Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1991
Tornado Warning 46, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at May 29, 1991, 6:08 PM CDT for Russell County, Kansas. It was in force for 52 min. 3 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
- May 29, 1991, 6:08 PM CDT (23:08 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 1991, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Russell County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 6:25 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Russell, KS | |
| May 29, 6:55 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 61 | Russell, KS | |
| May 29, 7:08 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 80 | Russell, 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
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 161 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
- 2331 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 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 292309 TORCNK KSC167-300000- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 608 PM CDT WED MAY 29 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CONCORDIA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL KANSAS ...RUSSELL COUNTY AT 606 PM RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 25 MILES EAST OF HAYES OR 5 MILES NORTH OF RUSSELL MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS TORNADO MAY BE NEAR LURAY BY 620 PM. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM TAKE COVER NOW!! CAMPERS IN THE WILSON LAKE AREA 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. KLEYLA
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, May 29, 2:48 PM CDT, 3 hours 20 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-292030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 248 PM CDT WED MAY 29 1991 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 426 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND NORTH-CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 245 PM THUNDERSTORM CONTAINING VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING FROM 25 MILES MILES NORTHWEST OF HUTCHINSON NEAR LITTLE RIVER AND 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF HUTCHINSON JUST NORTH OF NICKERSON. TGHE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE ATMOSPHERE OVER CENTRAL AND NORTH-CENTRAL KANSAS IS VERY UNSTABLE AND ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE ANY WHERE LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS. KLEYLA
Special weather statement, May 29, 3:21 PM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-292120- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 321 PM CDT WED MAY 29 1991 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 426 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND NORTH-CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 320 PM THUNDERSTORM CONTAINING VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING FROM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SALINA NEAR FALUN AND 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF HUTCHINSON NEAR INMAN. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE ATMOSPHERE OVER CENTRAL AND NORTH-CENTRAL KANSAS IS VERY UNSTABLE AND ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE ANY WHERE LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS. KLEYLA
Special weather statement, May 29, 3:43 PM CDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before
KSZ013>016-292200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 342 PM CDT WED MAY 29 1991 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 426 IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN PART OF NORTHEAST KANSAS TILL 9 PM THIS EVENING. AT 345 PM NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...HOWEVER CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPEMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS. PERSONS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING CONDITIONS. RWC
Special weather statement, May 29, 4:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-292230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 425 PM CDT WED MAY 29 1991 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 426 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND NORTH-CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 425 PM THUNDERSTORM CONTAINING VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WERE 30 MILES WEAT OF SALINA NEAR ELLSWORTH 20 MILES SOUTH OF SALINA NEAR LINDSBORG. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE ATMOSPHERE OVER CENTRAL AND NORTH-CENTRAL KANSAS IS VERY UNSTABLE AND ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE ANYWHERE ACROSS THE AREA INTO THE EVENING HOURS. LLS
Special weather statement, May 29, 4:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
KSZ013>016-292300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 450 PM CDT WED MAY 29 1991 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 426 IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN PART OF NORTHEAST KANSAS TILL 9 PM THIS EVENING. AT 445 PM NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...HOWEVER CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS. PERSONS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY IN THE WATCH AREA. KAYS
Special weather statement, May 29, 5:49 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
KSZ013>016-300000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 550 PM CDT WED MAY 29 1991 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 426 IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN PART OF NORTHEAST KANSAS TILL 9 PM THIS EVENING. AT 545 PM NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...HOWEVER CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS. PERSONS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY IN THE WATCH ARqEA. KAYS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 10:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Smith | 54 min |
| May 28, 11:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Osborne | 46 min |
| May 29, 12:46 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Russell | 4 hr |
| May 29, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Barton, Russell | 66 min |
| May 29, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Osborne | 65 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.