Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1991
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Mar 1, 1991, 4:24 PM CST for Douglas County, Jefferson County, Kansas. It was in force for 40 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
- Mar 1, 1991, 4:24 PM CST (22:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 1, 1991, 5:04 PM CST
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Douglas County, KS, Jefferson County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 4:45 PM CST | Tornado F0 | Douglas, 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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 27 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 639 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 158 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTOP 012225 TORTOP KSC045-087-012315- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 424 PM CST FRI MAR 1 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS ...DOUGLAS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS ...SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED JUST SOUTHEAST OF TOPEKA. FUNNELS APPEAR TO BE DIPPING BRIEFLY TO THE GROUND THEN LIFTING. HOWEVER ITS BETTER TO TAKE COVER SHOULD THE STORM STRIKE. THE FUNNELS APPEAR TO BE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AROUND 30 MPH. LAWRENCE AND PERRY RESERVOIR ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE FUNNELS. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A STAIRWELL OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOO6R. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, Mar 1, 11:04 AM CST, 5 hours 20 minutes before
KSZ009-012>017-012200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1104 AM CST FRI MAR 1 1991 ...WIND ADVISORIES ARE POSTED FOR EAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS LAKES THIS AFTERNOON... GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS BOATING ON THE OPEN WATERS OF RECREATIONAL LAKES IN EASTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINDS SHOULD ABATE THIS EVENING AS WINDS GRADUALLY SHIFT TO THE NOR/THWEST. KAYS
Special weather statement, Mar 1, 12:54 PM CST, 3 hours 30 minutes before
KSZ009-012>017-012200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1253 PM CST FRI MAR 1 1991 ...WIND ADVISORIES ARE POSTED FOR SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS LAKES THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND ADVISORIES ARE CANCELLED FOR NORTHEAST KANSAS... GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS BOATING ON THE OPEN WATERS OF RECREATIONAL LAKES IN SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS HAVE DECREASED WITH OCCASIONAL RAIN OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS AND ARE NOT EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO ADVISORY CRITERIA. KAYS
Special weather statement, Mar 1, 1:20 PM CST, 3 hours 4 minutes before
KSZ009-012-017-012200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 120 PM CST FRI MAR 1 1991 ...WIND ADVISORIES ARE CANCELLED FOR SOUTHEAST AND SOUTHCENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTH TO SOUTHWE#ST WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. SPEEDS WILL REMAIN LESS THAN 30 MPH HOWEVER. THUS, THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. KAYS
Special weather statement, Mar 1, 2:33 PM CST, 1 hour 51 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-012130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 233 PM CST FRI MAR 1 1991 ...RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS... AT 225 PM CST A THUNDERSTORM WAS 10 MILES NORTH OF EMPORIA MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. THE NORTHEAST MOVEMENT WILL PUT THE THUNDERSTORM NEAR OSAGE CITY BY 3 PM. MEANWHILE...A LARGE AREA OF RAIN COVERED NORT?HEAST KANSAS...GENERALLY NORTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM KANSAS CITY TO MANHATTAN. THE RAIN AREA WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. RAIN WILL BE ENDING IN THE TOPEKA...LAWRENCE AND MANHATTAN AREAS BY 3PM. FORTUNE
Special weather statement, Mar 1, 3:12 PM CST, 1 hour 12 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-012215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 314 PM CST FRI MAR 1 1991 ...THUNDERSTORMS AND RAIN CONTINUE OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS... AT 3 PM CST A THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER NORTHERN LYON COUNTY...30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TOPEKA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILMOVE INTO SOUTHWESTERN SHAWNEE COUNTY BY 330 PM AND SHOULD BE IN THE TOPEKA VICINITY BETWEEN 330 AND 4PM CST. SOME BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WAS OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS...NORTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM KANSAS CITY TO MANHATTAN MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST. RAIN ENDED IN TOPEKA AROUND 3PM...HOWEVER...THE THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHERN LYON COUNTY WILL MOVE BRING A CHANCE FOR RAIN BACK INTO THE TOPEKA. FORTUNE
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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.