Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1991
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 26, 1991, 11:48 PM CST for Marshall County, Nemaha County, Kansas. It was in force for 57 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
- Mar 26, 1991, 11:48 PM CST (05:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 1991, 12:45 AM CST
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Marshall County, KS, Nemaha County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 11:55 PM CST | Hail 2 | Nemaha, KS | |
| Mar 27, 12:01 AM CST | 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, Mar 26, 8:28 PM CST, 3 hours 20 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-270330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 828 PM CST TUE MAR 26 1991 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 63 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST FOR MOST OF CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 825 PM CST A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 15 MILES SOUTH OF CONCORDIA TO NEAR RUSSELL AND INTO SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. THE HEAVIEST ACTIVITY WAS OCCURING ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CONCORDIA. ANOTHER AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE FROM NEAR TOPEKA TO 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SALINA TO NEAR MCPHERSON. THE HEAVIEST ACTIVITY WAS LOCATED 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SALINA OR JUST NORTH OF DURHAM. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 40 MPH. P7ERSONS IN CENTRAL KANSAS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR SEVERE WEATHER. MRU
Special weather statement, Mar 26, 8:52 PM CST, 2 hours 56 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-270400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 852 PM CST TUE MAR 26 1991 RADAR AT 845 PM INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL KANSAS ARE BEGINING TO MOVE INTO EAST-CENTRAL KANSAS. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE RAIN EXTENDED FROM JUNCTION CITY TO 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JUNCTION CITY NEAR HERINGTON. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS 20 MILES SOUTH OF ABILENE. THE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. BRIEtF HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT HOUR IN MORRIS AND GEARY COUNTIES. KISNER
Special weather statement, Mar 26, 9:19 PM CST, 2 hours 29 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-270430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 918 PM CST TUE MAR 26 1991 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 67 IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST WEDNESDAY FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 915 PM CST A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR MANHATTAN TO 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CONCORDIA OR JUST NORTHWEST OF CLAY CENTER TO RUSSELL TO 20 WEST OF RUSSELL. THE HEAVIEST ACTIVITY WAS LOCATED FROM SALINA TO NEAR MINNEAPOLIS TO NEAR RUSSELL. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND INTENSE LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVED NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH. TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 67 HAS REPLACED WATCH NUMBER 64 AND IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST WEDNESDAY. PERSONS IN CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR SEVERE WEATHER. ...MRU...
Special weather statement, Mar 26, 9:24 PM CST, 2 hours 24 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-270420- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 923 PM CST TUE MAR 26 1991 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 64 COVERING MUCH OF NORTHEAST KANSAS WILL BE CANCELLED AT 930PM. HOWEVER ANOTHER TORNADO WATCH...NUMBER 67...HAS BEEN REISSUED FOR CENTRAL AND A SMALL PART OF NORTHEAST KANSAS... MAINLY WEST OF A LINE FROM SENECA TO EMPORIA AND WESTWARD. AT 920PM SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MANHATTAN AREA WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. STRONGER STORMS WERE NEAR SALINA ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH...THESE STORMS COULD ARRIVE IN THE MANHATTAN AND JUNCTION CITY AREA BETWEEN 10 AND 1030PM. OVER THE REST OF NORTHEAST KANSAS...NO RAIN OR STORMS WERE SHOWN AT 920PM.. AKULOW
Special weather statement, Mar 26, 9:50 PM CST, 1 hour 58 minutes before
KSZ013>016-270445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 950 PM CST TUE MAR 26 1991 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 67 IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THAT PART OF NORTHEAST KANSAS WEST OF A LINE FROM SENECA WHICH IS ABOUT 60 MILES NORTHWEST OF TOPEKA...TO EMPORIA. THE WATCH WILL CONTINUE UNTIL 4AM CST WEDNESDAY AND ALSO COVERS ALL OF CENTRAL KANSAS. AT 950PM SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE BETWEEN MARYSVILLE AND MANHATTAN... WHILE STRONG AND POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR SALINA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH AND WILL LIKELY MOVE MARYSVILLE AREA AROUND 11PM. THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS QUITE HUMID AND UNSTABLE OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS TONIGHT...THUS MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY DURING THE NIGHT. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR LATER INFORMATION. AKULOW
Special weather statement, Mar 26, 10:28 PM CST, 1 hour 20 minutes before
KSZ013>016-270530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1028 PM CST TUE MAR 26 1991 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 67 IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THAT PART OF NORTHEAST KANSAS WEST OF A LINE FROM SENECA WHICH IS ABOUT 60 MILES NORTHWEST OF TOPEKA...TO EMPORIA. THE WATCH WILL CONTINUE UNTIL 4AM CST WEDNESDAY AND ALSO COVERS ALL OF CENTRAL KANSAS. THUNDERSTORMS HAD INCREASED IN THE MANHATTAN AND MARYSVILLE AREA BETWEEN 10 AND 1030PM. THE STORMS WERE JUST WEST AND NORTHEAST OF TUTTLE CREEK LAKE...NORTH INTO SOUTHERN MARSHALL COUNTY NEAR FRANKFORT. VERY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY MOVE NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 40 MPH INTO MARSHALL AND NEMAHA COUNTIES BY 1115PM. AKULOW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 6:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud, Mitchell | 38 min |
| Mar 26, 6:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Republic | 44 min |
| Mar 26, 6:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TOP | McPherson, Rice | 40 min |
| Mar 26, 7:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TOP | McPherson | 30 min |
| Mar 26, 9:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lincoln, Ottawa | 44 min |
| Mar 26, 9:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Russell | 19 min |
| Mar 26, 9:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lincoln, Ottawa | 30 min |
| Mar 26, 10:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Cloud | 48 min |
| Mar 26, 10:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TOP | Clay | 25 min |
| Mar 26, 10:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Nemaha | 67 min |
| Mar 26, 11:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud, Washington | 45 min |
| Mar 26, 11:18 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TOP | Marshall, Pottawatomie | 27 min |
| Mar 26, 11:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | McPherson | 54 min |
| Mar 26, 11:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Morris, Wabaunsee | 67 min |
| Mar 27, 12:17 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Brown | 43 min |
| Mar 27, 12:19 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Shawnee | 41 min |
| Mar 27, 1:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon, Osage, Shawnee, Wabaunsee | 60 min |
| Mar 27, 1:17 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TOP | Jefferson | 28 min |
| Mar 27, 1:29 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Jefferson | 61 min |
| Mar 27, 1:48 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TOP | Douglas | 42 min |
| Mar 27, 1:55 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Shawnee | 35 min |
| Mar 27, 2:24 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Jefferson, Shawnee | 66 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.