Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1991
Tornado Warning 22, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 1991, 4:06 PM CDT for Lyon County, Morris County, Wabaunsee County, Kansas. It was in force for 39 min. 3 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, 4:06 PM CDT (21:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 1991, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lyon County, KS, Morris County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 4:10 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Morris, KS | |
| Apr 26, 4:20 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Wabaunsee, KS | |
| Apr 26, 4:35 PM CDT | Tornado F2 | 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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 69 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
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTOP 262112 TORTOP KSC111-127-197-262145- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 406 PM CDT FRI APR 26 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS ...NORTH LYON COUNTY...EASTERN MORRIS COUNTY ...SOUTH WABAUNSEE COUNTY AT 405 PM...A TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY RADAR 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COUNCIL GROVE IN EAST MORRIS COUNTY...THIS IS 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF EMPORIA. BETWEEN 4 AND 445 PM...THIS STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTH LYON...EAST MORRIS AND SOUTH WABAUNSEE COUNTIES. FELDT A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.
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, Apr 26, 1:27 PM CDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before
KSZALL-261930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 126 PM CDT FRI APR 26 1991 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORMING ACROSS KANSAS... A TORNADO WATCH COVERS A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 8 PM. AT 130 PM...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS STARTING TO FORM ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS. THIS LINE WAS FORMING FROM JUST EAST OF CONCORDIA...TO WEST OF SALINA...TO WEST OF HUTCHINSON. BETWEEN 130 AND 230 PM...RAPID INTENSIFICATION OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL SECTIONS OF THE STATE. SEVERE WEATHER...INCLUDING HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS AS THE MOVE EAST NORTHEAST. PEOPLE SHOULD REVIEW PREPAREDNESS PLANS AT THIS TIME AND KEEP INFORMED FOR FUTURE WATCHES AND WARNINGS. CIVIL DEFENSE OFFICIALS AND SPOTTER GROUPS ARE REQUESTED TO MONITOR THIS SITUATION CLOSELY. THIS STORMS COULD REACH THE TOPEKA AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOO<N OR EVENING. FELDT
Special weather statement, Apr 26, 1:48 PM CDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
KSZ013>014-270130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 147 PM CDT FRI APR 26 1991 ...VERY STRONG WINDS ARE POUNDING EASTERN AND CENTRAL KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON... BLUSTERY SOUTH WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS EASTERN AND PARTS OF CENTRAL KANSAS INTO THE EVENING HOURS. AT BILLARD AIRPORT IN TOPEKA A WIND GUST TO 46 MPH WAS RECORDED SHORTLY AFTER 1PM. THE WINDS WILL BE QUITE DANGEROUS FOR RECREATIONAL BOATERS AND PERSONS IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...SEVERE STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE EVEN STRONGER WINDS.
Special weather statement, Apr 26, 2:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
KSZALL-262015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 207 PM CDT FRI APR 26 1991 ...A TORNADO WATCH COVERS A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO FORM AS OF 2 PM ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL KANSAS WITH SEVERAL REPORTS OF GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. SEVERE STORMS WERE LOCATED IN THE AREA BETWEEN SALINA AND CONCORDIA AND ALSO HAD DEVELOPED RAPIDLY WEST OF WICHITA. BETWEEN 2 AND 4 PM...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS CENTRAL SECTIONS 0F KANSAS AND MOVE NORTH NORTHEAST. THE CHANCES FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL INCREASE ACROSS EAST SECTIONS...INCLUDING TOPEKA...MANHATTAN AND EMPORIA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...MAINLY AFTER 4 PM. PEOPLE ACROSS CENTRAL AND EAST KANSAS SHOULD MONITOR THIS SITUATION CLOSELY AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER WHEN WARNINGS ARE ISSUED. SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD PLAN ON ACTIVATION AS WATCHES ARE ISSUED. FELDT
Special weather statement, Apr 26, 2:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
KSZ009-010-011-012-013-014-015-016-017-262100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 252 PM CDT FRI APR 26 1991 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS PARTS OF KANSAS PRODUCING UP TO BASEBALL SIZE HAIL... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL INTO NORTHEAST KANSAS. AT 245 PM...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS...ROUGHLY FROM CONCORDIA TO SALINA TO WEST OF WICHITA. SEVERE STORMS WERE LOCATED JUST EAST OF CONCORDIA AND IN KINGMAN COUNTY...OR 30 MILES SOUTH OF HUTCHINSON. BASEBALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED WITH THE KINGMAN STORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE NIGHT ACROSS CENTRAL AND EAST KANSAS. BETWEEN 3 AND 5 PM...THE STORMS WILL BE CONFINED TO CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS...THEN...AFTER 5 PM...THE STORMS SHOULD MOVE INTO EAST SECTIONS INCLUDING THE TOPEKA AREA. PEOPLE IN THIS AREA SHOULD KEEP ALERT ...DONT STRAY TOO FAR FROM A PROTECTED SHELTER...AND LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. FELDT
Special weather statement, Apr 26, 3:22 PM CDT, 44 minutes before
KSZ009-010-011-012-013-014-015-016-017-262130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 321 PM CDT FRI APR 26 1991 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS HEADED TOWARDS EMPORIA FROM THE SOUTHWEST... AT 315 PM...A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EMPORIA ALONG THE KANSAS TURNPIKE IN CHASE COUNTY. THIS STORM IS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY AND COULD PRODUCE HAIL. BETWEEN 315 AND 345 PM...THIS STORM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE RAPIDLY NORTNORTHEAST INTO LYON COUNTY CLOSE TO EMPORIA AND THE COMMUNITY OF PLYMOUTH. PEOPLE IN THIS AREA SHOULD KEEP ALERT TO THIS RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER SITUATION...AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF CONDITIONS WARRENT OR A WARNING IvS ISSUED. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 8 PM. FELDT
Special weather statement, Apr 26, 3:57 PM CDT, 9 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
The office that day
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, 4:44 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, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Wabaunsee | 47 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.