Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 19, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 2007, 5:50 PM CDT for Linn County, Kansas. It was in force for 25 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 27, 2007, 5:50 PM CDT (22:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2007, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Linn County, KS
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 5:50 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Mound City Ks, KS | DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL |
| Apr 27, 6:02 PM CDT | TORNADO | 1 Se Mound City Ks, KS | TORNADO ON THE GROUND NEAR SUGAR VALLEY LAKE |
| Apr 27, 6:03 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Pleasanton, KS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 119 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 272250 TOREAX KSC107-272315- /O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0019.070427T2250Z-070427T2315Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 550 PM CDT FRI APR 27 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN LINN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS * UNTIL 615 PM CDT * AT 545 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MOUND CITY...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR... PLEASANTON BY 555 PM CDT. A FUNNEL CLOUD HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS WELL AWAY FROM THE STORM CENTER. 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 3824 9484 3816 9493 3803 9474 3815 9462 $$ DEROCHE
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KEAX 272253 SVSEAX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 552 PM CDT FRI APR 27 2007 KSC107-272315- /O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-070427T2315Z/ LINN KS- 552 PM CDT FRI APR 27 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN LINN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 615 PM CDT... AT 550 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MOUND CITY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN LINN COUNTY. A FUNNEL CLOUD HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. SEEK SHELTER NOW TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL. LAT...LON 3823 9482 3815 9490 3803 9474 3815 9462 $$ DEROCHE
000 WWUS53 KEAX 272304 SVSEAX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 604 PM CDT FRI APR 27 2007 KSC107-272315- /O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-070427T2315Z/ LINN KS- 604 PM CDT FRI APR 27 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN LINN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 615 PM CDT... AT 600 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR PLEASANTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN LINN COUNTY. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. SEEK SHELTER NOW 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 3823 9482 3815 9490 3803 9474 3815 9462 $$ DEROCHE
000 WWUS53 KEAX 272314 SVSEAX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 613 PM CDT FRI APR 27 2007 KSC107-272323- /O.EXP.KEAX.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-070427T2315Z/ LINN KS- 613 PM CDT FRI APR 27 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LINN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS WILL EXPIRE AT 615 PM CDT... AT 610 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL. LAT...LON 3823 9482 3815 9490 3803 9474 3815 9462 $$ DEROCHE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 5:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Johnson, Miami | 28 min |
| Apr 27, 5:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Miami | 27 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.