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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 2007, 5:02 PM CDT for Johnson County, Miami County, Kansas. It was in force for 28 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 27, 2007, 5:02 PM CDT (22:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2007, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Johnson County, KS, Miami County, KS
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 64 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1733 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KEAX 272202 TOREAX KSC091-121-272230- /O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0017.070427T2202Z-070427T2230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 502 PM CDT FRI APR 27 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS NORTHWESTERN MIAMI COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS * UNTIL 530 PM CDT * AT 456 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BALDWIN CITY...OR 6 MILES WEST OF EDGERTON...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR... EDGERTON BY 515 PM CDT. 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GARDNER BY 525 PM CDT. 9 MILES WEST OF SPRING HILL BY 530 PM CDT. SEVERAL REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL. LAT...LON 3884 9505 3866 9506 3856 9496 3879 9478 $$ DEROCHE
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KEAX 272217 SVSEAX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 517 PM CDT FRI APR 27 2007 KSC091-121-272230- /O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-070427T2230Z/ JOHNSON KS-MIAMI KS- 517 PM CDT FRI APR 27 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN MIAMI AND SOUTHWESTERN JOHNSON COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 530 PM CDT... AT 516 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EDGERTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR... 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPRING HILL BY 530 PM CDT. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL. LAT...LON 3878 9505 3866 9506 3861 9493 3874 9480 $$ DEROCHE
000 WWUS53 KEAX 272225 SVSEAX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 525 PM CDT FRI APR 27 2007 KSC091-121-272235- /O.EXP.KEAX.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-070427T2230Z/ JOHNSON KS-MIAMI KS- 525 PM CDT FRI APR 27 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MIAMI AND SOUTHWESTERN JOHNSON COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS WILL EXPIRE AT 530 PM CDT... AT 521 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL. LAT...LON 3878 9505 3866 9506 3861 9493 3874 9480 $$ DEROCHE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 5:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Miami | 27 min |
| Apr 27, 5:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Linn | 25 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.