Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Feb 28, 2007, 6:55 PM CST for Anderson County, Kansas. It was in force for 42 min. 4 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, 6:55 PM CST (00:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 28, 2007, 7:37 PM CST
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Anderson County, KS
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:59 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, 7:02 PM CST | HAIL 1 | 6 Ne Colony, KS | 3 MILES SOUTH OF WELDA |
| Feb 28, 7:05 PM CST | FUNNEL CLOUD | 2 Se Colony, KS | |
| Feb 28, 7:07 PM CST | TORNADO | 7 N Iola, KS | 3 TORNADOES COMBINED INTO 1 WEDGE |
| Feb 28, 7:08 PM CST | TORNADO | 1 S Colony, KS | THREE TORNADOS COMBINED INTO ONE. |
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, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 95 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KTOP 010057
TORTOP
KSC003-010145-
/O.NEW.KTOP.TO.W.0003.070301T0055Z-070301T0145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
655 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN ANDERSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
* UNTIL 745 PM CST
* AT 652 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A TORNADO NEAR COLONY...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTH OF IOLA...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COLONY...
KINCAID...
GARNETT...
GREELEY...
AT 648 PM...MEDIA REPORTED A STORM CHASER REPORT OF A TORNADO ON THE
GROUND WEST OF COLONY.
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 WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST
SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.
LAT...LON 3821 9530 3803 9540 3803 9507 3839 9506
3839 9522
$$4 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KTOP 010111
SVSTOP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
710 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007
KSC003-010145-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070301T0145Z/
ANDERSON-
710 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CST FOR EASTERN
ANDERSON COUNTY...
AT 708 PM CST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF COLONY...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTH
OF LA HARPE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
KINCAID AND GARNETT.
IF A TORNADO APPROACHES...GO TO A BASEMENT OR SEEK SHELTER IN A
HALLWAY OR CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING. USE BLANKETS
OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR HEAD AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE
LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.
LAT...LON 3821 9530 3803 9540 3803 9507 3834 9507
3835 9524
$$000
WWUS53 KTOP 010120
SVSTOP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
719 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007
KSC003-010145-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070301T0145Z/
ANDERSON-
719 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CST FOR EAST
CENTRAL ANDERSON COUNTY...
AT 718 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION LIKELY PRODUCING A
TORNADO. THIS AREA OF STRONG ROTATION WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTHWEST
OF KINCAID...OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF LA HARPE...MOVING EAST
AT 30 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
KINCAID...
SELMA...
BUSH CITY...
RURAL AREAS OF EAST CENTRAL ANDERSON 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 3820 9529 3807 9526 3806 9507 3825 9507
3823 9524
$$000
WWUS53 KTOP 010125
SVSTOP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
724 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007
KSC003-010145-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070301T0145Z/
ANDERSON-
724 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CST FOR EAST
CENTRAL ANDERSON COUNTY...
AT 722 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND STORM
SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTH OF KINCAID...OR ABOUT 17 MILES
NORTHEAST OF LA HARPE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BUSH CITY...
SELMA...
RURAL AREAS OF EAST CENTRAL ANDERSON COUNTY.
FOR YOUR SAFETY...GO TO A STORM SHELTER OR BASEMENT NOW TORNADOES
MAY HAVE WINDS GREATER THAN 100 MPH. AVOID OVERPASSES AND
WINDOWS...AND COVER YOUR HEAD.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE
LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.
LAT...LON 3820 9529 3807 9526 3806 9507 3825 9507
3823 9524
$$000
WWUS53 KTOP 010137
SVSTOP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
737 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007
KSC003-010147-
/O.CAN.KTOP.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070301T0145Z/
ANDERSON-
737 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL ANDERSON COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...
AT 737 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH THE TORNADO HAD EXITED THE AREA...THUS THE
WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CST THURSDAY. STAY
ALERT TO THE WEATHER.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE
LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.
LAT...LON 3820 9529 3807 9526 3806 9507 3825 9507
3823 9524
$$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, 6:34 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TOP | Anderson, Coffey | 26 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.