Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 25, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Jul 4, 2007, 2:34 PM CDT for Jackson County, Shawnee County, Kansas. It was in force for 11 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
- Jul 4, 2007, 2:34 PM CDT (19:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 2007, 2:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 11 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Jackson County, KS, Shawnee County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 23 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
- 1411 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 945 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 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 041934 TORTOP KSC085-177-041945- /O.NEW.KTOP.TO.W.0025.070704T1934Z-070704T1945Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 234 PM CDT WED JUL 4 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL SHAWNEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTH CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS... * UNTIL 245 PM CDT * AT 228 PM CDT...JEFFERSON COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HOYT...OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTH OF TOPEKA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN JEFFERSON AND NORTHERN SHAWNEE COUNTY COUNTY... MOTORISTS ALONG HIGHWAY 75. 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 3925 9570 3923 9583 3910 9583 3916 9560 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KTOP 041945 SVSTOP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 245 PM CDT WED JUL 4 2007 KSC085-087-177-042000- /O.CON.KTOP.SV.W.0054.000000T0000Z-070704T2000Z/ JACKSON-JEFFERSON-SHAWNEE- 245 PM CDT WED JUL 4 2007 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL SHAWNEE...SOUTHWESTERN JEFFERSON AND SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTIES... AT 243 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HOYT...OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTH OF TOPEKA...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MERIDEN...GRANTVILLE AND TOPEKA. LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. FOR YOUR SAFETY...TAKE COVER INSIDE A BUILDING NOW. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. LAT...LON 3926 9559 3927 9582 3901 9579 3908 9551 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 1:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Pottawatomie | 34 min |
| Jul 4, 2:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jackson, Jefferson, Shawnee | 32 min |
| Jul 4, 2:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Jefferson | 39 min |
| Jul 4, 3:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas, Jefferson, Shawnee | 28 min |
| Jul 4, 3:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TOP | Douglas | 44 min |
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.