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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at May 5, 2007, 1:49 AM CDT for Barton County, Ellsworth County, Rice County, Kansas. It was in force for 56 min. 7 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, 1:49 AM CDT (06:49 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 2007, 2:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Barton County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Rice County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 1:50 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Wsw Bushton, KS | EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS 30 POWER POLES BLOWN OVER...AND NUMEROUS OUTBUILDINGS AND GRAIN BINS DAMAGED OR DESTROYED FROM 4 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF BUSHTON TO 4 MILES WEST OF BUSHTON. IT IS NOT KNOWN IF THIS TORNADO DAMAGE AT THIS TIME. TIME IS APPROXIMATE. |
| May 5, 1:50 AM CDT | TSTM WND GST 90 | 7 N Claflin, KS | |
| May 5, 1:50 AM CDT | TSTM WND GST 100 | Claflin, KS | KSN WEATHER LAB REPORTING 100 MPH WINDS |
| May 5, 1:50 AM CDT | TORNADO | Claflin, KS | TWO LARGE GRAIN ELEVATORS 40 FEET TALL BLOWN OVER AND SMASHED AGINST FRONT OF BUILDING. |
| May 5, 1:59 AM CDT | TORNADO | Holyrood, KS | POWER COMPANY REPORTED POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN ON K4 HWY AT MILE POST 141. ALSO TREES BLOWN ACROSS THE ROAD. K4 HWY CLOSED AT THAT LOCATION. |
| May 5, 2:08 AM CDT | TORNADO | 3 Ne Holyrood, KS | OBSERVER REPORTED LARGE TREES UP-ROOTED AND POWER POLE BLOWN OVER. |
| May 5, 2:08 AM CDT | TORNADO | Claflin, KS | KAKE NEWS REPORTED STRUCTURE DAMAGE AT K4 HWY AND MAIN. K4 IS CLOSED AT THIS TIME. |
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 |
| May 5, 1:30 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 148 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 050649 TORICT KSC009-053-159-050745- /O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0013.070505T0649Z-070505T0745Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 149 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN RICE COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS. NORTHEASTERN BARTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS. SOUTHWESTERN ELLSWORTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS. * UNTIL 245 AM CDT. * AT 145 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A TORNADO NEAR CLAFLIN...OR 19 MILES NORTHEAST OF GREAT BEND... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE... BUSHTON...CLAFLIN...HOLYROOD...LORRAINE. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES CAUSING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE 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. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL KANSAS. LAT...LON 3840 9867 3837 9834 3871 9821 3869 9859 $$ KETCHAM
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KICT 050659 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 157 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 KSC009-053-159-050745- /O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-070505T0745Z/ ELLSWORTH KS-BARTON KS-RICE KS- 157 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN RICE... NORTHEASTERN BARTON AND SOUTHWESTERN ELLSWORTH COUNTIES UNTIL 245 AM CDT... AT 154 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED JUST NORTHEAST OF CLAFLIN...OR 19 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ELLSWORTH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE... NEAR HOLYROOD BY 210 AM CDT. 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF LORRAINE BY 215 AM CDT. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES...AND IN FACT HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING NUMEROUS TORNADOES...SOME CAUSING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY LARGE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS OVER 80 MPH A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL KANSAS. LAT...LON 3840 9867 3837 9834 3871 9821 3869 9859 $$ KLEINSASSER
000 WWUS53 KICT 050712 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 210 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 KSC009-053-159-050745- /O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-070505T0745Z/ ELLSWORTH KS-BARTON KS-RICE KS- 210 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN RICE... NORTHEASTERN BARTON AND SOUTHWESTERN ELLSWORTH COUNTIES UNTIL 245 AM CDT... AT 207 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO NEAR LORRAINE...OR 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ELLSWORTH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN BARTON... NORTHWESTERN RICE AND SOUTHWESTERN ELLSWORTH COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE TOWN OF LORRAINE. 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. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY LARGE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS OVER 80 MPH A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL KANSAS. LAT...LON 3840 9867 3837 9834 3871 9821 3869 9859 $$ KLEINSASSER
000 WWUS53 KICT 050732 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 231 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 KSC009-050741- /O.CAN.KICT.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-070505T0745Z/ BARTON KS- 231 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR BARTON COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 226 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE EITHER WEAKENED OR MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE RISK TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR BARTON COUNTY. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL KANSAS. LAT...LON 3838 9848 3837 9834 3871 9821 3868 9847 $$ KSC053-159-050745- /O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-070505T0745Z/ ELLSWORTH KS-RICE KS- 231 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN RICE AND SOUTHWESTERN ELLSWORTH COUNTIES UNTIL 245 AM CDT... AT 226 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF LORRAINE...OR NEAR ELLSWORTH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN RICE AND SOUTHWESTERN ELLSWORTH COUNTIES. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO THREAT...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND STRAIGHT LINE WINDS OVER 60 MPH. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL KANSAS. LAT...LON 3838 9848 3837 9834 3871 9821 3868 9847 $$ KLEINSASSER
000 WWUS53 KICT 050742 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 242 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 KSC053-159-050752- /O.EXP.KICT.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-070505T0745Z/ ELLSWORTH KS-RICE KS- 242 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN RICE AND SOUTHWESTERN ELLSWORTH COUNTIES HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... AT 241 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL KANSAS. LAT...LON 3838 9848 3837 9834 3871 9821 3868 9847 $$ 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, 1:12 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Barton, Rice | 33 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.