Tornado Warning 42, NWS Topeka, KS

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
705 PM CDT THU MAY 16 1991

...A TORNADO WATCH OR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF
NORTHEAST KANSAS THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...

AT 7 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER MARSHALL COUNTY NEAR
FRANKFORT OR ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MARYSVILLE. THIS STORM WAS
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD MOVE INTO THE AXTELL AND
SUMMERFIELD AREAS BY 730 PM THIS EVENING. PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS SHOULD
PREPARE FOR HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY
HAIL.

NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS OCCURRING OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS AT 7 PM...HOWEVER
CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES
TO DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHEAST KANSAS THIS EVENING.

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR LATER
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

WOYNICK

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
800 PM CDT THU MAY 16 1991

AT 755 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ..GUSTY
WINDS..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..AND POSSIBLE HAIL WERE 20 MILES NORTHWEST
OF SALINA NEAR MINNEAPOLIS AND 20 MILES WEST OF CONCORDIA OR JUST EAST
OF BELOIT. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.

OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF MARYSVILLE TO SALINA TO 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GREAT BEND.
THE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH AT 25 MPH WHILE THE AREA WAS
MOVING SLOWLY EAST.

REMEMBER A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND
NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS UN#TIL 9 PM CDT.

LLS

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
802 PM CDT THU MAY 16 1991

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR RILEY AND MARSHALL COUNTIES
OF NORTHEAST KANSAS HAS NOW EXPIRED. STORMS IN THESE COUNTIES
HAVE ALSO WEAKENED AND ARE NOT NOW EXPECTED TO PRODUCE
SEVERE WEATHER. HOWEVER LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS THAT COULD CAUSE FLOODING OF
LOW LYING OR POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS LIKELY.

AT 8PM CDT...ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS TAKING AIM ON THE EMPORIA
AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTY AREA. THIS STORM WAS ABOUT 30 TO 35 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF EMPORIA ACROSS NORTHERN BUTLER COUNTY NEAR THE CITY OF
CASSODY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH AND SHOULD
GET INTO THE EMPORIA AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTY AREA BY ABOUT 9PM.

TORNADOES HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM IN THE WICHITA AND
EL DORADO AREA. PERSONS IN LYON COUNTY SHOULD BE ALERT TO THIS
SEVERE STORM AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IN A BASEMENT OR
INTERIOR ROOM.

A TORNADO WATCH AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATFH CONTINUE UNTIL
MIDNIGHT FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST KANSAS.

THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION...ALL RESIDENTS OF
NORTHEAST KANSAS SHOULD STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADI&O
AND TV FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION.

AKULOW

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
810 PM CDT THU MAY 16 1991

...TORNADO WATCH 342 EXPIRED AT 8 PM AND WILL NOT BE REISSUED...

TORNADO WATCH 342...WHICH COVERED MOST OF WESTERN KANSAS...EXPIRED AT
8 PM CDT AND WILL NOT BE REISSUED. AS OF 8 PM CDT...THAT PART OF KANSAS
WEST AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM SMITH CENTER THROUGH RUSSELL...GREAT BEND...
HUTCHINSON TO WICHITA TO THE OKLAHOMA BORDER SOUTH OF WIDCHITA...HAS BEEN
CLEARED FROM ALL SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OR TORNADO WATCHES. EAST OF THAT
LINE...TORNADO AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES CONTINUE.

BILLS

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
809 PM CDT THU MAY 16 1991

AT 805 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A 10 MILE WIDE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS
FROM 5 MILES WEST OF SALINA TO 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF CONCORDIA. WIND
GUSTS TO 40 MPH..PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL..VERY HEAVY RAIN AND
DANGEROUS LIGTNING HAVE BEEN REPORTED FROM THIS LINE OF STORMS.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH AND THE LINE WAS MOVING EASMT AT
10 MPH. THE LINE OF STORMS WILL EXTENDED FROM JUST EAST OF SALINA TO
NEAR BELLEVILLE BY 825 PM CDT.

REMEMBER A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR LAA OF CENTRAL AND NORTH
CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 9 PM CDT.

LLS

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
817 PM CDT THU MAY 16 1991

TORNADO AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES COVER ALL OF NORTHEAST
KANSAS UNTIL MIDNIGHT.

AT 815PM VERY STRONG STORMS WERE ABOUT 20 TO 30 MILES NORTH OF
MANHATTAN NEAR FRANKFORT AND THE NORTHERN PARTS OF TUTTLE CREEK LAKE.
ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EMPORIA.

ALL STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH AND ARE CAPABLE
OF LARGE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAINS... STRONG DAMAGING
WINDS AND EVEN A TORNADO.

PERSONS IN SOUTHERN LYON COUNTY...THE EMPORIA AREA...AND IN MARSHALL
COUNTY SHOULD BE ALERT TO THESE STRONG STORMS.

AKULOW

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