Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 12, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 2007, 5:20 PM CDT for Franklin County, Kansas. It was in force for 22 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 27, 2007, 5:20 PM CDT (22:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2007, 5:42 PM CDT
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Franklin County, KS
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 5:23 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 5 W Rantoul, KS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 70 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1733 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 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 KTOP 272221
TORTOP
KSC059-272300-
/O.NEW.KTOP.TO.W.0012.070427T2220Z-070427T2300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
520 PM CDT FRI APR 27 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 600 PM CDT
* AT 520 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 5 MILES WEST OF
RANTOUL...OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OTTAWA...MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 20 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RANTOUL...
AT 520 PM CDT...A SPOTTER REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 3 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF OTTAWA.
FOR YOUR SAFETY...GO TO A STORM SHELTER OR BASEMENT NOW TORNADOES
MAY HAVE WINDS GREATER THAN 100 MPH. AVOID OVERPASSES AND WINDOWS...
AND COVER YOUR HEAD.
STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST
SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.
LAT...LON 3846 9506 3854 9523 3860 9519 3857 9506
3850 9506
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KTOP 272229
SVSTOP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
528 PM CDT FRI APR 27 2007
KSC059-272300-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-070427T2300Z/
FRANKLIN-
528 PM CDT FRI APR 27 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTY...
AT 525 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RANTOUL...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
OTTAWA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME EAST CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTY.
AT 525 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 1 MILE
SOUTHWEST OF RANTOUL.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE
LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.
LAT...LON 3846 9506 3851 9516 3856 9513 3854 9506
3850 9506
$$000
WWUS53 KTOP 272242
SVSTOP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
541 PM CDT FRI APR 27 2007
KSC059-272251-
/O.CAN.KTOP.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-070427T2300Z/
FRANKLIN-
541 PM CDT FRI APR 27 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...
AT 541 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH THE POSSIBLE TORNADO HAD EXITED FRANKLIN
COUNTY...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS WERE
STILL POSSIBLE FROM THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS SOUTHEAST
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE
LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.
LAT...LON 3846 9506 3851 9516 3856 9513 3854 9506
3850 9506
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 4:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Douglas | 16 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.