Tornado Warning 26, NWS Wichita, KS

Issued

May 6, 2007, 10:21 AM CDT (15:21 UTC)

Expired

May 6, 2007, 11:00 AM CDT

In force

39 min

Issued by

NWS Wichita, KS

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Harper County, KS

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WFUS53 KICT 061521
TORICT
KSC077-061600-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0026.070506T1521Z-070506T1600Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1021 AM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  HARPER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 1100 AM CDT.

* AT 1018 AM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD
  NEAR CORWIN...OR 15 MILES WEST OF ANTHONY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  ANTHONY...ATTICA...CORWIN...DANVILLE...HARPER...RUNNYMEDE...CRYSTAL
  SPRINGS.

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 600 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3700 9835 3700 9804 3739 9778 3738 9836

$$

SCHRECK

000 
WWUS53 KICT 061538
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1036 AM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007

KSC077-061600-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-070506T1600Z/
HARPER KS-
1036 AM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR HARPER COUNTY UNTIL 1100
AM CDT...

AT 1034 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A ROPE TORNADO 3 
MILES SOUTHEAST OF ATTICA.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CRYSTAL 
SPRINGS...OR 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF ANTHONY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 
MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE...
  NEAR HARPER BY 1045 AM CDT.

THE TOWNS OF CRYSTAL SPRINGS...DANVILLE AND RUNNYMEDE ARE ALSO IN THE
PATH OF THIS TORNADO.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3700 9835 3700 9804 3739 9778 3738 9836

$$

SCHRECK

000 
WWUS53 KICT 061608
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1108 AM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007

KSC077-061618-
/O.EXP.KICT.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-070506T1600Z/
HARPER KS-
1108 AM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR HARPER COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE...

AT 1104 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.

THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN HARPER COUNTY REMAINS IN EFFECT.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3700 9835 3700 9804 3739 9778 3738 9836

$$

SCHRECK

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