Tornado Warning 28, NWS Wichita, KS

Issued

Apr 26, 1991, 7:26 PM CDT (00:26 UTC)

Expired

Apr 26, 1991, 8:15 PM CDT

In force

49 min

Issued by

NWS Wichita, KS

Area

Whole counties

Counties Chase County, KS, Greenwood 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
726 PM CDT FRI APR 26 1991
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  815 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL KANSAS
 
   ...CHASE COUNTY
 
IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS
 
   ...NORTHERN GREENWOOD COUNTY
 
AT 726 PM CDT REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM EASTERN
PARTS OF CHASE COUNTY. ALSO THE TORNADOES IN NORTHERN BUTLER COUNTY ARE
MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST CHASE AND NORTHWEST GREENWOOD COUNTIES.
 
THE STORMS WERE LOCATED 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EMPORIA AND 30 MILES
NORTHEAST OF EL DORADO.
 
IF YOU LIVE IN THE TOWN TETERVILLE...COTTONWOOD FALLS YOU SHOULD TAKE
COVER NOW.
 
 
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO
TO A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A
TORNADO.  CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TO}RNADO WINDS. IF NO
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.
 
PRESTON

In the hours 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

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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.