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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Wichita, KS

February 28, 2007Woodson County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Feb 28, 2007, 6:26 PM CST for Woodson County, Kansas. It was in force for 19 min. 1 report 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
Feb 28, 2007, 6:26 PM CST (00:26 UTC)
Expired
Feb 28, 2007, 6:45 PM CST
In force
19 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Woodson County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 28, 6:33 PM CSTTORNADO12 Ne Yates Center, KSTWO SMALL ROPES REPORTED ON THE GROUND

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 28, 5:07 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 114 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2007-03-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2007-03-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 58 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2552 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
110 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KICT 010026
TORICT
KSC207-010045-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0002.070301T0026Z-070301T0045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
626 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN WOODSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

* UNTIL 645 PM CST.

* AT 622 PM CST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 12
  MILES WEST OF NEOSHO FALLS...OR 7 MILES NORTH OF YATES CENTER...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  NEOSHO FALLS.

THIS REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FOR
THE WARNED AREA.

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 CST THURSDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3794 9584 3791 9551 3804 9551 3804 9587

$$

SCHRECK
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KICT 010033
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
632 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007

KSC207-010045-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070301T0045Z/
WOODSON KS-
632 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN WOODSON COUNTY
UNTIL 645 PM CST...

AT 630 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF NEOSHO
FALLS...OR 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF YATES CENTER...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE...
  NEAR NEOSHO FALLS BY 640 PM CST.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CST THURSDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3794 9584 3791 9551 3804 9551 3804 9587

$$

BOWMAN
000 
WWUS53 KICT 010039
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
638 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007

KSC207-010045-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070301T0045Z/
WOODSON KS-
638 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN WOODSON COUNTY
UNTIL 645 PM CST...

AT 638 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR NEOSHO FALLS...OR
10 MILES NORTHEAST OF YATES CENTER...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

THIS TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN WOODSON
COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWN OF NEOSHO FALLS.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CST THURSDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3794 9584 3791 9551 3804 9551 3804 9587

$$

BOWMAN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 28, 6:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTWoodson34 min
Feb 28, 6:48 PM CSTTornado WarningICTAllen, Woodson25 min
Feb 28, 9:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChase43 min
Feb 28, 9:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler, Chase, Marion20 min
Mar 1, 10:26 AM CSTWind AdvisoryICTBarton, Butler, Chase, Ellsworth, Harvey, Kingman and 8 more4 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.