Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1991
Tornado Warning 50, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 14, 1991, 6:58 PM CDT for Pottawatomie County, Riley County, Kansas. It was in force for 32 min. 1 report 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, 6:58 PM CDT (23:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 1991, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 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, 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, 12.0 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 150000 RRA TORTOP KSC149-161-150030- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 658 PM CDT FRI JUN 14 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST KANSAS ...POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY...EASTERN RILEY COUNTY NUMEROUS FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM THUNDERSTORMS AROUND MANHATTEN BETWEEN 645 PM AND 7 PM. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX IS MOVING TOWARD THE WESTMORELAND AND FLUSH AREA IN POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY. THEY WILL ALSO PASS ACROSS THE TUTTLE CREEK RESERVOIR. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PA#TH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF NO STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.
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, 2 hours 25 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 52 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, 1 hour 12 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
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 6:49 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
KSC117-149-161-150045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 647 PM CDT FRI JUN 14 1991 A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM THIS FRIDAY EVENING FOR WESTERN POTTAWATOMIE AND RILEY COUNTIES. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN MARSHALL AND NORTHWEST POTTAWATOMIE COUNTIES EXPIRED AT 645 PM. AT 635 PM RILEY COUNTY SPOTTERS HAD OBSERVED FUNNELS CLOUD ALOFT ABOUT 10 TO 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF MANHATTEN. THESE FUNNELS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THUNDERSTORMS IN RILEY AND WESTERN POTTAWATOMIE COUNTIES. THE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH BUT SEEM TO BE REDEVELOPING FURTHER SOUTH IN RILEY COUNTY. PERSONS IN ALL OF RILEY AND ADJACENT COUNTIES SHOULD BE ALERT FOR SEVERE WEATHER DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. KML
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, 6:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie, Riley | 35 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.