Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Wichita, KS
NWS Wichita, KS issued this tornado warning at May 5, 2007, 12:20 AM CDT for Barton County, Rice County, Kansas. It was in force for 55 min. 10 reports 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 5, 2007, 12:20 AM CDT (05:20 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 2007, 1:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wichita, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Barton County, KS, Rice County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 12:29 AM CDT | HAIL 1 | 4 S Ellinwood, KS | |
| May 5, 12:30 AM CDT | HAIL 0.25 | 5 S Great Bend, KS | |
| May 5, 12:41 AM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 5 S Great Bend, KS | OBSERVER ALSO REPORTING 30 MPH WINDS WITH LIGHT RAIN. |
| May 5, 12:44 AM CDT | TORNADO | 7 Sw Ellinwood, KS | TORNADO JUST CROSSED DART MOUTH BLACK TOP ROAD. |
| May 5, 1:00 AM CDT | TORNADO | 7 S Great Bend, KS | LOCATION SE 50TH ROAD POWER POLES AND LARGE TREES DOWN. |
| May 5, 1:00 AM CDT | TORNADO | Ellinwood, KS | TORNADO HAS HIT ELLINWOOD DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED. |
| May 5, 1:06 AM CDT | TORNADO | 5 Ne Great Bend, KS | SPOTTER REPORTED HIS ROOF TAKEN OFF HIS HOME. LARGE TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. |
| May 5, 1:14 AM CDT | TORNADO | Ellinwood, KS | LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS LARGE AREA OF DAMAGE IN THE CITY. |
| May 5, 1:18 AM CDT | TSTM WND GST 72 | Great Bend, KS | |
| May 5, 1:19 AM CDT | TORNADO | Ellinwood, KS | LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED NO SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE CITY OF ELLINWOOD. TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN SOUTH OF THE CITY. |
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 4, 6:13 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 125 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
- 164 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2984 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KICT 050522 TORICT KSC009-159-050615- /O.NEW.KICT.TO.W.0009.070505T0520Z-070505T0615Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1220 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN RICE COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS. SOUTHEASTERN BARTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS. * UNTIL 115 AM CDT. * AT 1218 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO 16 MILES SOUTH OF GREAT BEND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNING INCLUDE... ELLINWOOD...GREAT BEND...SILICA. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES CAUSING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE A LARGE AND DESTRUCTIVE TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND 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. LEAVE AUTOMOBILES AND MOBILE HOMES...WHICH OFFER LITTLE PROTECTION FROM A TORNADO. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. LAT...LON 3825 9884 3824 9849 3849 9834 3849 9882 $$ KETCHAM
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KICT 050538 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1235 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 KSC009-159-050615- /O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-070505T0615Z/ BARTON KS-RICE KS- 1235 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN RICE AND SOUTHEASTERN BARTON COUNTIES UNTIL 115 AM CDT... AT 1231 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 13 MILES SOUTH OF ELLINWOOD...OR 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GREAT BEND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE... NEAR ELLINWOOD BY 110 AM CDT. IT APPEARS THE TORNADO PRODUCING PART OF THIS STORM MAY MISS GREAT BEND TO THE EAST. HOWEVER...ELLINWOOD IS IN THE DIRECT PATH OF THIS POTENTIAL TORNADO THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES CAUSING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. LAT...LON 3825 9884 3824 9849 3849 9834 3849 9882 $$ KLEINSASSER
000 WWUS53 KICT 050550 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1248 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 KSC009-159-050615- /O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-070505T0615Z/ BARTON KS-RICE KS- 1248 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN RICE AND SOUTHEASTERN BARTON COUNTIES UNTIL 115 AM CDT... AT 1244 AM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ELLINWOOD...OR 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GREAT BEND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE... NEAR ELLINWOOD BY 105 AM CDT. THE TOWN OF SILICA IS ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. A CONFIRMED TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. LAT...LON 3825 9884 3824 9849 3849 9834 3849 9882 $$ KLEINSASSER
000 WWUS53 KICT 050559 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 1257 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 KSC009-159-050615- /O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-070505T0615Z/ BARTON KS-RICE KS- 1257 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN RICE AND SOUTHEASTERN BARTON COUNTIES UNTIL 115 AM CDT... AT 1253 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS POTENTIAL TORNADO WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTHWEST OF ELLINWOOD...OR 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GREAT BEND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE... NEAR ELLINWOOD BY 105 AM CDT. THE TOWN OF SILICA IS ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES CAUSING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. LAT...LON 3825 9884 3824 9849 3849 9834 3849 9882 $$ KLEINSASSER
000 WWUS53 KICT 050608 SVSICT SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 107 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 KSC009-159-050615- /O.CON.KICT.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-070505T0615Z/ BARTON KS-RICE KS- 107 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN RICE AND SOUTHEASTERN BARTON COUNTIES UNTIL 115 AM CDT... AT 106 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A POTENTIAL TORNADO. THIS POTENTIAL TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ELLINWOOD...OR 14 MILES EAST OF GREAT BEND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS POTENTIAL TORNADO WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN RICE AND SOUTHEASTERN BARTON COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE TOWN OF ELLINWOOD. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES CAUSING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. LAT...LON 3825 9884 3824 9849 3849 9834 3849 9882 $$ KLEINSASSER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 9:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton | 54 min |
| May 4, 9:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Russell | 40 min |
| May 4, 10:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Lincoln | 27 min |
| May 4, 10:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Russell | 31 min |
| May 5, 12:38 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Barton | 37 min |
| May 5, 1:07 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Russell | 53 min |
| May 5, 1:12 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Barton, Rice | 33 min |
| May 5, 1:49 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Rice | 56 min |
| May 5, 2:03 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, Rice | 42 min |
| May 5, 2:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Ellsworth, Lincoln, McPherson, Rice, Saline | 64 min |
| May 5, 3:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Saline | 55 min |
| May 5, 3:59 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | ICT | Barton, Ellsworth, Harper, Harvey, Kingman, Lincoln and 8 more | 15 hr |
| May 5, 2:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton, Russell | 52 min |
| May 5, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton, Reno, Rice | 29 min |
| May 5, 6:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Barton, Rice | 44 min |
| May 5, 6:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ICT | Barton | 42 min |
| May 5, 6:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Barton | 9 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.