Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Feb 28, 2007, 8:29 PM CST for Miami County, Kansas. It was in force for 61 min. 2 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
- Feb 28, 2007, 8:29 PM CST (02:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 28, 2007, 9:30 PM CST
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Miami County, KS
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 8:56 PM CST | HAIL 1 | Paola, KS | |
| Feb 28, 9:08 PM CST | HAIL 0.75 | Hillsdale, KS | DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 7:10 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 80 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
- 2552 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 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 010230 TOREAX KSC121-010330- /O.NEW.KEAX.TO.W.0004.070301T0229Z-070301T0330Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 829 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... MIAMI COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS * UNTIL 930 PM CST * AT 827 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PRINCETON IN FRANKLIN COUNTY... OR 9 MILES SOUTH OF OTTAWA...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR... OSAWATOMIE BY 850 PM CST. PAOLA BY 905 PM CST. LOUISBURG BY 920 PM CST. IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO BASEBALL SIZE AND DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS GREATER THAN 80 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. OTHER STORMS IN THE AREA HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND EXTREMELY LARGE HAIL. 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. LAT...LON 3868 9506 3841 9506 3846 9460 3874 9461 $$ BOOKBINDER
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KEAX 010246 SVSEAX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 846 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 KSC121-010330- /O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070301T0330Z/ MIAMI KS- 846 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MIAMI COUNTY UNTIL 930 PM CST... AT 842 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO AS WELL AS BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS GREATER THAN 80 MPH. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RANTOUL...OR 5 MILES WEST OF OSAWATOMIE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR... OSAWATOMIE BY 900 PM CST. PAOLA BY 900 PM CST. LOUISBURG BY 915 PM CST. THE TOWN OF NEW LANCASTER IS ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3868 9506 3841 9506 3846 9460 3874 9461 $$ BOOKBINDER
000 WWUS53 KEAX 010300 SVSEAX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 859 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 KSC121-010330- /O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070301T0330Z/ MIAMI KS- 859 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MIAMI COUNTY UNTIL 930 PM CST... AT 857 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO...AS WELL AS BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED JUST EAST OF OSAWATOMIE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. AT 857 PM...SPOTTERS REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL NEAR PAOLA WHICH WAS INCREASING IN SIZE. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL TRACK ACROSS RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL MIAMI COUNTY...AND WILL BE BETWEEN NEW LANCASTER AND LOUISBURG BY 915 PM CST. 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 3865 9499 3845 9495 3846 9460 3874 9461 $$ BOOKBINDER
000 WWUS53 KEAX 010315 SVSEAX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 914 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 KSC121-010330- /O.CON.KEAX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070301T0330Z/ MIAMI KS- 914 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN MIAMI COUNTY UNTIL 930 PM CST... AT 911 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOUISBURG...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THE TORNADIC CIRCULATION WILL PASS 4 MILES SOUTH OF LOUISBURG WITHIN THE NEXT SEVERAL MINUTES. IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...HAIL UP TO GOLFBALL SIZE WILL AFFECT THE LOUISBURG AREA...AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 70 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM LOUISBURG TO DREXEL. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL. LAT...LON 3867 9487 3848 9481 3850 9460 3874 9461 $$ BOOKBINDER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 6:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson, Miami | 46 min |
| Feb 28, 7:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Linn | 64 min |
| Feb 28, 7:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson, Wyandotte | 28 min |
| Feb 28, 7:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Linn | 49 min |
| Feb 28, 7:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson, Miami | 38 min |
| Feb 28, 7:57 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Johnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte | 8 hr |
| Feb 28, 7:57 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Johnson, Leavenworth, Miami, Wyandotte | 8 hr |
| Feb 28, 8:04 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EAX | Linn | 56 min |
| Feb 28, 9:30 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Miami | 10 hr |
| Feb 28, 9:30 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Johnson, Linn, Miami | 10 hr |
| Feb 28, 11:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson, Miami | 34 min |
| Mar 1, 3:41 PM CST | Blowing Snow Advisory | EAX | Doniphan | 7 hr |
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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.