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Tornado Warning 29, NWS Wichita, KS

April 26, 1991Elk County, Greenwood County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 1991, 7:59 PM CDT for Elk County, Greenwood County, Kansas. It was in force for 31 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 26, 1991, 7:59 PM CDT (00:59 UTC)
Expired
Apr 26, 1991, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Elk County, KS, Greenwood County, KS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 26, 8:25 PM CDTTornado F3Greenwood, KS
Apr 26, 8:35 PM CDTTornado F3Greenwood, 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

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 157 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 1991-04-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 1991-04-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 409 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KICT 270101
TORICT
KSC049-073-270130-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
759 PM CDT FRI APR 26 1991
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  830 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS
 
   ...NORTHERN ELK COUNTY...SOUTHERN GREENWOOD COUNTY
 
AT 758 PM CDT THE GREENWOOD COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD JUST
SOUTHWEST OF SEVERY...45 MILES WEST OF CHANUTE. ALSO REPORTS OF FUNNELS
HAVE BEEN RECIEVED IN NORTHERN ELK COUNTY.
 
THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
 
THE TOWNS OF SEVERY...PIEDMONT AND CLIMAX ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE
STORMS.  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 TORNADO WINDS. IF NO
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.
 
PRESTO

The office that day

Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 26, 7:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChase59 min
Apr 26, 7:05 PM CDTTornado WarningICTCowley, Elk40 min
Apr 26, 7:17 PM CDTTornado WarningICTButler43 min
Apr 26, 7:26 PM CDTTornado WarningICTChase, Greenwood49 min
Apr 26, 7:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTGreenwood54 min
Apr 26, 7:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTElk49 min
Apr 26, 7:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChautauqua, Montgomery44 min
Apr 26, 8:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick41 min
Apr 26, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMontgomery47 min
Apr 26, 8:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSumner44 min
Apr 26, 8:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTWilson, Woodson57 min
Apr 26, 8:23 PM CDTTornado WarningICTGreenwood37 min
Apr 26, 8:30 PM CDTTornado WarningICTSedgwick36 min
Apr 26, 8:57 PM CDTTornado WarningICTWilson, Woodson58 min
Apr 26, 9:17 PM CDTTornado WarningICTLabette, Montgomery58 min
Apr 26, 10:13 PM CDTTornado WarningICTLabette, Montgomery32 min
Apr 27, 12:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBourbon24 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.