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Tornado Warning 31, NWS Wichita, KS

May 6, 2007Reno County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at May 6, 2007, 5:37 PM CDT for Reno County, Kansas. It was in force for 23 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: May 6, 2007, 5:37 PM CDT (22:37 UTC)
Expired: May 6, 2007, 6:00 PM CDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Wichita, KS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Reno County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:40 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 6, 6:00 PM CDT	TORNADO	8 W Hutchinson, KS	REPORTED AT THE INTERSECTION OF 4TH AND CENTENNIAL.

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 6, 1:59 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 142 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2141 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -103 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 156 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 062237
TORICT
KSC155-062300-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0031.070506T2237Z-070506T2300Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN RENO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT.

* AT 536 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PLEVNA...OR 22 MILES NORTHWEST OF KINGMAN...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  ABBYVILLE...ARLINGTON...LANGDON...NICKERSON...PARTRIDGE...PLEVNA...
  SYLVIA...WILLOWBROOK.

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.

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 SUNDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3802 9848 3787 9847 3780 9828 3817 9779
      3817 9838

$$

KRC

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KICT 062249
SVSICT

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

KSC155-062300-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-070506T2300Z/
RENO KS-
549 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN RENO COUNTY UNTIL
600 PM CDT...

AT 544 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ABBYVILLE...OR 17 
MILES WEST OF HUTCHINSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE...
  NEAR NICKERSON BY 600 PM CDT.

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY 
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND OR DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH 
OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF 
THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK 
SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

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

LAT...LON 3802 9848 3787 9847 3780 9828 3817 9779
      3817 9838

$$

KLEINSASSER

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, 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, 5:43 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.