Tornado Warning 21, NWS Wichita, KS

Issued

Apr 26, 1991, 6:09 PM CDT (23:09 UTC)

Expired

Apr 26, 1991, 6:45 PM CDT

In force

36 min

Issued by

NWS Wichita, KS

Area

Whole counties

County Sedgwick 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
609 PM CDT FRI APR 26 1991
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  645 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
 
   ...EASTERN SEDGWICK COUNTY
 
AT 605 PM CDT...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED ON THE GROUND IN THE VICINITY OF
CLEARWATER...OR 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WICHITA. ANOTHER TORNADO WAS
REPORTED NEAR HAYSVILLE. PERSONS IN HAYSVILLE...DERBY...MULVANE...TAKE
COVER IMMEDIATELY. YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. THE STORM WAS
MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
 
 
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 wOR CULVERT.
 
HEDGES

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.