Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1991
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 11, 1991, 5:01 PM CDT for Smith County, Kansas. It was in force for 29 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
- Apr 11, 1991, 5:01 PM CDT (22:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 11, 1991, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Smith County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 5:05 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Smith, KS | |
| Apr 11, 5:25 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Smith, 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, Apr 11, 3:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
KSZALL-112100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 301 PM CDT THU APR 11 1991 ...THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER OVER PATRS OF KANSAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL KANSAS. ALL OF THE INGRIEDIENTS NEEDED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD COME TOGETHER BY LATE AFERNOON OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL KANSAS. PEOPLE IN WESTERN AND CENTRAL KANSAS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER CLOSELY AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. STORMS THAT DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON MAY SPREAD INTO EASTERN KANSAS LATER TONIGHT. WOYNICK
Special weather statement, Apr 11, 3:22 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-DDHHMM- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 321 PM CDT THU APR 11 1991- ...TORNADO WATCH 117 IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND NORTH-CENTRAL KANSAS EXCEPT FOR WASHINGTON AND CLAY COUNTIES... AT 320 PM CONCORDIA RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS FROM 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF PHILLIPSBURG OR 15 MILES NORTH OF SMITH CENTER KANSAS TO KEARNEY IN NEBRASKA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEWLY DEVELOPED AND NO MOVEMENT HAD BEEN DETERMINED. THE ATMOSPHERE OVER CENTRAL AND NORTH-CENTRAL KANSAS IS VERY UNSTABLE AND RAPID THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE IN THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS ACROSS THE REGION. KLEYLA
Special weather statement, Apr 11, 4:31 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-DDHHMM- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 430 PM CDT THU APR 11 1991- ...TORNADO WATCH 117 IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND NORTH-CENTRAL KANSAS EXCEPT FOR WASHINGTON AND CLAY COUNTIES... AT 430 PM CONCORDIA RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WHICH EXTENDED FROM 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF PHILLIPSBURG OR 10 MILES NORTH OF SMITH CENTER KANSAS TO KEARNEY IN NEBRASKA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. THE ATMOSPHERE OVER CENTRAL AND NORTH-CENTRAL KANSAS IS VERY UNSTABLE AND RAPID THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE IN THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS ACROSS THE REGION. WHITMORE
Special weather statement, Apr 11, 4:33 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-112232- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 432 PM CDT THU APR 11 1991- ...TORNADO WATCH 117 IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND NORTH-CENTRAL KANSAS EXCEPT FOR WASHINGTON AND CLAY COUNTIES... AT 430 PM CONCORDIA RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WHICH EXTENDED FROM 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF PHILLIPSBURG OR 10 MILES NORTH OF SMITH CENTER KANSAS TO KEARNEY IN NEBRASKA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. THE ATMOSPHERE OVER CENTRAL AND NORTH-CENTRAL KANSAS IS VERY UNSTABLE AND RAPID THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE IN THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS ACROSS THE REGION. WHITMORE
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.