Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 12, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at May 5, 2007, 1:12 AM CDT for Barton County, Rice County, Kansas. It was in force for 33 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
- May 5, 2007, 1:12 AM CDT (06:12 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 2007, 1:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Barton County, KS, Rice County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 1:14 AM CDT | TORNADO | Ellinwood, KS | LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS LARGE AREA OF DAMAGE IN THE CITY. |
| May 5, 1:18 AM CDT | TSTM WND GST 72 | Great Bend, KS | |
| May 5, 1:19 AM CDT | TORNADO | Ellinwood, KS | LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED NO SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE CITY OF ELLINWOOD. TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN SOUTH OF THE CITY. |
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 4, 6:13 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 129 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 050612 TORICT KSC009-159-050645- /O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0012.070505T0612Z-070505T0645Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 112 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN RICE COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS. CENTRAL BARTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS. * UNTIL 145 AM CDT. * AT 110 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO NEAR ELLINWOOD...OR 16 MILES EAST OF GREAT BEND...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE... ELLINWOOD...GREAT BEND...SILICA. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES CAUSING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND 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. LEAVE AUTOMOBILES AND MOBILE HOMES...WHICH OFFER LITTLE PROTECTION FROM A TORNADO. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. LAT...LON 3831 9883 3831 9845 3849 9835 3849 9881 $$ KETCHAM
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KICT 050623 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 121 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 KSC009-159-050645- /O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-070505T0645Z/ BARTON KS-RICE KS- 121 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN RICE AND CENTRAL BARTON COUNTIES UNTIL 145 AM CDT... AT 119 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ELLINWOOD...OR 14 MILES EAST OF GREAT BEND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. ANOTHER POTENTIAL TORNADO WAS LOCATED JUST EAST OF GREAT BEND...ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST. THIS TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL BARTON AND NORTHWESTERN RICE COUNTIES. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES...AND IN FACT HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING NUMEROUS TORNADOES...SOME CAUSING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. LAT...LON 3831 9883 3831 9845 3849 9835 3849 9881 $$ KLEINSASSER
000 WWUS53 KICT 050636 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 134 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 KSC009-159-050645- /O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-070505T0645Z/ BARTON KS-RICE KS- 134 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN RICE AND CENTRAL BARTON COUNTIES UNTIL 145 AM CDT... AT 132 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER CLAFLIN...OR 12 MILES NORTH OF ELLINWOOD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM IS CURRENTLY AFFECTING CLAFLIN...PRODUCING DAMAGE IT IS ALSO EXPECTED TO AFFECT RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL BARTON AND NORTHWESTERN RICE COUNTIES. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES...AND IN FACT HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING NUMEROUS TORNADOES...SOME CAUSING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY LARGE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. LAT...LON 3831 9883 3831 9845 3849 9835 3849 9881 $$ 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, 12:38 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Barton | 37 min |
| May 5, 1:07 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Russell | 53 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 |
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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.