Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1991
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 66, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 26, 1991, 6:28 PM CDT for Wabaunsee County, Kansas. It was in force for 47 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 26, 1991, 6:28 PM CDT (23:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 1991, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wabaunsee County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 6:35 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Wabaunsee, 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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 49 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.
- 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
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, 3:57 PM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
KSZ010-011-012-013-014-015-016-017-262200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 357 PM CDT FRI APR 26 1991 ...A TORNADO WATCH COVERS CENTRAL AND EAST KANSAS... AT 4 PM...A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ALONG THE MORRIS...CHASE...LYON COUNTY BORDERS. THIS STORM PRODUCED PEA SIZE HAIL AS IT PASSED DUNLAP...20 MILES NORTHWEST OF EMPORIA. BETWEEN 4 AND 430 PM..THIS STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS EAST MORRIS AND WEST LYON COUNTIES....BETWEEN EMPORIA AND COUNCIL GROVE. PEOPLE IN THIS AREA SHOULD KEEP ALERT AND LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. FELDT
Special weather statement, Apr 26, 5:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-262300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 510 PM CDT FRI APR 26 1991 AT 516 PM VERY STRONG WINDS OF 70-80 MPH WERE OCCURRING OVER PARTS OF RUSSELL COUNTY. THESE WINDS WERE NOT ASSOCIATED WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA AND WERE DUE TO THE PASSAGE OF A FRONT IN THE AREA. PERSONS IN THE WILSON LAKE AREA SHOULD TAKE SHELTER AS THESE WINDS APPROACH DUE TO THE POSSIBILITY OF BLOWING DEBRIS. KLEYLA
Local storm report, Apr 26, 5:33 PM CDT, 55 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 530 PM CDT FRI APR 26 1991 PARTIAL STORM REPORT..COMPLETE REPORT LATER AT 3:37 A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN 3 MILES WEST OF WASHINGTON IN WASHINGTON COUNTY..AT 525 PM CDT THE WASHINGTON COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED EXTENSIVE PROPERTY DAMAGE 3 MILES WEST OF WASHINGTON AND NORTH OF HANOVER. AT THIS TIME NO REPORTS OF INJURIES OR DEATHS...THE DAMAGE WAS CAUSED BY A TORNADO. LS
Special weather statement, Apr 26, 5:49 PM CDT, 39 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-262345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 545 PM CDT FRI APR 26 1991 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PART OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 8 PM CDT. AT 545 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING BRIEF HAVRY RAIN..GUSTY WINDS.. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HAIL WERE NORTHEAST OF CONCORDIA NEAR WASHINGTON AND NEAR NARKA AND MAHASKA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDE&RSTROMS WAS FROM WICHITA TO COUNCIL GROVE TO NORTHWEST OF TOPEKA.
Special weather statement, Apr 26, 6:25 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 1:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Ottawa | 65 min |
| Apr 26, 1:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud | 57 min |
| Apr 26, 2:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Republic | 45 min |
| Apr 26, 2:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Washington | 61 min |
| Apr 26, 2:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud | 28 min |
| Apr 26, 3:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Washington | 45 min |
| Apr 26, 3:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Washington | 17 min |
| Apr 26, 3:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Washington | 61 min |
| Apr 26, 4:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Lyon, Morris, Wabaunsee | 39 min |
| Apr 26, 4:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Wabaunsee | 31 min |
| Apr 26, 4:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | McPherson | 24 min |
| Apr 26, 5:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie, Shawnee, Wabaunsee | 56 min |
| Apr 26, 5:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Jackson | 56 min |
| Apr 26, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Morris | 40 min |
| Apr 26, 5:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Geary | 52 min |
| Apr 26, 5:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Jackson | 47 min |
| Apr 26, 5:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Shawnee | 18 min |
| Apr 26, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Morris | 50 min |
| Apr 26, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Wabaunsee | 40 min |
| Apr 26, 6:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Morris | 21 min |
| Apr 26, 6:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Atchison, Brown, Jackson | 44 min |
| Apr 26, 6:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Shawnee | 38 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.