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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Wichita, KS

May 10, 2007Sumner County, Kansas

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.

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, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lamont, OK at 12:00Z on 2007-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 355 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Lamont, OK at 12:00Z on 2007-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -29 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 10, 1:57 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTChautauqua, Cowley5 hr
May 10, 2:27 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTMontgomery6 hr
May 10, 2:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTLabette6 hr
May 10, 4:11 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTSedgwick, Sumner4 hr
May 10, 5:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningICTElk, Greenwood6 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.