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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Topeka, KS

February 28, 2007Anderson County, Coffey County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Feb 28, 2007, 6:34 PM CST for Anderson County, Coffey County, Kansas. It was in force for 26 min. 2 reports 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: Feb 28, 2007, 6:34 PM CST (00:34 UTC)
Expired: Feb 28, 2007, 7:00 PM CST
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Topeka, KS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Anderson County, KS, Coffey County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:35 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Feb 28, 6:48 PM CST	TORNADO	3 W Colony, KS	KAKE TV RELAYED REPORT FROM STORM CHASER OF TORNADO ON THE GROUND WEST OF COLONY.
Feb 28, 6:58 PM CST	HAIL 1	3 Ne Westphalia, KS

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Feb 28, 5:07 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 98 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2552 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 110 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 010035
TORTOP
KSC003-031-010100-
/O.NEW.KTOP.TO.W.0002.070301T0034Z-070301T0100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
634 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN ANDERSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
  SOUTHEASTERN COFFEY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 700 PM CST

* AT 631 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 3 MILES SOUTH OF
  LE ROY...OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF YATES CENTER...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WESTPHALIA...
  LEROY...

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 3804 9578 3825 9564 3821 9530 3804 9540

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KTOP 010044
SVSTOP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
643 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007

KSC003-031-010100-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070301T0100Z/
COFFEY-ANDERSON-
643 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ANDERSON AND SOUTHEASTERN COFFEY COUNTIES...

AT 640 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LE ROY...OR ABOUT 11 MILES
NORTHWEST OF IOLA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WESTPHALIA...
RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHWEST ANDERSON COUNTY...
RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEAST COFFEY COUNTY...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. TAKE COVER IN A
BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER NOW

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 3805 9572 3822 9562 3821 9530 3804 9540

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 28, 6:22 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Coffey, Franklin, Osage	38 min
Feb 28, 6:55 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TOP	Anderson	42 min
Feb 28, 7:02 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Douglas	28 min
Feb 28, 7:36 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Coffey, Franklin, Osage	39 min
Feb 28, 8:00 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TOP	Franklin	45 min
Feb 28, 8:23 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TOP	Franklin	37 min
Feb 28, 8:58 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Coffey, Franklin, Osage	4 hr
Feb 28, 8:58 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	TOP	Coffey, Franklin, Osage	4 hr
Feb 28, 9:17 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Lyon	43 min
Feb 28, 9:42 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TOP	Coffey, Lyon, Osage	48 min
Feb 28, 9:53 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Osage	52 min
Feb 28, 10:25 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Franklin	50 min
Feb 28, 11:15 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TOP	Douglas, Franklin	30 min
Mar 1, 10:32 AM CST	Wind Advisory	TOP	Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Ottawa, Republic, Washington	4 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.