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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at May 5, 2007, 3:26 AM CDT for Republic County, Washington County, Kansas. It was in force for 49 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, 3:26 AM CDT (08:26 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 2007, 4:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Republic County, KS, Washington County, KS
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:29 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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 168 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 WFUS53 KTOP 050827 TORTOP KSC157-201-050915- /O.NEW.KTOP.TO.W.0018.070505T0826Z-070505T0915Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 326 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN REPUBLIC COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... WESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 415 AM CDT * AT 325 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 4 MILES SOUTH OF AGENDA...OR ABOUT 14 MILES EAST OF CONCORDIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... AGENDA... BRANTFORD... HADDAM... MORROWVILLE... WASHINGTON... 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 3965 9749 3964 9731 3982 9703 3999 9735 $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KTOP 050847 SVSTOP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 345 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 KSC157-201-050915- /O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-070505T0915Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON- 345 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 AM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON AND EAST CENTRAL REPUBLIC COUNTIES... AT 343 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTH OF HADDAM...OR ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF CONCORDIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BRANTFORD...CLARA...ENOSDALE...HADDAM...MORROWVILLE AND WASHINGTON. IF A TORNADO APPROACHES...GO TO A BASEMENT OR SEEK SHELTER IN A HALLWAY OR CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR HEAD AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. FOR YOUR SAFETY...GO TO A STORM SHELTER OR BASEMENT NOW TORNADOES MAY HAVE WINDS GREATER THAN 100 MPH. AVOID OVERPASSES AND WINDOWS... AND COVER YOUR HEAD. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. LAT...LON 3975 9745 3964 9728 3982 9703 3999 9735 $$
000 WWUS53 KTOP 050903 SVSTOP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 402 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 KSC157-050910- /O.CAN.KTOP.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-070505T0915Z/ REPUBLIC- 402 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR REPUBLIC COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... THE THUNDERSTORM THAT COULD PRODUCE THE TORNADO HAD EXITED THE COUNTY HOWEVER RADAR INDICATED GUSTY WINDS...SOME HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WERE STILL POSSIBLE OVER THE FAR EASTERN PORTIONS OF REPUBLIC COUNTY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. LAT...LON 3985 9736 3972 9723 3982 9703 3999 9735 $$ KSC201-050915- /O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-070505T0915Z/ WASHINGTON- 402 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 AM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY... AT 358 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MORROWVILLE...OR ABOUT 30 MILES WEST OF MARYSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. AT 355 AM A SPOTTER REPORTED A WALL CLOUD JUST WEST OF MORROWVILLE. IF A TORNADO APPROACHES...GO TO A BASEMENT OR SEEK SHELTER IN A HALLWAY OR CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR HEAD AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. FOR YOUR SAFETY...GO TO A STORM SHELTER OR BASEMENT NOW TORNADOES MAY HAVE WINDS GREATER THAN 100 MPH. AVOID OVERPASSES AND WINDOWS... AND COVER YOUR HEAD. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. LAT...LON 3985 9736 3972 9723 3982 9703 3999 9735 $$
000 WWUS53 KTOP 050913 SVSTOP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 413 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 KSC201-050921- /O.EXP.KTOP.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-070505T0915Z/ WASHINGTON- 413 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 415 AM CDT... AT 412 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH THE POSSIBLE TORNADO HAD WEAKENED AND NO LONGER APPEARED CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS WERE STILL POSSIBLE FROM THE THUNDERSTORM. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. STAY ALERT TO THE WEATHER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. LAT...LON 3985 9736 3972 9723 3982 9703 3999 9735 $$
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, 2:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud | 63 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.