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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Wichita, KS

May 6, 2007Harper County, Kingman County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at May 6, 2007, 1:57 PM CDT for Harper County, Kingman County, Kansas. It was in force for 48 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 6, 2007, 1:57 PM CDT (18:57 UTC)
Expired: May 6, 2007, 2:45 PM CDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Harper County, KS, Kingman County, KS

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:59 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 88 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2828 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 674 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 227 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 193 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.7
Supercell composite: 11.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KICT 061857
TORICT
KSC077-095-061945-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0028.070506T1857Z-070506T1945Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN HARPER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
  SOUTHEASTERN KINGMAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 245 PM CDT.

* AT 152 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ANTHONY...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  ANTHONY...DANVILLE...HARPER...NORWICH...RAGO...RUNNYMEDE.

AT 152 PM CDT A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL 
NEAR ANTHONY.

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 3713 9816 3708 9795 3747 9778 3756 9812

$$

SCHRECK

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KICT 061916
SVSICT

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
216 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007

KSC077-095-061945-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-070506T1945Z/
KINGMAN KS-HARPER KS-
216 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN HARPER AND
SOUTHEASTERN KINGMAN COUNTIES UNTIL 245 PM CDT...

AT 212 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR DANVILLE...OR 13
MILES NORTHEAST OF ANTHONY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE...
  NEAR NORWICH BY 230 PM CDT.

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

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL 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 SUNDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3713 9816 3708 9795 3747 9778 3756 9812

$$

KRC

The 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, 7:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ICT	Barton, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Russell	46 min
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, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.