Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1991
Tornado Warning 26, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 1991, 5:28 PM CDT for Jackson 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, 5:28 PM CDT (22:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 1991, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jackson County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 6:22 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Jackson, 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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 48 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 262229 TORTOP KSC177-085-262315- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 528 PM CDT FRI APR 26 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS ...NORTHERN SHAWNEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS ...JACKSON COUNTY AT 527 PM...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED ALONG INTERSTATE IN THE VICINITY OF SILVER LAKE AND ROSSVILLE AND WAS MOVING NORTH AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THIS IS JUST WEST OF TOPEKA. BETWEEN 530 AND 615 PM THIS TORNADO WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTH SHAWNEE COUNTY AND INTO SOUTH JACKSON COUNTY. THIS WILL MOVE CLOSE TO THE COMMUNITIES OF GROVE...HOYT...DELIA...AND HOLTON. THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE THE CITY OF TOPEKA 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. FELDT
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, 1:48 PM CDT, 3 hours 40 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, 3 hours 21 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, 2 hours 35 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, 2 hours 6 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, 1 hour 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, 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
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, 4:06 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 | 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.