Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 14, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at May 1, 2007, 1:58 PM CDT for Wabaunsee County, Kansas. It was in force for 32 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 1, 2007, 1:58 PM CDT (18:58 UTC)
- Expired
- May 1, 2007, 2:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Wabaunsee County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 4 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:01 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 54 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 011901 TORTOP KSC197-011930- /O.NEW.KTOP.TO.W.0014.070501T1858Z-070501T1930Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 158 PM CDT TUE MAY 1 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL WABAUNSEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 230 PM CDT * AT 155 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 3 MILES SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70 NEAR ALMA...OR ABOUT 18 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MANHATTAN. THE STORM WAS MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH. THIS TORNADO WAS NEAR A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR ALMA TO NORTH OF ALTA VISTA. MORE FUNNELS AND TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE BENEATH THIS LINE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ALMA... VOLLAND... ALTA VISTA... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 328 AND 337. 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 3895 9612 3911 9612 3899 9649 3884 9649 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KTOP 011919 SVSTOP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 216 PM CDT TUE MAY 1 2007 KSC197-011930- /O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-070501T1930Z/ WABAUNSEE- 216 PM CDT TUE MAY 1 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL WABAUNSEE AND WEST CENTRAL WABAUNSEE COUNTY... AT 216 PM CDT...NO RECENT REPORTS OF TORNADOES OR FUNNELS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM WABAUNSEE COUNTY. HOWEVER...A LINE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS EXTENDED FROM SOUTH OF ALMA TO NORTH OF ALTA VISTA. THESE STORMS WERE FORMING ALONG ALONG A FRONT IN THE AREA AND IT IS POSSIBLE MORE FUNNELS OR TORNADOES COULD DROP FROM CLOUDS IN CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL WABAUNSEE COUNTY. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... VOLLAND AND RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL WABAUNSEE COUNTY. IF A TORNADO APPROACHES...GO TO A BASEMENT OR SEEK SHELTER IN A HALLWAY OR CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR HEAD AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. LAT...LON 3895 9612 3911 9612 3899 9649 3884 9649 $$
000 WWUS53 KTOP 011930 SVSTOP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 227 PM CDT TUE MAY 1 2007 KSC197-011937- /O.EXP.KTOP.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-070501T1930Z/ WABAUNSEE- 227 PM CDT TUE MAY 1 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL WABAUNSEE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 230 PM CDT... AT 227 PM CDT...NO RECENT REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS OR TORNADOES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM WABAUNSEE COUNTY...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. WITH A FRONT IN THE AREA AND CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...IT IS POSSIBLE THAT MORE FUNNELS COULD DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. IF YOU SEE A FUNNEL CLOUD OR TORNADO...RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. LAT...LON 3895 9612 3911 9612 3899 9649 3884 9649 $$
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, 1:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Morris | 35 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 |
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.