Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1991
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Mar 27, 1991, 1:17 AM CST for Jefferson County, Kansas. It was in force for 28 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 27, 1991, 1:17 AM CST (07:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 1991, 1:45 AM CST
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jefferson County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 34 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
- 37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -168 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 779 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 413 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 384 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 270718 TORTOP KSC087-270745- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 117 AM CST WED MAR 27 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 145 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST KANSAS ...SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY RADAR AND SPOTTERS INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO ABOUT 10 MILES EAST OF TOPEKA NEAR LECOMPTON. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 40 MPH. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE CITY OF MCLOUTH IN SOUTHEAST JEFFERSON COUNTY. 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.
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, Mar 26, 8:52 PM CST, 4 hours 25 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-270400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 852 PM CST TUE MAR 26 1991 RADAR AT 845 PM INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL KANSAS ARE BEGINING TO MOVE INTO EAST-CENTRAL KANSAS. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE RAIN EXTENDED FROM JUNCTION CITY TO 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JUNCTION CITY NEAR HERINGTON. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS 20 MILES SOUTH OF ABILENE. THE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. BRIEtF HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT HOUR IN MORRIS AND GEARY COUNTIES. KISNER
Special weather statement, Mar 26, 9:19 PM CST, 3 hours 58 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-270430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 918 PM CST TUE MAR 26 1991 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 67 IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST WEDNESDAY FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 915 PM CST A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR MANHATTAN TO 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CONCORDIA OR JUST NORTHWEST OF CLAY CENTER TO RUSSELL TO 20 WEST OF RUSSELL. THE HEAVIEST ACTIVITY WAS LOCATED FROM SALINA TO NEAR MINNEAPOLIS TO NEAR RUSSELL. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND INTENSE LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVED NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH. TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 67 HAS REPLACED WATCH NUMBER 64 AND IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST WEDNESDAY. PERSONS IN CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR SEVERE WEATHER. ...MRU...
Special weather statement, Mar 26, 9:24 PM CST, 3 hours 53 minutes before
KSZ013-014-015-016-270420- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 923 PM CST TUE MAR 26 1991 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 64 COVERING MUCH OF NORTHEAST KANSAS WILL BE CANCELLED AT 930PM. HOWEVER ANOTHER TORNADO WATCH...NUMBER 67...HAS BEEN REISSUED FOR CENTRAL AND A SMALL PART OF NORTHEAST KANSAS... MAINLY WEST OF A LINE FROM SENECA TO EMPORIA AND WESTWARD. AT 920PM SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MANHATTAN AREA WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. STRONGER STORMS WERE NEAR SALINA ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH...THESE STORMS COULD ARRIVE IN THE MANHATTAN AND JUNCTION CITY AREA BETWEEN 10 AND 1030PM. OVER THE REST OF NORTHEAST KANSAS...NO RAIN OR STORMS WERE SHOWN AT 920PM.. AKULOW
Special weather statement, Mar 26, 9:50 PM CST, 3 hours 27 minutes before
KSZ013>016-270445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 950 PM CST TUE MAR 26 1991 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 67 IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THAT PART OF NORTHEAST KANSAS WEST OF A LINE FROM SENECA WHICH IS ABOUT 60 MILES NORTHWEST OF TOPEKA...TO EMPORIA. THE WATCH WILL CONTINUE UNTIL 4AM CST WEDNESDAY AND ALSO COVERS ALL OF CENTRAL KANSAS. AT 950PM SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE BETWEEN MARYSVILLE AND MANHATTAN... WHILE STRONG AND POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR SALINA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH AND WILL LIKELY MOVE MARYSVILLE AREA AROUND 11PM. THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS QUITE HUMID AND UNSTABLE OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS TONIGHT...THUS MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY DURING THE NIGHT. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR LATER INFORMATION. AKULOW
Special weather statement, Mar 26, 10:28 PM CST, 2 hours 49 minutes before
KSZ013>016-270530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1028 PM CST TUE MAR 26 1991 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 67 IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THAT PART OF NORTHEAST KANSAS WEST OF A LINE FROM SENECA WHICH IS ABOUT 60 MILES NORTHWEST OF TOPEKA...TO EMPORIA. THE WATCH WILL CONTINUE UNTIL 4AM CST WEDNESDAY AND ALSO COVERS ALL OF CENTRAL KANSAS. THUNDERSTORMS HAD INCREASED IN THE MANHATTAN AND MARYSVILLE AREA BETWEEN 10 AND 1030PM. THE STORMS WERE JUST WEST AND NORTHEAST OF TUTTLE CREEK LAKE...NORTH INTO SOUTHERN MARSHALL COUNTY NEAR FRANKFORT. VERY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY MOVE NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 40 MPH INTO MARSHALL AND NEMAHA COUNTIES BY 1115PM. AKULOW
Special weather statement, Mar 27, 1:00 AM CST, 17 minutes before
KSZ007-008-010-011-270752- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONCORDIA KS 1259 AM CST WED MAR 27 1991 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 67 IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST WEDNESDAY FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 1255 AM CST A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM JUNCTION CITY TO SALINA TO EAST OF HUTCHINSON. THE STRONGEST ACTIVITY WAS EAST OF JUNCTION CITY TO HERINGTON AND WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND INTENSE LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVED NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. KLEYLA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 6:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud, Mitchell | 38 min |
| Mar 26, 6:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Republic | 44 min |
| Mar 26, 6:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TOP | McPherson, Rice | 40 min |
| Mar 26, 7:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TOP | McPherson | 30 min |
| Mar 26, 9:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lincoln, Ottawa | 44 min |
| Mar 26, 9:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Russell | 19 min |
| Mar 26, 9:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lincoln, Ottawa | 30 min |
| Mar 26, 10:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Cloud | 48 min |
| Mar 26, 10:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TOP | Clay | 25 min |
| Mar 26, 10:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Nemaha | 67 min |
| Mar 26, 11:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud, Washington | 45 min |
| Mar 26, 11:18 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TOP | Marshall, Pottawatomie | 27 min |
| Mar 26, 11:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | McPherson | 54 min |
| Mar 26, 11:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Nemaha | 57 min |
| Mar 26, 11:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Morris, Wabaunsee | 67 min |
| Mar 27, 12:17 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Brown | 43 min |
| Mar 27, 12:19 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Shawnee | 41 min |
| Mar 27, 1:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Lyon, Osage, Shawnee, Wabaunsee | 60 min |
| Mar 27, 1:29 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Jefferson | 61 min |
| Mar 27, 1:48 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TOP | Douglas | 42 min |
| Mar 27, 1:55 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Shawnee | 35 min |
| Mar 27, 2:24 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Jefferson, Shawnee | 66 min |
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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.