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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 1991, 7:17 PM CDT for Butler County, Kansas. It was in force for 43 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 26, 1991, 7:17 PM CDT (00:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 1991, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Butler County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 79 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 409 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 485 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 17.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KICT 270021 TORICT KSC015-270100- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 717 PM CDT FRI APR 26 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS ...NORTHERN BUTLER COUNTY AT 715 PM CDT EL DORADO PD REPORTED A TWO TORNADOES ON THE GROUND OVER EL DORADO RESERVOIR. THESE TORNADOES ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. IF YOU LIVE IN THE TOWN OF CHELSEA AND CASSODY...TAKE COVER NOW. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER OIN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. PRESTON
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 26, 1:42 PM CDT, 5 hours 35 minutes before
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 z
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase | 59 min |
| Apr 26, 7:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Cowley, Elk | 40 min |
| Apr 26, 7:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Chase, Greenwood | 49 min |
| Apr 26, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Greenwood | 54 min |
| Apr 26, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Elk | 49 min |
| Apr 26, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Montgomery | 44 min |
| Apr 26, 7:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Elk, Greenwood | 31 min |
| Apr 26, 8:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 41 min |
| Apr 26, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Montgomery | 47 min |
| Apr 26, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sumner | 44 min |
| Apr 26, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Wilson, Woodson | 57 min |
| Apr 26, 8:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Greenwood | 37 min |
| Apr 26, 8:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 36 min |
| Apr 26, 8:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Wilson, Woodson | 58 min |
| Apr 26, 9:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Labette, Montgomery | 58 min |
| Apr 26, 10:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Labette, Montgomery | 32 min |
| Apr 27, 12:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Bourbon | 24 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.