8 PM...

THE WEATHER SITUATION OVER KANSAS IS TENSE THIS AFTERNOON.  THE THREAT
OF SEVERE WEATHER IS HIGH.  EARLIER THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER SOUTHEAST
KANSAS WAS LOCATED ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF CHANUTE...AND HAD
WEAKENED CONSIDERABLY.  THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST
KANSAS IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

AT 100 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED NEW THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ALONG A
LINE FROM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF SALINA...TO 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF
HUTCHINSON.  THIS NEW AREA IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DEVELOPING
SOUTHWARD...AND INTENSIFY RAPIDLY.  THIS IS WHERE THE PRIMARY SEVERE
WEATHER THREAT WILL BEGIN...AND SPREAD EASTWARD AT ABOUT 20 MPH.

CONTINUE TO MONITOR LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATIONS...AND NOAA
WEATHER RADIO...FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT.

HEDGES

KSZ009-011-012-014-017-261945-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
139 PM CDT FRI APR 26 1991

...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER CENTRAL KANSAS...

AT 133 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER
CENTRAL KANSAS.  THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF
SALINA...AND HAS PROMPTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR OTTAWA
COUNTY OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPED RAPIDLY ABOUT 30 MILES WEST OF
ANTHONY.  THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER WITHIN THE NEXT
HOUR.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER OVER CENTRAL KANSAS IS HIGH.  A TORNADO
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 8 PM.  SEVERE WEATHER
CAN DEVELOP RAPIDLY.  KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY...AND MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THE SEVERE
WEATHER THREAT.

HEDGES

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