Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 18, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at May 5, 2007, 7:59 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 46 min. 6 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, 7:59 PM CDT (00:59 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 2007, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Barton County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Russell County, KS
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 160 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 8:07 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 9 N Claflin, KS | |
| May 5, 8:07 PM CDT | TORNADO | 4 Nw Claflin, KS | LAW ENFORECMENT REPORTED 2 HOMES DAMAGED IN THE TOWN OF ODIN. ALSO SOME OUT BUILDINGS WERE BLOWN OVER. |
| May 5, 8:10 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 W Wilson, KS | RAIN RAP TORNADO ABOUT TO CROSS INTERSTATE I-70. |
| May 5, 8:12 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 Sw Wilson, KS | |
| May 5, 8:45 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 2 S Sylvan Grove, KS | |
| May 5, 8:50 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 85 | 19 E Russell, KS | OBSERVER ALSO REPORTING PEA SIZE HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. |
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 5, 9:51 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 12 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 981 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1826 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 198 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KICT 060100
TORICT
KSC009-053-105-167-060145-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0018.070506T0059Z-070506T0145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
759 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN BARTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.
NORTHWESTERN ELLSWORTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.
EASTERN RUSSELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.
WESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.
* UNTIL 845 PM CDT.
* AT 754 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A TORNADO SOUTH OF WILSON...OR 17 MILES WEST OF ELLSWORTH...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
ASH GROVE...DORRANCE...LUCAS...SYLVAN GROVE...WILSON...WILSON LAKE.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND MOVE INTO
YOUR TORNADO SHELTER NOW THE TORNADO MAY BE WRAPPED IN
RAIN...MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO SEE 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.
HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THE STORM MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT
DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR CENTRAL KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3862 9871 3856 9861 3855 9849 3921 9812
3921 9849 3914 9848 3913 9863
$$
KLEINSASSER5 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KICT 060108
SVSICT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
808 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007
KSC009-053-105-167-060145-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-070506T0145Z/
LINCOLN KS-RUSSELL KS-ELLSWORTH KS-BARTON KS-
808 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN BARTON...
NORTHWESTERN ELLSWORTH...EASTERN RUSSELL AND WESTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES
UNTIL 845 PM CDT...
AT 806 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WILSON...OR 15 MILES WEST OF ELLSWORTH...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE...
NEAR SYLVAN GROVE BY 835 PM CDT.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3862 9871 3856 9861 3855 9849 3921 9812
3921 9849 3914 9848 3913 9863
$$
KETCHAM000
WWUS53 KICT 060113
SVSICT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
811 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007
KSC009-053-105-167-060145-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-070506T0145Z/
LINCOLN KS-RUSSELL KS-ELLSWORTH KS-BARTON KS-
811 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN BARTON...
NORTHWESTERN ELLSWORTH...EASTERN RUSSELL AND WESTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES
UNTIL 845 PM CDT...
AT 810 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WILSON...OR 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF
ELLSWORTH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE...
NEAR SYLVAN GROVE BY 835 PM CDT.
SPOTTERS REPORTED THAT THE TORNADO WAS CROSSING INTERSTATE 70 NEAR
MILE MARKER 209.
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 1000 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3862 9871 3856 9861 3855 9849 3921 9812
3921 9849 3914 9848 3913 9863
$$
KETCHAM000
WWUS53 KICT 060117
SVSICT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
817 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007
KSC009-060127-
/O.CAN.KICT.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-070506T0145Z/
BARTON KS-
817 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR BARTON COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED...
AT 814 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE EITHER WEAKENED OR
MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE RISK TO LIFE
OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR CENTRAL KANSAS. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000
PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3870 9870 3869 9841 3921 9812 3921 9849
3914 9848 3913 9863
$$
KSC053-105-167-060145-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-070506T0145Z/
LINCOLN KS-RUSSELL KS-ELLSWORTH KS-
817 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN ELLSWORTH...
EASTERN RUSSELL AND WESTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM CDT...
AT 814 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WILSON...OR 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF
ELLSWORTH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE...
NEAR SYLVAN GROVE BY 835 PM CDT.
