Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 13, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at May 5, 2007, 5:54 PM CDT for Osborne County, Smith County, Kansas. It was in force for 37 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
- May 5, 2007, 5:54 PM CDT (22:54 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 2007, 6:31 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Osborne County, KS, Smith County, KS
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:53 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 5:55 PM CDT | TORNADO | Osborne, KS | *** 11 INJ *** TORNADO FIRST TOUCHED DOWN ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF OSBORNE WITH SOME MINOR DAMAGE REPORTED. THE TORNADO THEN LIFTED BUT SET BACK DOWN ON THE NORTH SIDE OF TOWN WITH THE CIRCLE INN RESTAURANT SUSTAINING MOST OF THE DAMAGE. THE ROOF WAS LIFTED AND A |
| May 5, 6:05 PM CDT | TORNADO | 1 E Portis, KS | TORNADO REPORTED ONE MILE EAST OF PORTIS. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 9:51 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 12 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 228 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
- 3496 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 681 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 292 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 304 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 6.3
- Supercell composite
- 22.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KGID 052254 TORGID KSC141-183-052345- /O.NEW.KGID.TO.W.0013.070505T2254Z-070505T2345Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 554 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN OSBORNE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS EASTERN SMITH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS * UNTIL 645 PM CDT * AT 553 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR PORTIS...OR ABOUT 38 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PHILLIPSBURG...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... PORTIS AND HARLAN BY 600 PM CDT BELLAIRE BY 625 PM CDT LEBANON BY 630 PM CDT IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. OTHERWISE...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3940 9886 3942 9848 3985 9847 3988 9873 $$ AWJ
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KGID 052310 SVSGID SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 609 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 KSC141-183-052345- /O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-070505T2345Z/ SMITH KS-OSBORNE KS- 609 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN OSBORNE AND EASTERN SMITH COUNTIES... AT 605 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 1 MILE EAST OF PORTIS...OR ABOUT 37 MILES EAST OF PHILLIPSBURG...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... BELLAIRE BY 635 PM CDT LEBANON BY 640 PM CDT IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. OTHERWISE...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3940 9886 3942 9848 3985 9847 3988 9873 $$ AWJ
000 WWUS53 KGID 052318 SVSGID SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 616 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 KSC141-052326- /O.CAN.KGID.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-070505T2345Z/ OSBORNE KS- 616 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN OSBORNE COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...AND NO LONGER POSES A THREAT. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. LAT...LON 3956 9882 3956 9848 3985 9847 3988 9873 $$ KSC183-052345- /O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-070505T2345Z/ SMITH KS- 616 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR EASTERN SMITH COUNTY... AT 605 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 1 MILE EAST OF PORTIS...OR ABOUT 37 MILES EAST OF PHILLIPSBURG...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... BELLAIRE AND LEBANON BY 635 PM CDT IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. OTHERWISE...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3956 9882 3956 9848 3985 9847 3988 9873 $$ AWJ
000 WWUS53 KGID 052331 SVSGID SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 631 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 KSC183-052341- /O.CAN.KGID.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-070505T2345Z/ SMITH KS- 631 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN SMITH COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED. SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS MAY STILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM AS IT MOVES THROUGH EASTERN SMITH COUNTY. LAT...LON 3956 9882 3956 9848 3985 9847 3988 9873 $$ AWJ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Smith | 50 min |
| May 4, 7:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Osborne | 23 min |
| May 4, 7:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Smith | 34 min |
| May 4, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Smith | 49 min |
| May 4, 8:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Phillips | 39 min |
| May 4, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Jewell, Smith | 46 min |
| May 4, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Phillips | 60 min |
| May 4, 9:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Rooks | 42 min |
| May 4, 9:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Phillips | 66 min |
| May 4, 9:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Jewell, Smith | 47 min |
| May 4, 10:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Smith | 42 min |
| May 4, 10:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Mitchell, Osborne | 20 min |
| May 4, 10:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Phillips | 61 min |
| May 4, 11:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Phillips, Smith | 27 min |
| May 4, 11:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Phillips | 30 min |
| May 4, 11:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Smith | 25 min |
| May 5, 1:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Phillips | 36 min |
| May 5, 1:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Jewell, Smith | 57 min |
| May 5, 1:49 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | GID | Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 17 hr |
| May 5, 4:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Jewell | 38 min |
| May 5, 4:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Smith | 61 min |
| May 5, 2:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Osborne | 31 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.