Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1991
Tornado Warning 13, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 12, 1991, 4:44 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Kansas. It was in force for 31 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 12, 1991, 4:44 PM CDT (21:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 12, 1991, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lincoln County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 12, 4:50 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Lincoln, KS | |
| Apr 12, 5:18 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Lincoln, 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
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 205 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
- 1583 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 695 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 4.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCNK 122145 TORCNK KSC105-122215- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 444 PM CDT FRI APR 12 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CONCORDIA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL KANSAS ...LINCOLN COUNTY AT 444 PM A TORNADO WAS REPORTED 40 MILES WEST OF SALINA OR JUST WEST OF SYLVAN GROVE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS TORNADO WILL PASS NEAR DENMARK BY 5 PM. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM TAKE COVER NOW!! THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE... GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDIER BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT. KLEYLA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Smith | 30 min |
| Apr 11, 7:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Smith | 15 min |
| Apr 11, 9:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Smith | 52 min |
| Apr 11, 10:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Smith | 30 min |
| Apr 12, 3:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Barton | 43 min |
| Apr 12, 3:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Russell | 49 min |
| Apr 12, 4:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lincoln | 41 min |
| Apr 12, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Osborne, Russell | 53 min |
| Apr 12, 5:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Lincoln | 33 min |
| Apr 12, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Osborne | 50 min |
| Apr 12, 5:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Lincoln, Mitchell, Ottawa | 26 min |
| Apr 12, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Russell | 51 min |
| Apr 12, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Barton | 45 min |
| Apr 12, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud, Mitchell | 44 min |
| Apr 12, 6:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud, Ottawa | 54 min |
| Apr 12, 6:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Cloud | 33 min |
| Apr 12, 6:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Republic, Washington | 51 min |
| Apr 12, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Russell | 46 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.