Tornado Warning 34, NWS Wichita, KS

Issued

Apr 26, 1991, 10:13 PM CDT (03:13 UTC)

Expired

Apr 26, 1991, 10:45 PM CDT

In force

32 min

Issued by

NWS Wichita, KS

Area

Whole counties

Counties Labette County, KS, Montgomery 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
1013 PM CDT FRI APR 26 1991
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS
 
   ...WESTERN LABETTE COUNTY...SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY
 
AT 1015 PM CDT COFFEYVILLE POLICE REPORT A FUNNEL CLOUD 5 MILES WEST
NORTHWEST OF COFFEYVILLE. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 35
MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU ARE IN COFFEYVILLE AND ANGOLA...TAKE COVER NOW.
 
 
THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE IN THE
PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUNDP 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.

In the hours before

KSZ009-011-012-014-017-270400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1000  PM CDT FRI APR 26 1991

FRIDAY...APRIL 26, 1991...WILL LONG BE REMEMBERED FOR DEVASTATING
TORNADOES.

EARLIER THIS EVENING A TORNADO TORE THROUGH THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST
SIDES OF WICHITA. SEVERAL MOBILE HOME PARKS AND RESIDENTAL AREAS
WERE HIT WITH EXTENSIVE DAMAGE...NUMEROUS INJURIES...AND PROBABLE
DEATHS. AT MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE IN SOUTHEAST WICHITA THE BASE
HOSPITAL WAS HIT AND EXTENSIVELY DAMAGED.

THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEASTWARD HITTING THE CITY OF ANDOVER
AGAIN CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE, INJURIES, AND PROBABLE DEATHS, THEN
ON TO ELDORADO.

ALSO A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN EAST OF WIINFIELD IN COWLEY COUNTY AND
MOVED NORTHEASTWARD. THIS TORNADO BOUNCED ACROSS EASTERN COWLEY
COUNTY THEN INTO ELK COUNTY AND HIT THE COUNTY SEAT OF HOWARD. REPORTS
COMING IN FROM THAT CITY INDICATE EXTENSIVE DAMAGE, INJURIES, AND
DEATHS AS WELL.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE FROM 25 MILES WEST OF CHANUTE SOUTHWARD
ACROSS CEDAR VALE, WHICH IS 55 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WICHITA, INTO
NORTHERN OKLAHOMA. THERE STORMS ARE PRODUCING PEA TO MARBLE HAIL,
40-50 MILE AN HOUR WIND, AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
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THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 194 CONTINUES TILL 200 AM CDT FOR PARTS OF
CENTRAL AND EASTERN KANSAS.

ELDER

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.