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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at May 10, 2007, 4:21 PM CDT for Sumner County, Kansas. It was in force for 14 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 10, 2007, 4:21 PM CDT (21:21 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 2007, 4:35 PM CDT
- In force
- 14 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Sumner County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 61 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 355 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 695 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KICT 102122 TORICT KSC191-102145- /O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0033.070510T2121Z-070510T2145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 421 PM CDT THU MAY 10 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL SUMNER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. * UNTIL 445 PM CDT. * AT 419 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD WEST OF PERTH...OR 12 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF WELLINGTON...MOVING WEST AT 5 MPH. * LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE... RURAL RESIDENCES OF WEST CENTRAL SUMNER COUNTY. 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. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 3715 9748 3722 9750 3720 9777 3710 9775 $$ BOWMAN
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KICT 102129 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 428 PM CDT THU MAY 10 2007 KSC191-102145- /O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-070510T2145Z/ SUMNER KS- 428 PM CDT THU MAY 10 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL SUMNER COUNTY UNTIL 445 PM CDT... AT 424 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF PERTH...OR 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WELLINGTON. THIS TORNADO WAS MOVING WEST AT 5 MILES PER HOUR. THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS 7 MILES WEST OF PERTH. THIS TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL SUMNER COUNTY. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3715 9748 3722 9750 3720 9777 3710 9775 $$ BOWMAN
000 WWUS53 KICT 102135 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 435 PM CDT THU MAY 10 2007 KSC191-102145- /O.CAN.KICT.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-070510T2145Z/ SUMNER KS- 435 PM CDT THU MAY 10 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL SUMNER COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 433 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE RISK TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LAT...LON 3715 9748 3722 9750 3720 9777 3710 9775 $$ BOWMAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 1:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Chautauqua, Cowley | 5 hr |
| May 10, 2:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Montgomery | 6 hr |
| May 10, 2:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Labette | 6 hr |
| May 10, 4:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Sedgwick, Sumner | 4 hr |
| May 10, 5:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Elk, Greenwood | 6 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.