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Tornado Warning 51, NWS Topeka, KS

June 15, 1991Douglas County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 15, 1991, 3:40 PM CDT for Douglas 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 15, 1991, 3:40 PM CDT (20:40 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 1991, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Douglas County, KS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 15, 3:55 PM CDTHail 0.75Douglas, KS
Jun 15, 4:19 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 58Douglas, 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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 33 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 1991-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2594 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 1991-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 95 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2594 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
683 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
95 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.2

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 7:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPPottawatomie48 min
Jun 14, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMorris31 min
Jun 14, 8:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMorris32 min
Jun 14, 8:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPMcPherson35 min
Jun 14, 9:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay43 min
Jun 14, 9:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPRiley46 min
Jun 14, 9:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPGeary54 min
Jun 15, 2:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPJefferson35 min
Jun 15, 3:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas56 min
Jun 15, 3:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas52 min

Nearby

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

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.