Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1991
Tornado Warning 29, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 1991, 6:16 PM CDT for Atchison County, Brown County, Jackson County, Kansas. It was in force for 44 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 26, 1991, 6:16 PM CDT (23:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 1991, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Atchison County, KS, Brown County, KS, Jackson County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 6:22 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Jackson, KS | |
| Apr 26, 6:30 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 82 | Brown, 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, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 66 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 262316 TORTOP KSC005-013-085-270000- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 616 PM CDT FRI APR 26 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST KANSAS ...NORTHWESTERN ATCHISON COUNTY...BROWN COUNTY ...NORTHERN JACKSON COUNTY A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED IN JACKSON COUNTY MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST. THIS TORNADO COULD MOVE CLOSE TO THE COMMUNITIES OF HORTON AND WHITING BETWEEN 615 AND 700 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. 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, 2:53 PM CDT, 3 hours 23 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 54 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, 2 hours 19 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, 1 hour 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
Local storm report, Apr 26, 5:33 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 530 PM CDT FRI APR 26 1991 PARTIAL STORM REPORT..COMPLETE REPORT LATER AT 3:37 A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN 3 MILES WEST OF WASHINGTON IN WASHINGTON COUNTY..AT 525 PM CDT THE WASHINGTON COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED EXTENSIVE PROPERTY DAMAGE 3 MILES WEST OF WASHINGTON AND NORTH OF HANOVER. AT THIS TIME NO REPORTS OF INJURIES OR DEATHS...THE DAMAGE WAS CAUSED BY A TORNADO. LS
Special weather statement, Apr 26, 5:49 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-262345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 545 PM CDT FRI APR 26 1991 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PART OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 8 PM CDT. AT 545 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING BRIEF HAVRY RAIN..GUSTY WINDS.. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HAIL WERE NORTHEAST OF CONCORDIA NEAR WASHINGTON AND NEAR NARKA AND MAHASKA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDE&RSTROMS WAS FROM WICHITA TO COUNCIL GROVE TO NORTHWEST OF TOPEKA.
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 | 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, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Wabaunsee | 47 min |
| Apr 26, 6:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Shawnee | 38 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.