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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Wichita, KS

May 5, 2007Barton County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at May 5, 2007, 12:38 AM CDT for Barton County, Kansas. It was in force for 37 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
May 5, 2007, 12:38 AM CDT (05:38 UTC)
Expired
May 5, 2007, 1:15 AM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Barton County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 4, 6:13 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 109 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2007-05-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 164 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2007-05-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 50 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
164 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2984 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
144 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS53 KICT 050539
TORICT
KSC009-050615-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0010.070505T0538Z-070505T0615Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1238 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN BARTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 115 AM CDT.

* AT 1235 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PAWNEE ROCK...OR 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  LARNED...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  ALBERT...GALATIA...GREAT BEND AIRPORT...OLMITZ...PAWNEE ROCK.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. MOVE INTO YOUR TORNADO SHELTER NOW IF NO
UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...MOVE INTO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY STRUCTURE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3825 9904 3825 9884 3863 9879 3865 9903

$$

KETCHAM
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KICT 050555
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1254 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007

KSC009-050615-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-070505T0615Z/
BARTON KS-
1254 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN BARTON COUNTY
UNTIL 115 AM CDT...

AT 1253 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR GREAT BEND
AIRPORT...OR 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GREAT BEND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25
MPH.

THIS TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF WESTERN BARTON
COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWN OF GREAT BEND AIRPORT.

AT 1248 AM CDT...STORM CHASERS REPORTED A WALL CLOUD 5 MILES 
SOUTHWEST OF GREAT BEND.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3825 9904 3825 9884 3863 9879 3865 9903

$$

KLEINSASSER
000 
WWUS53 KICT 050616
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
115 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007

KSC009-050625-
/O.EXP.KICT.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-070505T0615Z/
BARTON KS-
115 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN BARTON COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE...

AT 110 AM 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. 
HOWEVER...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN AFFECT FOR THE EASTERN HALF 
OF BARTON COUNTY

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3825 9904 3825 9884 3863 9879 3865 9903

$$

KLEINSASSER

The office that day

Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 4, 9:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton54 min
May 4, 9:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTRussell40 min
May 4, 10:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTLincoln27 min
May 4, 10:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTRussell31 min
May 5, 12:20 AM CDTTornado WarningICTBarton, Rice55 min
May 5, 1:07 AM CDTTornado WarningICTBarton, Ellsworth, Russell53 min
May 5, 1:12 AM CDTTornado WarningICTBarton, Rice33 min
May 5, 1:49 AM CDTTornado WarningICTBarton, Ellsworth, Rice56 min
May 5, 2:03 AM CDTTornado WarningICTEllsworth, Rice42 min
May 5, 2:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTEllsworth, Lincoln, McPherson, Rice, Saline64 min
May 5, 3:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSaline55 min
May 5, 3:59 AM CDTWind AdvisoryICTBarton, Ellsworth, Harper, Harvey, Kingman, Lincoln and 8 more15 hr
May 5, 2:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton, Russell52 min
May 5, 5:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton, Reno, Rice29 min
May 5, 6:01 PM CDTTornado WarningICTBarton, Rice44 min
May 5, 6:33 PM CDTTornado Warning EmergencyICTBarton42 min
May 5, 6:54 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTBarton9 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.