Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1991
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 121, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 1991, 5:48 PM CDT for Marshall County, Kansas. It was in force for 42 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
- May 16, 1991, 5:48 PM CDT (22:48 UTC)
- Expired
- May 16, 1991, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Marshall County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 5:55 PM CDT | Hail 1.5 | Marshall, 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 text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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, May 16, 2:39 PM CDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-162045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 238 PM CDT THU MAY 16 1991 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 8PM CDT TONIGHT... AT 236PM...AN AREA OF RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL WERE LOCATED MOSTLY WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF CONCORDIA NEAR MANKATO...TO JUST WEST OF SALINA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF SALINA AND 50 MILES WEST OF CONCORDIA NEAR HARLAN. THESE STORMS WERE ALL MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. STAY AWARE AND ALERT AND STAY UP WITH CURRENT WEATHER INFORMATION. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS. JF
Special weather statement, May 16, 3:05 PM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-162100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 303 PM CDT THU MAY 16 1991 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 345 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN PART OF NORTHEAST KANSAS TILL 9 PM. AT 255 PM SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM 5 TO 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OTTAWA. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS MOVING TO THE NORTH. VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP ANYPLACE OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. BE PREPARED SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER BE INDICATED. RWC
Special weather statement, May 16, 3:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-162145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 339 PM CDT THU MAY 16 1991 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 345 FOR MUCH OF THE WESTERN PART OF NORTHEAST KANSAS TILL 9 PM. NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS REPORTED IN NORTHEAST KANSAS BETWEEN 230 AND 330 PM. AT 330 PM A VERY STRONG THUNDESTORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF OTTAWA IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF MIAMI COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT 20 MILE AN HOUR. VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS ABOUT 15 MILES EAST OF CHANUTE MOVING TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LCOATED OVER NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 20 MEILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SCATTERED OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. BE ALERT FOR SEVERE CONDITIONS. OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE LOW 60S. RWC
Special weather statement, May 16, 4:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-162200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 403 PM CDT THU MAY 16 1991 TORNADO WATCH FOR THE WESTERN PART OF NORTHEAST KANSAS TILL 9 PM. NO SEVERE WEATEHR HAS BEEN REPORTED IN NORTHEAST KANSAS BETWEEN 300 AND 400 PM. AT 355 PM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED NEAR OLATHE. A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FORT SCOTT IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AROUND 20 MILES AN HOUR. A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED SOUTHEAST OF CONCORDIA IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER ALL OF NORTHEAST KANSAS THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. BE ALERT FOR SEVERE WEATHER. LOW TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE LOW 60S. RWC
Special weather statement, May 16, 4:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-162200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 403 PM CDT THU MAY 16 1991 TORNADO WATCH FOR THE WESTERN PART OF NORTHEAST KANSAS TILL 9 PM. NO SEVERE WEATEHR HAS BEEN REPORTED IN NORTHEAST KANSAS BETWEEN 300 AND 400 PM. AT 355 PM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED NEAR OLATHE. A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FORT SCOTT IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AROUND 20 MILES AN HOUR. A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED SOUTHEAST OF CONCORDIA IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER ALL OF NORTHEAST KANSAS THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. BE ALERT FOR SEVERE WEATHER. LOW TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE LOW 60S. RWC
Special weather statement, May 16, 4:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-162245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 439 PM CDT THU MAY 16 1991 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 345 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WEASTERN PART OF NORTHEAST KANSAS. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN NORTHEAST KANSAS BETWEEN 330 AND 430 PM. AT 430 PM VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE REPORTED NORTHEAST OF FORT SCOT MOVING TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. ANOTHER VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED 10 TO 15 MILES EAST OF CONCORDIA IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER ALL OF NORTHEAST KANSAS THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. BE ALERT FOR SEVERE WEATHER. OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE LOW 60S. RWC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 1:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Ellsworth | 53 min |
| May 16, 2:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Russell | 44 min |
| May 16, 2:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Ottawa | 25 min |
| May 16, 3:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Lincoln, Mitchell, Osborne | 33 min |
| May 16, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud | 50 min |
| May 16, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Russell | 28 min |
| May 16, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay | 46 min |
| May 16, 4:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Washington | 52 min |
| May 16, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud | 46 min |
| May 16, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Washington | 31 min |
| May 16, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Barton | 33 min |
| May 16, 5:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Barton | 48 min |
| May 16, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Russell | 41 min |
| May 16, 6:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Barton, Ellsworth, Rice | 47 min |
| May 16, 6:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Russell | 43 min |
| May 16, 6:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lincoln | 43 min |
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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.