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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Wichita, KS

February 28, 2007Allen County, Woodson County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Feb 28, 2007, 6:48 PM CST for Allen County, Woodson County, Kansas. It was in force for 25 min. 2 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
Feb 28, 2007, 6:48 PM CST (00:48 UTC)
Expired
Feb 28, 2007, 7:13 PM CST
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Allen County, KS, Woodson County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:48 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 28, 7:01 PM CSTTORNADO6 N Iola, KS
Feb 28, 7:07 PM CSTTORNADO7 N Iola, KS3 TORNADOES COMBINED INTO 1 WEDGE

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, 0.8 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 010048
TORICT
KSC001-207-010130-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0003.070301T0048Z-070301T0130Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN ALLEN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS.
  NORTHEASTERN WOODSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

* UNTIL 730 PM CST.

* AT 646 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
  A TORNADO NEAR NEOSHO FALLS...OR 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF IOLA...MOVING
  EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF TORNADOES. 

* THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN 
  WOODSON COUNTY.

* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  GAS...IOLA...LA HARPE...NEOSHO FALLS.

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 3798 9571 3787 9528 3803 9523 3804 9565

$$

SCHRECK
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KICT 010056
SVSICT

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

KSC207-010104-
/O.CAN.KICT.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070301T0130Z/
WOODSON KS-
654 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WOODSON COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

AT 654 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE 
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE 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 200 AM CST THURSDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3793 9551 3787 9528 3803 9523 3804 9551

$$

KSC001-010130-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070301T0130Z/
ALLEN KS-
654 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN ALLEN COUNTY
UNTIL 730 PM CST...

AT 654 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6
MILES NORTHWEST OF IOLA...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE...
  6 MILES NORTH OF GAS BY 700 PM CST.

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 200 AM CST THURSDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3793 9551 3787 9528 3803 9523 3804 9551

$$

BOWMAN
000 
WWUS53 KICT 010113
SVSICT

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

KSC001-010123-
/O.CAN.KICT.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070301T0130Z/
ALLEN KS-
713 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN ALLEN COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...

AT 708 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE 
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE 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. BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER IF
THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES AGAIN...OR A WARNING ISSUED.

LAT...LON 3793 9551 3787 9528 3803 9523 3804 9551

$$

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, 6:26 PM CSTTornado WarningICTWoodson19 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

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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.