Tornado Warning 47, NWS Topeka, KS

Issued

Jun 1, 1991, 1:12 PM CDT (18:12 UTC)

Expired

Jun 1, 1991, 1:45 PM CDT

In force

33 min

Issued by

NWS Topeka, KS

Area

Whole counties

County Smith County, 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.

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TORCNK
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BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
112 PM CDT SAT JUN 1 1991
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CONCORDIA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  145 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS
 
   ...EASTERN SMITH COUNTY
 
AT 110 PM CDT A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY RADAR 35 MILES EAST
OF PHILLIPSBURG OR JUST SOUTH OF BELLAIRE AND WAS MOVING NORTH AT 30
MPH. THIS STORM MAY APPROACH THE CITY OF LEBANON BY 125 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.

In the hours before

KSZ007-008-010-011-011630-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
1044 AM CDT SAT JUN 1 1991

AT 1040 AM RADAR SHOWED A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES SOUTH
OF GREAT BEND NEAR ST. JOHN MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.  THIS STORM
MAY CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...STRONG WINDS ALONG WITH DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING.  THE STORM SHOULD MOVE INTO THE ELLINWOOD AREA BY 1115 AM.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA7 TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY!!

KLEYLA

KSZ007-008-010-011-011700-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS
1114 AM CDT SAT JUN 1 1991

THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING RAPIDY ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL
KANSAS.

AT 1110 AM CDT AN AREA 20 MILES WIDE WAS FROM 20 MLIES SOUTH OF GREAT
BEND TO GREAT BEND TO 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF HAYS NEAR NATOMA.  OTHER
THUNERSTORMS WERE 30 MILES WEST OF SALINA NEAR ELLSWORTH..NEAR OSBORNE
AND FROM SALINA NORTHEAT TO CLAY CENTER.

HEAVY RAIN..HAIL..GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING CAN
BE EXPECTED FROM THESE STORMS.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT
30 MPH.

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP MOST ANYPLACE
ACROS CENTRAL AND NORTHCENTRAL KANSAS INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS.
LLS

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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.