Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 10, NWS Wichita, KS
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 6:13 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 9:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton | 54 min |
| May 4, 9:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Russell | 40 min |
| May 4, 10:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Lincoln | 27 min |
| May 4, 10:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Russell | 31 min |
| May 5, 12:20 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Barton, Rice | 55 min |
| May 5, 1:07 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Russell | 53 min |
| May 5, 1:12 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Barton, Rice | 33 min |
| May 5, 1:49 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Rice | 56 min |
| May 5, 2:03 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, Rice | 42 min |
| May 5, 2:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, Lincoln, McPherson, Rice, Saline | 64 min |
| May 5, 3:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Saline | 55 min |
| May 5, 3:59 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Harper, Harvey, Kingman, Lincoln and 8 more | 15 hr |
| May 5, 2:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton, Russell | 52 min |
| May 5, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton, Reno, Rice | 29 min |
| May 5, 6:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Barton, Rice | 44 min |
| May 5, 6:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Barton | 42 min |
| May 5, 6:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Barton | 9 hr |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.