Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1991
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Mar 26, 1991, 5:02 PM CST for Barton County, Kansas. It was in force for 28 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 26, 1991, 5:02 PM CST (23:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 26, 1991, 5:30 PM CST
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Barton County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 5:13 PM CST | Hail 0.75 | Barton, 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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 3441 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -99 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 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 KCNK 262303 TORCNK KSC009-262330- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 502 PM CST TUE MAR 26 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CONCORDIA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL KANSAS ...BARTON COUNTY AT 5 PM THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GREAT BEND NEAR RADIUM MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. THIS TORNADO WILL BE NEAR GREAT BEND BY 515 PM. 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. 8AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDIER BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.
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 26, 3:34 PM CST, 1 hour 28 minutes before
KSZ014-015-262230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 331 PM CST TUE MAR 26 1991 ...TORNADO WATCHES 63 AND 64 COVER MOST OF NORTHEAST AND EASTCENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 10PM THIS EVENING... AT 330PM AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM NEAR PERRY LAKE...SOUTHWEST TO A FEW MILES SOUTHEAST OF TOPEKA...AND SOUTHWEST TO 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF EMPORIA NEAR DUNLAP. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST ABOT 20 MPH AND WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...SOME HEAVY RAIN...AND SEVERE LIGHTNING STRIKES. THE STRONGEST OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WAS 10 MILES NORTH OF EMPORIA AT 330PM. PEOPLE IN LYON AND OSAGE COUNTIES SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER IF ANYTHING UNUSUAL IS SEEN OR REPORTED IN YOUR AREA.
Special weather statement, Mar 26, 3:42 PM CST, 1 hour 20 minutes before
KSZ014-015-262245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 339 PM CST TUE MAR 26 1991 ...TORNADO WATCHES NUMBERS 63 AND 64 ARE IN EFFECT UNTIL 10PM FOR MOST OF NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 337PM THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE INDICATED BY RADAR BETWEEN OSAGE CITY AND LAKE POMONA. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED IN SOUTHEAST WAUBANSEE COUNTY...OR 25 MILES NORTHNEAST OF EMPORIA NEAR HARVEYVILLE. HEAVY RAIN...WINDS TO 40 MPH AND SOME HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH ALL OF THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30MPH. FORWARD SPEED HAS INCREASED IN PAST SEVERAL MINUTES. PEOPLE IN TOPEKA...AUBURN...OVERBROOK...CLINTON LAKE AREA...AND% LAWRENCE SHOULD WATCH FOR UNUSUAL WEATHER. THE STORMS WILL BE IN THESE AREAS BY 4 OR 415PM.
Special weather statement, Mar 26, 3:52 PM CST, 1 hour 10 minutes before
KSZ014-015-016-262300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 351 PM CST TUE MAR 26 1991 ...TORNADO WATCHES NUMBERS 63 AND 64 ARE IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 10PM THIS EVENING... AT 346 PM A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN...INTENSE LIGHTNING...AND WINDS TO 30 OR 40 MPH WAS CENTERED ABOUT 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF OVERBROOK MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 TO 45 MPH. AT 346PM A HIGHWAY PATROL TROOPER REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL AT OVERBROOK. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE INTO THE LAWRENCE AND CLINTON LAKE AREAS BY 4 OR 415 THIS AFTERNOON. RESIDENTS IN THIS ARE SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE PROGREES OF THIS STORM AND BE PREPARED FOR TAKE QUICK AZCTION IF NECESSARY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA IS ISSUING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR GREENWOOD COUNTY UNTIL 415PM. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL BE MOVING INTO COFFEY COUNTY BY 4PM TO 430PM.
Special weather statement, Mar 26, 4:21 PM CST, 41 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-262330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 420 PM CST TUE MAR 26 1991 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 63 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST FOR MOST OF CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 420 PM...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE WERE LOCATED ACROSS SOUTHERN AND NORTHEASTERN KANSAS. A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GREAT BEND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR GREAT BEND BY 5PM. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THIS STORM. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM NEAR TOPEKA TO EMPORIA. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT...SOME POSSIBLY SEVERE...IS STILL POSSIBLE OVER THOSE PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS COVERED BY THE WATCH AREA. JF
Special weather statement, Mar 26, 4:53 PM CST, 9 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-262345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 448 PM CST TUE MAR 26 1991 ...TONADOES WATCHES 63 AND 64 REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 10PM THIS EVENING... GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TOPEKA IN NORTHWEST OSAGE COUNTY AT 448PM. THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THE GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40MPH AND WILL THREATEN AUBURN...TOPEKA AND BURLINGGAME BY 5PM.
Special weather statement, Mar 26, 5:00 PM CST, 2 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-270000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 5 PM CST TUE MAR 26 1991 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 63 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST FOR MOST OF CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 5 PM CST A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WAS 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GREAT BEND NEAR PAWNEE ROCK. THE STORN WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL BE IN THE GREAT BEND AREA BY 515 PM CST. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GREAT BEND AND WILL MOVE TO 10 MILES WEST OF LYONS BY 5:15 PM CST. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS AND WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO CENTRAL KANSAS INTO THE EVENING HOURS. PERSONS IN CENTRAL KANSAS SHOUL+D BE ALERT FOR SEVERE WEATHER. LS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 3:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Coffey, Lyon | 62 min |
| Mar 26, 4:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Osage | 37 min |
| Mar 26, 4:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas | 43 min |
| Mar 26, 4:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Shawnee | 47 min |
| Mar 26, 5:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jefferson | 40 min |
| Mar 26, 5:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Franklin | 44 min |
| Mar 26, 5:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TOP | Ellsworth | 25 min |
| Mar 26, 5:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas | 48 min |
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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.