Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 21, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at May 5, 2007, 11:03 PM CDT for Ottawa County, Kansas. It was in force for 42 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
- May 5, 2007, 11:03 PM CDT (04:03 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 2007, 11:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Ottawa County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:06 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 5, 11:45 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Minneapolis, KS | MEASURED AT THE DISPATCH CENTER |
| May 5, 11:49 PM CDT | TORNADO | 1 E Minneapolis, KS | NEAR THE MINNEAPOLIS RACE TRACK |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 9:08 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 189 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
- 1963 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1234 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 217 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 294 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.1
- Supercell composite
- 10.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KTOP 060403 TORTOP KSC143-060445- /O.NEW.KTOP.TO.W.0021.070506T0403Z-070506T0445Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1103 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WESTERN OTTAWA COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 1145 PM CDT * AT 1102 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TESCOTT...OR ABOUT 23 MILES NORTHWEST OF SALINA... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... TESCOTT... ADA... MINNEAPOLIS... 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 3896 9793 3930 9792 3920 9760 3896 9777 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KTOP 060413 SVSTOP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1111 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 KSC143-060445- /O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-070506T0445Z/ OTTAWA- 1111 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM CDT FOR WESTERN OTTAWA COUNTY... AT 1105 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR WESTFALL IN EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY. AT 1110 PM STRONG ROTATION WAS LOCATED NEAR BEVERLY...OR ABOUT 23 MILES NORTHWEST OF SALINA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ADA AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF OTTAWA COUNTY. IF A TORNADO APPROACHES...GO TO A BASEMENT OR SEEK SHELTER IN A HALLWAY OR CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR HEAD AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. LAT...LON 3896 9793 3930 9792 3920 9760 3896 9777 $$
000 WWUS53 KTOP 060425 SVSTOP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1125 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 KSC143-060445- /O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-070506T0445Z/ OTTAWA- 1125 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM CDT FOR WESTERN OTTAWA COUNTY... AT 1123 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ADA...OR ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF SALINA... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ADA AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF OTTAWA COUNTY. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. TAKE COVER IN A BASEMENT OR STORM SHELTER NOW 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 3896 9793 3930 9792 3920 9760 3896 9777 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Morris | 34 min |
| May 5, 9:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud, Republic | 55 min |
| May 5, 9:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Morris | 31 min |
| May 5, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie, Riley | 47 min |
| May 5, 10:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Republic | 15 min |
| May 5, 10:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Pottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee | 37 min |
| May 5, 10:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Nemaha | 27 min |
| May 5, 11:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Marshall | 45 min |
| May 5, 11:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Jefferson, Shawnee | 37 min |
| May 5, 11:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Ottawa | 45 min |
| May 5, 11:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Cloud, Ottawa | 47 min |
| May 5, 11:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Cloud | 46 min |
| May 6, 12:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Clay, Dickinson | 30 min |
| May 6, 12:30 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Clay, Washington | 45 min |
| May 6, 12:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Riley | 40 min |
| May 6, 12:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Marshall, Pottawatomie, Washington | 54 min |
| May 6, 1:09 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Ottawa | 4 hr |
| May 6, 1:47 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Clay, Marshall, Riley | 4 hr |
| May 6, 1:47 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Clay, Dickinson, Marshall, Riley | 4 hr |
| May 6, 3:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Brown, Geary, Nemaha, Pottawatomie, Riley | 4 hr |
| May 6, 4:09 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | TOP | Anderson, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Dickinson and 17 more | 27 hr |
| May 6, 6:48 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Jackson, Jefferson, Shawnee | 4 hr |
| May 6, 6:48 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Jackson, Jefferson, Shawnee, Wabaunsee | 4 hr |
| May 6, 7:23 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Douglas, Osage | 4 hr |
| May 6, 12:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Lyon, Osage | 4 hr |
| May 6, 6:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Cloud, Ottawa | 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.