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Tornado Warning 31, NWS Wichita, KS

April 26, 1991Sedgwick County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 1991, 8:30 PM CDT for Sedgwick County, Kansas. It was in force for 36 min. 1 report 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, 8:30 PM CDT (01:30 UTC)
Expired
Apr 26, 1991, 9:06 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Sedgwick County, KS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 26, 8:33 PM CDTTornado F0Sedgwick, 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

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 215 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, Dodge City, 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 1991-04-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -10 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
3419 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KICT 270132
TORICT
KSC173-270230-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
830 PM CDT FRI APR 26 1991
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  930 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
 
   ...SEDGWICK COUNTY
 
A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND IN SOUTH WICHITA AT 55TH STREET SOUTH AND
HYDRAULIC. IF YOU ARE IN SOUTH WICHITA...TAKE COVER NOW.
 
THE TORNADO IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
 
 
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 OR CULVERT.

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, 7:59 PM CDTTornado WarningICTElk, Greenwood31 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, 8:57 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

Tornado Warnings in Kansas, 1991Every tornado warning in 1991Tornadoes in 1991

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.