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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Topeka, KS

May 16, 1991Lincoln County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 1991, 6:47 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Kansas. It was in force for 43 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 16, 1991, 6:47 PM CDT (23:47 UTC)
Expired
May 16, 1991, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Lincoln County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 205 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 12:00Z on 1991-05-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1548 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 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 12:00Z on 1991-05-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 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
1548 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-120 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
947 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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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, 3:05 PM CDT, 3 hours 42 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, 3 hours 7 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, 2 hours 43 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, 2 hours 41 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, 2 hours 7 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
Special weather statement, May 16, 6:34 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 16, 1:37 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPEllsworth53 min
May 16, 2:46 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPRussell44 min
May 16, 2:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOttawa25 min
May 16, 3:00 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPLincoln, Mitchell, Osborne33 min
May 16, 3:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCloud50 min
May 16, 3:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRussell28 min
May 16, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay46 min
May 16, 4:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWashington52 min
May 16, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCloud46 min
May 16, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWashington31 min
May 16, 5:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPBarton33 min
May 16, 5:42 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPBarton48 min
May 16, 5:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall42 min
May 16, 5:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRussell41 min
May 16, 6:28 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPBarton, Ellsworth, Rice47 min
May 16, 6:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRussell43 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.