Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2007
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 2007, 5:16 PM CDT for Ellsworth County, Rice County, Kansas. It was in force for 59 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 24, 2007, 5:16 PM CDT (22:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 24, 2007, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Ellsworth County, KS, Rice County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:17 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 24, 5:40 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 5 Nw Chase, KS | STORM CHASER REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUD AND ROTATING WALL CLOUD. |
| Apr 24, 5:49 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 7 Nnw Chase, KS | STORM CHASER REPORTED ANOTHER FUNNEL CLOUD. THE FUNNEL CLOUD HAD DISSIPATED BUT THE WALL CLOUD IS BECOMING BETTER DEFINED. |
| Apr 24, 6:15 PM CDT | HAIL 0.5 | 3 Se Chase, KS |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 10:48 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 1339 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 650 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 203 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 182 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 7.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KICT 242218 SVRICT KSC053-159-242315- /O.NEW.KICT.SV.W.0021.070424T2216Z-070424T2315Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 516 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WESTERN RICE COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS. SOUTHWESTERN ELLSWORTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS. * UNTIL 615 PM CDT. * AT 513 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL... AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SILICA...OR 20 MILES EAST OF GREAT BEND...AND MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. ADDITIONAL STORMS WERE DEVELOPING NEAR HOLYROOD AND SOUTH OF WILSON. THESE STORMS COULD ALSO PRODUCE QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AROUND 60 MPH. * LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE... BUSHTON...CHASE...FREDERICK...HOLYROOD...KANOPOLIS...LORRAINE... SILICA. SAFETY INFORMATION FOR THIS WARNING FOLLOWS: SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. AVOID USING THE TELEPHONE OR OTHER ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT...WHILE LIGHTNING IS IN THE AREA. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3829 9848 3825 9823 3869 9813 3880 9848 $$ JAKUB
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KICT 242237 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 536 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007 KSC053-159-242315- /O.CON.KICT.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-070424T2315Z/ ELLSWORTH KS-RICE KS- 536 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN RICE AND SOUTHWESTERN ELLSWORTH COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM CDT... AT 534 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF HOLYROOD...OR 11 MILES WEST OF ELLSWORTH...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. ADDITIONAL STORMS WERE LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF HOLYROOD AND NORTH RAYMOND. THESE STORMS WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THESE STORMS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES...WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3829 9848 3825 9823 3869 9813 3880 9848 $$ JAKUB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 5:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, Rice | 35 min |
| Apr 24, 6:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Reno, Rice | 50 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.