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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 42, NWS Topeka, KS

April 12, 1991Riley County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 12, 1991, 10:17 PM CDT for Riley County, Kansas. It was in force for 58 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
Apr 12, 1991, 10:17 PM CDT (03:17 UTC)
Expired
Apr 12, 1991, 11:15 PM CDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Riley County, KS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 12, 11:20 PM CDTHail 1Riley, 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 12, 7:26 PM CDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before
KSZ013>016-130115-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
725 PM CDT FRI APR 12 1991

...THERE ARE NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHEAST KANSAS AT 725 PM...

AT 725 PM CDT...THERE WERE NO SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHEAST
OR EAST CENTRAL KANSAS. HOWEVER...STRONG TO SEVER THUNDERSTORMS WERE
CONTINUING OVER CENTRAL KANSAS WITH THE CLOSEST THUNDERSTORMS TO
NORTHEAST KANSAS JUST TO THE WEST OF CLAY CENTER AT 720 PM THIS
EVENING. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED SOUTH SOUTHWEST TO NEAR SALINA
AND INTO SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS WEST OF WICHITA.

ALL THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT AROUND
30 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORMS NEAR CLAY CENTER WOULD MAKE IT TO NEAR
BLUE RAPIDS AND MARYSVILLE BY 830 PM IF THEY HOLD TOGETHER AND CONTINUE
CURRENT MOVEMENT.

PB
Special weather statement, Apr 12, 8:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 12, 7:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMitchell44 min
Apr 12, 7:30 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPClay30 min
Apr 12, 7:48 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPWashington42 min
Apr 12, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWashington40 min
Apr 12, 9:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMarshall54 min
Apr 12, 9:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMcPherson49 min
Apr 12, 10:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPWashington6 hr
Apr 12, 10:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMcPherson49 min
Apr 12, 11:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDickinson41 min
Apr 13, 12:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJackson, Pottawatomie, Shawnee, Wabaunsee41 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 1991Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1991

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.