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 1000 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR CENTRAL KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3870 9870 3869 9841 3921 9812 3921 9849
3914 9848 3913 9863
$$000
WWUS53 KICT 060127
SVSICT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
827 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007
KSC053-105-167-060145-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-070506T0145Z/
LINCOLN KS-RUSSELL KS-ELLSWORTH KS-
827 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN ELLSWORTH...
EASTERN RUSSELL AND WESTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM CDT...
AT 822 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WILSON...OR 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF
ELLSWORTH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE...
5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SYLVAN GROVE BY 840 PM CDT.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR CENTRAL KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3870 9870 3869 9841 3921 9812 3921 9849
3914 9848 3913 9863
$$
KETCHAM000
WWUS53 KICT 060134
SVSICT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
834 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007
KSC053-060144-
/O.CAN.KICT.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-070506T0145Z/
ELLSWORTH KS-
834 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR ELLSWORTH COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED...
AT 830 PM 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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR CENTRAL KANSAS. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000
PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3888 9867 3886 9831 3921 9812 3921 9849
3914 9848 3913 9863
$$
KSC105-167-060145-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-070506T0145Z/
LINCOLN KS-RUSSELL KS-
834 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN RUSSELL AND
WESTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM CDT...
AT 830 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SYLVAN GROVE...OR
14 MILES WEST OF LINCOLN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
THIS TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN RUSSELL
AND WESTERN LINCOLN COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE TOWN OF SYLVAN GROVE.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR CENTRAL KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3888 9867 3886 9831 3921 9812 3921 9849
3914 9848 3913 9863
$$
KETCHAMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 7:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Russell | 48 min |
| May 5, 7:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Lincoln, Russell | 9 hr |
| May 5, 8:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Barton | 40 min |
| May 5, 8:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Lincoln | 22 min |
| May 5, 8:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase | 29 min |
| May 5, 9:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Rice | 33 min |
| May 5, 9:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Rice, Russell | 48 min |
| May 5, 9:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Ellsworth | 6 hr |
| May 5, 9:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Barton | 41 min |
| May 5, 10:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, Lincoln, Saline | 60 min |
| May 5, 10:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Rice | 49 min |
| May 5, 11:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, McPherson, Rice, Saline | 26 min |
| May 5, 11:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | McPherson, Saline | 49 min |
| May 5, 11:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno, Rice | 31 min |
| May 5, 11:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Saline | 5 hr |
| May 6, 12:32 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | McPherson | 5 hr |
| May 6, 3:59 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | ICT | Allen, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley and 20 more | 36 hr |
| May 6, 4:37 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Saline | 7 hr |
| May 6, 9:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper | 65 min |
| May 6, 10:21 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Harper | 39 min |
| May 6, 10:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Elk, Greenwood | 49 min |
| May 6, 10:53 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Harper, Kingman, Sedgwick, Sumner | 38 min |
| May 6, 11:17 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Harper, Kingman, Reno, Sedgwick, Sumner | 4 hr |
| May 6, 12:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Harper, Kingman, Reno, Sedgwick, Sumner | 9 hr |
| May 6, 12:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Harper, Harvey, Kingman, Reno, Sedgwick, Sumner | 9 hr |
| May 6, 1:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, McPherson, Reno, Sedgwick | 51 min |
| May 6, 1:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Harper, Kingman | 48 min |
| May 6, 2:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, Sedgwick | 36 min |
| May 6, 2:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper, Kingman, Sedgwick, Sumner | 44 min |
| May 6, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman, Reno, Sedgwick | 45 min |
| May 6, 3:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Marion | 36 min |
| May 6, 4:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton | 47 min |
| May 6, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Rice | 37 min |
| May 6, 4:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Harper, Kingman | 20 min |
| May 6, 5:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Kingman, Reno | 50 min |
| May 6, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harper, Kingman | 31 min |
| May 6, 5:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Reno | 23 min |
| May 6, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman, Reno | 15 min |
| May 6, 6:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | McPherson, Reno, Rice | 43 min |
| May 6, 6:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | McPherson, Marion, Saline | 29 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.