Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1991
Tornado Warning 46, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 1, 1991, 5:36 PM CDT for Butler County, Kansas. It was in force for 24 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
- Jun 1, 1991, 5:36 PM CDT (22:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 1991, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Butler County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 5:40 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Butler, 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 12:00Z, 10.6 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
- 3284 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 661 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KICT 012237 TORICT KSC015-012315- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 536 PM CDT SAT JUN 1 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS ...BUTLER COUNTY AT 534 PM CDT...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY A SPOTTER IN EXTREME SOUTH- CENTRAL BUTLER COUNTY 3/4-1 MILE NORTH OF THE COWLEY-BUTLER COUNTY LINE OR 4 MILES NORTH OF ATLANTA. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. 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.
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, Jun 1, 3:31 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-012130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 330 PM CDT SAT JUN 1 1991 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 325 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR WERE MOVING INTO WESTERN KINGMAN AND HARPER COUNTIES AND SOUTHWESTERN RENO COUNTIES. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HUTCHINSON SOUTHWARD TO 30 MILES SOUTH: SOUTHEAST OF MEDICINE LODGE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 461 REMAINS IN EFFECT OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 5 PM CDT. ELDER
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 4:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-012230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 435 PM CDT SAT JUN 1 1991 ...HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 427 PM CDT A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR EXTENDED FROM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SALINA SOUTHWARD ACROSS HUTCHINSON TO 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MEDICINE LODGE. ON THE LEADING EDGE OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS VERY GUSTY WINDS WERE OCCUTRRING. AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE ON THE WEST SIDE OF WICHITA MID CONTINENT AIRPORT HAD A WIND GUST TO 46 MILES AN HOUR AT 426 PM. PERSONS IN WICHITA, NEWTON, AND WELLINGTON CAN EXPECT STRONG WINDS AND VERYa HEAVY RAIN OVER THE NEXT HOUR. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 466 CONTINUES FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS TILL 1000 PM CDT.
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 4:50 PM CDT, 46 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-012230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 450 PM CDT SAT JUN 1 1991 ...THUNDERSTORMS IN THE WICHITA AREA... AT 445 PM CDT A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WINDS OF 45 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR EXTENDED FROM 20 MILES SOUTH OF SALINA SOUTHWARD ACROSS WICHITA TO 40 MILES WEST OF ARKANSAS CITY, OR JUST WEST OF CALDWELL. IN THIS LINE THE MOST INTENSE STORMS WERE ABOUT 5 MILES EAST OF ANDALE AND ANOTHER 10 MILES WEST OF CALDWELL. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. OVER THE NEXT HOUR PERSONS IN HILLSBORO, EL DORADO, AND ARKANSAS CITY WILL EXPERIENCE STRONG WINDS AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE MOVING EAST WARD. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 466 CONTINUES FOR MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS TILL 1000 PM CDT. ELDER
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 5:09 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-012230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 505 PM CDT SAT JUN 1 1991 A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED MOVING NORTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS. THE LINE...15 MILES WIDE...EXTENDED FROM 15 MILES SOUTH OF SALINA THROUGH WICHITA TO THE KANSAS/OKLAHOMA BORDER 40 MILES SOUTH OF WICHITA NEAR CALDWELL. THESE STORMS CONTAINED 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINS. AT 427 PM WINDS GUSTED TO 47 MPH AT WICHITA MID-CONTIN- ENT AND AT 503 PM 46 MPH GUSTS AND PEA-SIZED HAIL WERE REPORTED AT MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. ES SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 466 CONTINUES FOR MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS TILL 1000 PM CDT. ELDER
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 5:14 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-012230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 505 PM CDT SAT JUN 1 1991 A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED MOVING NORTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS AT 505 PM. THE LINE...15 MILES WIDE...EXTENDED FROM 15 MILES SOUTH OF SALINA THROUGH WICHITA TO THE KANSAS/OKLAHOMA BORDER 40 MILES SOUTH OF WICHITA NEAR CALDWELL. THESE STORMS CONTAINED 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINS. AT 427 PM WINDS GUSTED TO 47 MPH AT WICHITA MID-CONTIN- ENT AND AT 503 PM 46 MPH GUSTS AND PEA-SIZED HAIL WERE REPORTED AT MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 466 CONTINUES FOR MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS TIL 1000 PM CDT. ES
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 5:35 PM CDT, 1 minute before
KSZ009-011-012-014-017-012330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 535 PM CDT SAT JUN 1 1991 ...STRONG WINDS MOVING INTO THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... A 525 PM CDT A THE LEADING EDGE OF A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...30 MILES WIDE...EXTENDED FROM SALINA TO 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF WICHITA, NEAR EL DORADO, TO ARKANSAS CITY. ALONG THIS LEADING EDGE WINDS WERE GUSTING TO ABOUT 45 MILES AN HOUR. ALSO THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING BRIEF PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN. THE LINE WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. IT WILL BE INTO THE EUREKA...HOWARD AND CEDAR VALE AREAS BY 630 PM CDT. THIS LINE WAS A PART OF A LARGER AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERTORMS THAT WERE IN AN AREA 60 MILELS WIDE THAT EXTENDED FROM 40 MILES WEST OF CONCORDIA THROUGH HUTCHINSON SOUTHWARD TO NORTHWEST OF OKLAHOMA CITY. THE AREA OF RAIN WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 466 CONTINUES FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS TILL 1000 PM CDT. ELDER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 3:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper | 37 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.