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Tornado Warning 49, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 14, 1991, 6:25 PM CDT for Pottawatomie County, Riley County, Kansas. It was in force for 35 min. 2 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
- Jun 14, 1991, 6:25 PM CDT (23:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 1991, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Pottawatomie County, KS, Riley County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 6:35 PM CDT | Hail 2 | Riley, KS | |
| Jun 14, 7:00 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 60 | Riley, 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
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 86 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
- 2866 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -171 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1081 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 145 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 200 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 KTOP 142326 TORTOP KSC149-161-150000- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 625 PM CDT FRI JUN 14 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST KANSAS ...WESTERN POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY...RILEY COUNTY AT 620 PM THE PUBLIC REPORTED AT TORNADO AT UNIVERSITY PART OR 15 MILES NORTH OF MANHATTAN. THIS TORNADO SHOULD MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AND CROSS TUTTLE CREEK LAKE TOWARD OLSBURG AND FOSTORIA BY 700 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. 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.
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, Jun 14, 4:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-142225- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 432 PM CDT FRI JUN 14 1991 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 526 IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND NORTH-CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 11 PM... AT 430 PM RADAR SHOWED RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR SALINA TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF SALINA NEAR MCPHERSON. ANOTHER ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM HAD ALSO DEVELOPED RAPIDLY 10 MILES NORTH OF HAYS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS HAD NOT BEEN DETERMINED. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY!! KLEYLA
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 5:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-142300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 505 PM CDT FRI JUN 14 1991 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 526 IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND NORTH-CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 11 PM... AT 500 PM RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS IN A 15 MILE MILE WIDE BAND EXTENDING FROM 40 MILES SOUTHEAST AT CONCORDIA NEAR WAKEFIELD SOUTHWEST TO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HUTCHINSON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS,HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PHILLIPSBURG NEAR GAYLORD TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF PHILLIPSBURG NEAR STOCKTON AND ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN, HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVE EAST AT 15 MPH. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY!!! SW
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 5:46 PM CDT, 39 minutes before
KSZ006>017-150000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 546 PM CDT FRI JUN 14 1991 AT 530 PM VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED OVER THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST KANSAS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF MANHATTAN AND 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF JUNCTION CITY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND COULD PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...INTENSE LIGHTNING AND HAIL AS THEY MOVE TO ACROSS TUTTLE CREEK LAKE AND VERY NEAR THE MANHATTAN AREA BY 630 PM. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS TO THE SOUTHWEST OF JUNCTION CITY COULD MOVE INTO JUCTION CITY AREA BY 630 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN INCREASING IN INTENSIyTY AND SHOULD THREATENING APPROACH BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE IMMEDIATELY. CRANDALL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay | 36 min |
| Jun 14, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Pottawatomie, Riley | 41 min |
| Jun 14, 6:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Dickinson | 57 min |
| Jun 14, 6:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie, Riley | 32 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.