Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1991
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 1991, 8:46 PM CDT for Clay County, Washington County, Kansas. It was in force for 44 min. 2 reports 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 29, 1991, 8:46 PM CDT (01:46 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 1991, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Clay County, KS, Washington County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 8:49 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Clay, KS | |
| May 29, 9:22 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Clay, 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
Omaha, NE (KOVN), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 549 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -117 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1066 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 142 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
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 29, 3:21 PM CDT, 5 hours 25 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-292120- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 321 PM CDT WED MAY 29 1991 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 426 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND NORTH-CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 320 PM THUNDERSTORM CONTAINING VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING FROM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SALINA NEAR FALUN AND 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF HUTCHINSON NEAR INMAN. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE ATMOSPHERE OVER CENTRAL AND NORTH-CENTRAL KANSAS IS VERY UNSTABLE AND ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE ANY WHERE LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS. KLEYLA
Special weather statement, May 29, 3:43 PM CDT, 5 hours 3 minutes before
KSZ013>016-292200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 342 PM CDT WED MAY 29 1991 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 426 IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN PART OF NORTHEAST KANSAS TILL 9 PM THIS EVENING. AT 345 PM NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...HOWEVER CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPEMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS. PERSONS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING CONDITIONS. RWC
Special weather statement, May 29, 4:25 PM CDT, 4 hours 21 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-292230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 425 PM CDT WED MAY 29 1991 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 426 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND NORTH-CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 425 PM THUNDERSTORM CONTAINING VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WERE 30 MILES WEAT OF SALINA NEAR ELLSWORTH 20 MILES SOUTH OF SALINA NEAR LINDSBORG. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE ATMOSPHERE OVER CENTRAL AND NORTH-CENTRAL KANSAS IS VERY UNSTABLE AND ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE ANYWHERE ACROSS THE AREA INTO THE EVENING HOURS. LLS
Special weather statement, May 29, 4:53 PM CDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before
KSZ013>016-292300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 450 PM CDT WED MAY 29 1991 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 426 IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN PART OF NORTHEAST KANSAS TILL 9 PM THIS EVENING. AT 445 PM NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...HOWEVER CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS. PERSONS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY IN THE WATCH AREA. KAYS
Special weather statement, May 29, 5:49 PM CDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before
KSZ013>016-300000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 550 PM CDT WED MAY 29 1991 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 426 IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN PART OF NORTHEAST KANSAS TILL 9 PM THIS EVENING. AT 545 PM NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...HOWEVER CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS. PERSONS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY IN THE WATCH ARqEA. KAYS
Special weather statement, May 29, 6:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Ellsworth, Lincoln, Russell | 60 min |
| May 29, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Smith | 63 min |
| May 29, 7:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Lincoln, Russell | 6 hr |
| May 29, 8:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Ottawa | 64 min |
| May 29, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Saline | 31 min |
| May 29, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Saline | 45 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.