Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2007
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 2007, 2:27 AM CDT for Cloud County, Kansas. It was in force for 63 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 5, 2007, 2:27 AM CDT (07:27 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 2007, 3:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Cloud County, KS
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 5, 1:30 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 186 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
- 1346 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -111 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 974 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KTOP 050727 SVRTOP KSC029-050830- /O.NEW.KTOP.SV.W.0021.070505T0727Z-070505T0830Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 227 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CLOUD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 330 AM CDT * AT 223 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTH OF GLASCO...OR ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CONCORDIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... AURORA... JAMESTOWN... CONCORDIA... CLYDE... A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES RAPIDLY. LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. FOR YOUR SAFETY...TAKE COVER INSIDE A BUILDING. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. LAT...LON 3930 9794 3930 9749 3964 9735 3965 9792 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KTOP 050748 SVSTOP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 246 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 KSC029-050830- /O.CON.KTOP.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-070505T0830Z/ CLOUD- 246 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 AM CDT FOR CLOUD COUNTY... AT 244 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF GLASCO...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CONCORDIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... AURORA...MACYVILLE...JAMESTOWN...CONCORDIA AND CLYDE. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES RAPIDLY. LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. FOR YOUR SAFETY...TAKE COVER INSIDE A BUILDING NOW. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. LAT...LON 3934 9791 3938 9745 3964 9735 3965 9792 $$
000 WWUS53 KTOP 050804 SVSTOP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 303 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 KSC029-050830- /O.CON.KTOP.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-070505T0830Z/ CLOUD- 303 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 AM CDT FOR CLOUD COUNTY... AT 301 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CONCORDIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CONCORDIA...RICE AND CLYDE. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES RAPIDLY. LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. FOR YOUR SAFETY...TAKE COVER INSIDE A BUILDING NOW. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. LAT...LON 3934 9791 3938 9745 3964 9735 3965 9792 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 2:14 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | TOP | Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Geary, Marshall, Ottawa and 3 more | 17 hr |
| May 5, 3:26 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Republic, Washington | 49 min |
Nearby
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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.