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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Topeka, KS

May 1, 2007Morris County, Kansas

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.

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 1, 1:32 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD3 Se Latimer, KS2 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2007-05-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 36 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2007-05-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 1, 9:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPPottawatomie4 hr
May 1, 1:58 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPWabaunsee32 min
May 1, 2:33 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPJackson, Jefferson42 min
May 1, 3:04 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPShawnee, Wabaunsee41 min
May 1, 3:11 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPJackson, Jefferson49 min
May 1, 4:27 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPShawnee, Wabaunsee3 hr

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.