Tornado Warning 45, NWS Topeka, KS

Issued

May 28, 1991, 10:51 PM CDT (03:51 UTC)

Expired

May 28, 1991, 11:45 PM CDT

In force

54 min

Issued by

NWS Topeka, KS

Area

Whole counties

County Smith County, KS

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BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
1051 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 1991
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CONCORDIA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS
 
   ...SMITH COUNTY
 
AT 1050 PM RADAR INDICATED TWO POSSIBLE TORNADOES WITH ONE NEAR 25
MILES EAST OF PHILLIPSBURG NEAR GAYLORD AND ANOTHER 30 MILES NORTHEAST
OF PHILLIPSBURG OR 5 MILES NORTH OF SMITH CENTER. THIS IS A DANGEROUS
STORM TAKE COVER NOW!!
 
 
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.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A STAIRWELL OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
KLEYLA

In the hours before

KSZ001>006-290230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
835 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 1991

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 415 FOR THE FAR NORTHWEST COUNTIES OF CHEYENNE,
SHERMAN AND WALLACE HAS BEEN CANCELLED. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE
MOVED EAST OF THESE COUNTIES AND NO FURTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER TONIGHT.

HOWEVER A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR MUCH OF THE REST OF FAR WESTERN
KANSAS UNTIL 11PM CDT.

KAYS

KSZ007-008-010-011-290335-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
939 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 1991

...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER PORTIONS OF NORTH-CENTRAL KANSAS AND
SOUTH-CENTRAL NEBRASKA TONIGHT..

AT 935 PM RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS FROM WEST OF
KEARNEY IN NEBRASKA TO PHILLIPSBURG TO HILL CITY.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS
CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...WINDS TO 50 MPH AND DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING.  THE mLINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND SHOULD
APPROACH THE SMITH CENTER AREA BY 1030 PM.

KLEYLA

KSZ001>006-290400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1011 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 1991

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 417 IS CANCELLED WEST OF A LINE FROM WEST OF NORTON
TO WEST OF HILL CITY TO SCOTT CITY TO THE COLORADO BORDER WEST OF GARDEN
CITY. THE WATCH CONTINUES ELSWHERE UNTIL 11PM CDT.

KAYS

Tornado Warnings in Kansas, 1991Every tornado warning in 1991Tornadoes in 1991

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.