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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Topeka, KS

April 26, 1991Ottawa County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 26, 1991, 1:25 PM CDT for Ottawa County, Kansas. It was in force for 65 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 26, 1991, 1:25 PM CDT (18:25 UTC)
Expired
Apr 26, 1991, 2:30 PM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Ottawa County, KS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 26, 1:45 PM CDTHail 1.75Ottawa, KS
Apr 26, 2:00 PM CDTHail 1.75Ottawa, 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, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 174 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 1991-04-26Temperature 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 1991-04-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 507 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
507 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
536 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 26, 11:43 AM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Apr 26, 1:11 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-261915-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
110 PM CDT FRI APR 26 1991

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 183 UNTIL 8 PM CDT FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST
KANSAS...
A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THAT PART OF NORTHEAST KANSAS
GENERALLY WEST OF A MARYSVILLE...MANHATTAN JUNCTION CITY LINE UNTIL 8
PM CDT THIS EVENING.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 181 FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS HAS BEEN REP
BY TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 183.

THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL KANSAS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO
NORTHEAST KANSAS AFTER 3 PM CDT.

CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER...INCLUDING LARGE HAIL AND
POSSIBLY TORNADOES.

THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST ANDERSON COUNTY NEAR GARNETT AT 1 PM
SHOULD MOVE INTO MIAMI COUNTY BY 130 PM.

PEOPLE OF NORTHEAST KANSAS SHOULD MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL
RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

WOYNICK
Special weather statement, Apr 26, 1:13 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-261915-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT        ...CORRECTED FOR WORDING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
110 PM CDT FRI APR 26 1991

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 183 UNTIL 8 PM CDT FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST
KANSAS...

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THAT PART OF NORTHEAST KANSAS
GENERALLY WEST OF A MARYSVILLE...MANHATTAN JUNCTION CITY LINE UNTIL
8 PM CDT THIS EVENING.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 181 FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS HAS BEEN
REPLACED BY TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 183.

THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL KANSAS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO
NORTHEAST KANSAS AFTER 3 PM CDT.

CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER...INCLUDING LARGE HAIL AND
POSSIBLY TORNADOES.
THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST ANDERSON COUNTY NEAR GARNETT AT 1 PM
SHOULD MOVE INTO MIAMI COUNTY BY 130 PM.

PEOPLE OF NORTHEAST KANSAS SHOULD MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL
RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

WOYNICK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 26, 1:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCloud57 min
Apr 26, 2:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRepublic45 min
Apr 26, 2:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWashington61 min
Apr 26, 2:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCloud28 min
Apr 26, 3:00 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPWashington45 min
Apr 26, 3:40 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPWashington17 min
Apr 26, 3:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWashington61 min
Apr 26, 4:06 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPLyon, Morris, Wabaunsee39 min
Apr 26, 4:44 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPWabaunsee31 min
Apr 26, 4:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMcPherson24 min
Apr 26, 5:04 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPPottawatomie, Shawnee, Wabaunsee56 min
Apr 26, 5:04 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPJackson56 min
Apr 26, 5:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMorris40 min
Apr 26, 5:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary52 min
Apr 26, 5:28 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPJackson47 min
Apr 26, 5:28 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPShawnee18 min
Apr 26, 5:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMorris50 min
Apr 26, 5:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWabaunsee40 min
Apr 26, 6:02 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPMorris21 min
Apr 26, 6:16 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPAtchison, Brown, Jackson44 min
Apr 26, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPWabaunsee47 min
Apr 26, 6:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJackson, Shawnee38 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.