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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Topeka, KS

April 17, 1991Cloud County, Republic County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 17, 1991, 1:00 PM CDT for Cloud County, Republic County, Kansas. It was in force for 45 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 17, 1991, 1:00 PM CDT (18:00 UTC)
Expired
Apr 17, 1991, 1:45 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cloud County, KS, Republic County, KS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 17, 1:02 PM CDTHail 1.75Republic, KS
Apr 17, 1:29 PM CDTHail 0.75Republic, 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

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 188 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, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 1991-04-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 1991-04-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 216 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
NaN m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
216 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
232 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.2

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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 17, 9:24 AM CDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Apr 17, 9:34 AM CDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-171600-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
930 AM CDT WED APR 17 1991

AT 830 AM CDT SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM 20 MILES SOUTH/
EAST OF SALINA TO JUST SOUTH OF ABILENE.  BRIEF HEAVY RAIN..GUSTY WINDS
AND DAGEROUS LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED FORM THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE
NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THE REST OF CENTRAL AND NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS CAN EXPECT MOSTLY CLOUDY
SHIES TODAY WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING LATE THIS AFTERNOON...
GENERALLY AFTER 4 PM.  HIGH TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON WILL RANGE NEAR
75 AT GREAT BEND..MCPHERSON AND SALINA AND IN THE LOW 60S ALONG THE
KANSAS NEBRASKA BORDER.   THE WIND WILL BLOW FROM THE EAST TO THE
NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 20 MPH.

LS
Special weather statement, Apr 17, 10:17 AM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-171615-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1015 AM CDT WED APR 17 1991

... A SMALL AREA OF SHOWERS WITH IMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES
TO MOVE INTO NORTHEAST KANSAS...

AN AREA OF SHOWERS WITH A FEW IMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WAS CENTERED
ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SALINA. THIS AREA HAS WEAKENED SOME
AND IS MOVING TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. FORT RILEY
CAN EXPECT SHOWERS TO START AROUND 1030 AM AND IN THE MANHATTAN AREA
AROUND 11 AM. GUSTY WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...AND OCCASIONAL
LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FORM LATER THIS AFTERNOON WITH SOME
STORMS BEING SEVERE SOME OF THE KANSAS RIVER. LOO0K FOR HIGH
TEMPERATURES TO RANGE BETWEEN 70 AND 75 DEGREES.

METZE
Special weather statement, Apr 17, 10:23 AM CDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-171615-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS...CORRECTION TO 2ND PARA...
1015 AM CDT WED APR 17 1991

... A SMALL AREA OF SHOWERS WITH IMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES
TO MOVE INTO NORTHEAST KANSAS...

AN AREA OF SHOWERS WITH A FEW IMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WAS CENTERED
ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SALINA. THIS AREA HAS WEAKENED SOME
AND IS MOVING TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. FORT RILEY
CAN EXPECT SHOWERS TO START AROUND 1030 AM AND IN THE MANHATTAN AREA
AROUND 11 AM. GUSTY WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...AND OCCASIONAL
LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FORM LATER THIS AFTERNOON WITH SOME
STORMS BEING SEVERE SCOUTH OF THE KANSAS RIVER. LOOK FOR HIGH
TEMPERATURES TO RANGE BETWEEN 70 AND 75 DEGREES.

METZE
Special weather statement, Apr 17, 10:36 AM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-171700-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
1035 AM CDT WED APR 17 1991

AT 1035 AM CDT SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF
SALINA NEAR ABILENE.  BRIEF HEAVY RAIN..GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE NORTH NORTHEAST
AT 15 MPH.

OTHER SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY SOME THUNDER WAS INDICATED 25 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF HUTCHINSON AND WERE LASO MOVIzNG NORTH NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.  THESE
SHOWERS WILL BE IN THE LYONS AREA BY 1130 AM CDT.

LS
Special weather statement, Apr 17, 12:45 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
KSZ013>016-171845-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1242 PM CDT WED APR 17 1991

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST
AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING...

AT 1240 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 15
MILES WEST OF TOPEKA...NEAR OR OVER WILLARD...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT AROUND 10 MILES AN HOUR. THIS MOVEMENT WILL TAKE THE STORM
ACROSS SILVER LAKE TO JUST SOUTHWEST OF HOYT BY 130 PM. HOYT IS
ABOUT 11 MILES NORTH OF TOPEKA.

BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS TO AROUND 40 MILES AN HOUR AND
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE LIKELY WITH THE STORM AS IT PASSES.
SOME HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCOH COVERS THAT PART OF NORTHEAST KANSAS
WEST OF A HIAWATHA TO TOPEKA TO BURLINGTON LINE AND INCLUDES THE
CITIES OF MANHATTAN...JUNCTION CITY...EMPORIA...TOPEKA AND
MARYSVILLE.

BILLS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 17, 11:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRice55 min
Apr 17, 12:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMcPherson43 min
Apr 17, 12:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCloud, Ottawa49 min
Apr 17, 1:22 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPMcPherson23 min
Apr 17, 1:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary, Riley67 min
Apr 17, 1:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPPottawatomie67 min
Apr 17, 2:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPPottawatomie, Wabaunsee51 min
Apr 17, 2:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRiley36 min
Apr 17, 3:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWabaunsee47 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.