Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1991
Tornado Warning 33, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 28, 1991, 4:22 PM CDT for Smith County, Kansas. It was in force for 38 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 28, 1991, 4:22 PM CDT (21:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 1991, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Smith County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 4:35 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Smith, 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
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 214 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
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 214 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 282124 TORCNK KSC183-282200- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 422 PM CDT SUN APR 28 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CONCORDIA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS ...NORTHWESTERN SMITH COUNTY AT 423 PM CDT SMITH COUNTY SHERRIFF REPORTS A TORNADO ON THE GROUND 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF PHILLIPSBURG OR 10 MILES NORTH OF KENSINGTON MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. YTHIS TORNADO WILL REACH THE KANSAS BORDER BY 435 PM CDT. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AsVAILABLE. 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. PACKETT
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 28, 2:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
KSZ013>016-282030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 230 PM CDT SUN APR 28 1991 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP OVER MOST OF NORTHEAST KANSAS AT MID AFTERNOON. SHORTLY BEFORE 230PM STORMS WERE GENERALLY IN AN AREA FROM EMPORIA TO JUST SOUTH OF TOPEKA TO ST JOSEPH. ANOTHER AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTH OF MANHATTAN. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO THE TOPEKA AND EMPORIA AREAS BY ABOUT 3PM. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS... SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE LIKELY WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINE TO FORM OVER MOST OF NORTHEAST KANSAS AS THE AFTERNOON WEARS ON. AKULOW
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 2:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-282100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 250 PM CDT SUN APR 28 1991 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 221 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT FOR THAT PART OF KANSAS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM WAKEENEY TO LINCOLN TO SALINA AND SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM SALINA TO ANTHONY... AT 250 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WERE 20 MILES EAST OF SALINA NEAR ABILENE AND 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SALINA NEAR HERINGTON. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN.. GUSTY WINDS..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE NORTH AT 30 MPH. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTROM WERE FROM 20 TO 30 MILES EAST OF GREAT BEND NEAR CHASE AND LYONS AND 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF GREAT BEND NEAR GAL/ATIA. THESE STORM WERE ALSO MOVIN NORTH AT 30 MPH. LLS
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 3:25 PM CDT, 57 minutes before
KSZ013>016-282130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 325 PM CDT SUN APR 28 1991 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER MUCH OF NORTHEAST KANSAS AT LATE AFTERNOON. AT 320PM THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE ABOUT 25 MILES NORTH AND NORTHWEST OF TOPEKA FROM NEAR ST MARYS TO HOLTON TO NEAR PERRY LAKE. ANOTHER AREA OF STRONG STORMS WAS ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH OF EMPORIA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH AND WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WIND AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND A HEAVY DOWNPOUR WERE REPORTED AT HOLTON AROUND 3PM. PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MOST OF NORTHEAST KANSAS DURING THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. < AKULOW
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 3:40 PM CDT, 42 minutes before
KSZ005-006-282300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 340 PM CDT SUN APR 28 1991 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 221 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR PART OF KANSAS. THE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... ...WEST CENTRAL... LANE NESS TREGO ...SOUTHWEST... FORD GRAY HODGEMAN THE FOLLOWING CITIES ARE NO LONGER INCLUDED IN THE TORNADO WATCH... DODGE CITY
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 3:57 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-282200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 355 PM CDT SUN APR 28 1991 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 221 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT FOR THAT PART OF KANSAS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM WAKEENEY TO LINCOLN TO SALINA AND SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM SALINA TO ANTHONY... AT 355 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WERE 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SALINA OR JUST SOUTHWEST OF BROOKVILLE. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN..GUSTY WINDS..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AN D POSSIBLE HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM AS IT MOVES NORTH AT 30 MPH. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF HAYS OR JUST WEST OF NATOMA AND NEAR PHILLIPSBURG. THESE STORMS WERE ALSO MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. LLS
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 4:17 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-282215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 417 PM CDT SUN APR 28 1991 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN LYON COUNTY EXPIRED AT 415PM CDT AND WILL NOT BE REISSUED. NO FURTHER REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM NORTHERN LYON COUNTY. HOWEVER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AS NOW BEEN POSTED FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 10PM CDT TONIGHT. AT 415PM RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHERN LYON COUNTY ABOUT 10 TO 15 MILES NORTH OF EMPORIA. OTHER STRONG STORMS HAD POPPED UP OVER NORTHERN OSASGE COUNTY ABOUT 20 TO 25 MILES SOUTH OF TOPEKA. THE STORMS WOULD THREATEN OVERBROOK AND BURLINGAME. THE ST^ORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL BETWEEN LAWRENCE AND TOPEKA...AND TOWARD ADMIRE IN NORTHERN LYON COUNTY... ABOUT 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TOPEKA.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 3:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon | 33 min |
| Apr 28, 4:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas | 38 min |
| Apr 28, 4:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Russell | 68 min |
| Apr 28, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jefferson | 45 min |
| Apr 28, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Barton | 46 min |
| Apr 28, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Osborne | 69 min |
| Apr 28, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Russell | 33 min |
| Apr 28, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Shawnee | 46 min |
| Apr 28, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Barton | 43 min |
| Apr 28, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Osborne | 38 min |
| Apr 28, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jewell, Mitchell | 67 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.