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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at May 1, 2007, 1:25 PM CDT for Morris 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
- May 1, 2007, 1:25 PM CDT (18:25 UTC)
- Expired
- May 1, 2007, 2:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Morris County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 1:32 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 3 Se Latimer, KS | 2 FUNNELS REPORTED NEAR LATIMER |
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, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 97 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
- 36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -148 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1175 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 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 011825 TORTOP KSC127-011900- /O.NEW.KTOP.TO.W.0013.070501T1825Z-070501T1900Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 125 PM CDT TUE MAY 1 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN MORRIS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 200 PM CDT * AT 121 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUDS NORTH OF WILSEY...OR ABOUT 22 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JUNCTION CITY. THIS STORM IS PART OF A LINE OF STORMS FROM WEST OF COUNCIL GROVE LAKE TO BETWEEN LATIMER AND BURDICK. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH. WHILE NO FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED TO HAVE TOUCHED DOWN...IT IS POSSIBLE AT ANY TIME. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LATIMER... IF A TORNADO APPROACHES...GO TO A BASEMENT OR SEEK SHELTER IN A HALLWAY OR CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR HEAD AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. LAT...LON 3870 9653 3883 9656 3875 9692 3855 9693 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KTOP 011841 SVSTOP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 138 PM CDT TUE MAY 1 2007 KSC127-011900- /O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-070501T1900Z/ MORRIS- 138 PM CDT TUE MAY 1 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CDT FOR WEST CENTRAL MORRIS COUNTY... AT 132 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUDS SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST OF LATIMER...OR ABOUT 23 MILES SOUTH OF JUNCTION CITY. THESE FUNNEL CLOUDS WERE DEVELOPING ALONG A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR PARKERVILLE TO SOUTH OF LATIMER. WHILE NO REPORTS OF THE FUNNELS TOUCHING DOWN HAVE BEEN RECEIVED...IT IS POSSIBLE AT ANY TIME. THE STORMS WERE MOVING WEST AT ABOUT 10 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL MORRIS COUNTY BETWEEN BURDICK AND LATIMER. IF A TORNADO APPROACHES...GO TO A BASEMENT OR SEEK SHELTER IN A HALLWAY OR CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR HEAD AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. LAT...LON 3867 9661 3881 9667 3875 9692 3855 9693 $$
000 WWUS53 KTOP 011906 SVSTOP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 205 PM CDT TUE MAY 1 2007 KSC127-011915- /O.EXP.KTOP.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-070501T1900Z/ MORRIS- 205 PM CDT TUE MAY 1 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL MORRIS COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... AT 205 PM CDT...NO RECENT REPORTS OF FUNNELS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM WESTERN MORRIS COUNTY...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. THE ENVIRONMENT IS SUCH THAT ADDITIONAL FUNNEL CLOUDS COULD DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. IF YOU OBSERVER A FUNNEL CLOUD OR TORNADO...RELAY YOUR REPORT TO YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. LAT...LON 3867 9661 3881 9667 3875 9692 3855 9693 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 9:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie | 4 hr |
| May 1, 1:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Wabaunsee | 32 min |
| May 1, 2:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Jackson, Jefferson | 42 min |
| May 1, 3:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Shawnee, Wabaunsee | 41 min |
| May 1, 3:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Jackson, Jefferson | 49 min |
| May 1, 4:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Shawnee, Wabaunsee | 3 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.