Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 24, 2007, 7:40 PM CDT for Rice County, Kansas. It was in force for 50 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, 7:40 PM CDT (00:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 24, 2007, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Rice County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:44 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 8:00 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 9 E Sterling, KS | NEAR 25TH ROAD AND AVE V. VIA KAKE-TV. |
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 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -66 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2958 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KICT 250043
TORICT
KSC159-250130-
/O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0008.070425T0040Z-070425T0130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
740 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN RICE COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.
* UNTIL 830 PM CDT.
* AT 740 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE
GROUND 1 MILE NORTHWEST OF NICKERSON...THE TORNADIC STORM WAS MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEAST RICE 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.
LAT...LON 3818 9823 3812 9811 3820 9793 3840 9793
3840 9814
$$
JAKUB3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KICT 250055
SVSICT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
754 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007
KSC159-250130-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070425T0130Z/
RICE KS-
754 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN RICE COUNTY
UNTIL 830 PM CDT...
AT 752 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE ROTATION. THE ROTATION WAS LOCATED 7 MILES EAST OF
STERLING...OR 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF HUTCHINSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
10 MPH.
THE POSSIBLE TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN
RICE COUNTY.
THIS IS STILL A DANGEROUS STORM WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING
TORNADOES.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 3818 9823 3812 9811 3820 9793 3840 9793
3840 9814
$$
CARUSO000
WWUS53 KICT 250111
SVSICT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
809 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007
KSC159-250130-
/O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070425T0130Z/
RICE KS-
809 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN RICE COUNTY
UNTIL 830 PM CDT...
AT 809 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE ROTATION. THIS ROTATION WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH OF
LITTLE RIVER...OR 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF HUTCHINSON...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. AN OFF DUTY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEE
REPORTED A WALL CLOUD IN THIS GENERAL AREA.
THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN
RICE COUNTY.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 3818 9823 3812 9811 3820 9793 3840 9793
3840 9814
$$
CARUSO000
WWUS53 KICT 250125
SVSICT
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
825 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007
KSC159-250135-
/O.EXP.KICT.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070425T0130Z/
RICE KS-
825 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN RICE COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED
TO EXPIRE...
AT 825 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED...AND NO
LONGER POSED AN IMMEDIATE RISK TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE
TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT. BE READY TO SEEK
SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES AGAIN...OR A WARNING
ISSUED.
LAT...LON 3818 9823 3812 9811 3820 9793 3840 9793
3840 9814
$$
CARUSOThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 4:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton | 44 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.