Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 24, 2007, 5:43 PM CDT for Ellsworth County, Rice County, Kansas. It was in force for 35 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
- Apr 24, 2007, 5:43 PM CDT (22:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 24, 2007, 6:18 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Ellsworth County, KS, Rice County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 5:49 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 7 Nnw Chase, KS | STORM CHASER REPORTED ANOTHER FUNNEL CLOUD. THE FUNNEL CLOUD HAD DISSIPATED BUT THE WALL CLOUD IS BECOMING BETTER DEFINED. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 10:48 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 1339 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 650 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 203 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 182 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 7.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KICT 242243 TORICT KSC053-159-242345- /O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0006.070424T2243Z-070424T2345Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 543 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN RICE COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS. SOUTHERN ELLSWORTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS. * UNTIL 645 PM CDT. * AT 539 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTH OF BUSHTON...OR 22 MILES EAST OF GREAT BEND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE... BUSHTON...FREDERICK...LORRAINE. THIS REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FOR THE WARNED AREA. 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 700 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3836 9846 3837 9831 3861 9816 3866 9838 $$ JAKUB
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KICT 242255 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 554 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007 KSC053-159-242345- /O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-070424T2345Z/ ELLSWORTH KS-RICE KS- 554 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN RICE AND SOUTHERN ELLSWORTH COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM CDT... AT 553 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BUSHTON...OR 20 MILES SOUTH OF ELLSWORTH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE... NEAR LORRAINE BY 605 PM CDT. THE TOWN OF FREDERICK IS ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WALL CLOUDS AND FUNNEL CLOUDS. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD TAKE SHELTER NOW. LAT...LON 3836 9846 3837 9831 3861 9816 3866 9838 $$ CARUSO
000 WWUS53 KICT 242311 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 610 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007 KSC159-242320- /O.CAN.KICT.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-070424T2345Z/ RICE KS- 610 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR RICE COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 606 PM CDT...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 700 PM CDT THIS EVENING. LAT...LON 3852 9841 3852 9821 3861 9816 3866 9838 $$ KSC053-242345- /O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-070424T2345Z/ ELLSWORTH KS- 610 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN ELLSWORTH COUNTY UNTIL 645 PM CDT... AT 606 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE WEAK ROTATION. THIS ROTATION WAS LOCATED NEAR LORRAINE...OR 12 MILES SOUTH OF ELLSWORTH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN ELLSWORTH COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWN OF LORRAINE. LAT...LON 3852 9841 3852 9821 3861 9816 3866 9838 $$ CARUSO
000 WWUS53 KICT 242318 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 617 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007 KSC053-242327- /O.CAN.KICT.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-070424T2345Z/ ELLSWORTH KS- 617 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN ELLSWORTH COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 615 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE EITHER WEAKENED OR MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE RISK TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 172 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT. LAT...LON 3852 9841 3852 9821 3861 9816 3866 9838 $$ CARUSO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, Rice | 59 min |
| Apr 24, 6:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Reno, Rice | 50 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.