Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1991
Tornado Warning 52, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Jul 2, 1991, 2:43 PM CDT for Saline County, Kansas. It was in force for 62 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 2, 1991, 2:43 PM CDT (19:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 1991, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Saline County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 731 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -148 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1259 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCNK 021945 TORCNK KSC169-022045- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 243 PM CDT TUE JUL 2 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CONCORDIA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL KANSAS ...SOUTHERN SALINE COUNTY AT 240 PM CDT ELLSWORTH COUNTY SHERRIF REPORTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO LOCATED JUT EAST OF KANOPOLIS RESEVOIR. THIS TORNADO WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST PORTIONS OF SALINE COUNTY DURING THE NEXT 30 MINUTES AND WILL BE LOCATED 15 MILES NORTH OF MARQUETTE BY 3 10 PM CDT. 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 CAUGHT IN THE PATH 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. 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 COVERB 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, Jul 2, 11:13 AM CDT, 3 hours 30 minutes before
KSZ013>016-030000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTHEAST KANSAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1115 AM CDT TUE JUL 2 1991 THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST KANSAS: ANDERSON DOUGLAS JEFFERSON NEMAHA SHAWNEE ATCHISON FRANKLIN LYON OSAGE WABAUNSEE BROWN GEARY MARSHALL POTTAWATOMIE COFFEY JACKSON MORRIS RILEY SYNOPSIS:A WEAK COLD FRONT OVER THE STATE WILL AGAIN RAISE THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH AFTERNOON HEATING. A LITTLE BETTER THREAT EXISTS TO THE SOUTH OF THE KANSAS RIVER INTO THE EVENING HOURS. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER...AND SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING. KAYS
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 11:25 AM CDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-021730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 1125 AM CDT TUE JUL 2 1991 AT 1022 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 20 MILES WIDE EXTENDING FROM 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF HAYS TO 20 MILES NORTH OF HAYS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF HAYS OR 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF RUSSELL. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. MOVEMENT OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. SW
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 11:38 AM CDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-030000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 1137 AM CDT TUE JUL 2 1991 THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN CENTRAL KANSAS: BARTON RICE MCPHERSON RUSSELL ELLSWORTH SALINE DICKINSON LINCOLN AND IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS SMITH JEWELL REPUBLIC WASHINGTON OSBORNE MITCHELL CLOUD CLAY OTTAWA SYNOPSIS: A COLD FRONT NOW MOVING SLOWLY THROUGH CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS WILL DEVELOP A FEW THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER... AND SPOTTER ACTIHVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SW
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 12:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-021815- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 1214 PM CDT TUE JUL 2 1991 AT 1210 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 25 MILES EAST OF HAYS...OVER THE CITY OF RUSSELL. BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS... POSSIBLE HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM AS IT MOVES SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. SW
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 12:43 PM CDT, 2 hours before
KSZ007-008-010-011-021830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 1240 PM CDT TUE JUL 2 1991 AT 1235 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM LOCATED 30 MILES EAST OF HAYS OR 5 MILES EAST OF RUSSELL. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED RAPIDLY OVER THE PAST 30 MINUTES BUT COULD STILL PRODUCE A BRIEF DOWNPOUR AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AS IT MOVES TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. SW
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 1:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-021930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 138 PM CDT TUE JUL 2 1991 AT 135 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS 20 MILES WIDE EXTENDING FROM 30 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF HUTCHINSON WEST TO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GREAT BEND. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM 30 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF GREAT BEND JUST NORTH OF STERLING TO 10 MILES EAST OF STERLING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVE TO THE EAST AT 15 MPH. SW
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.