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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Topeka, KS

February 28, 2007Franklin County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Feb 28, 2007, 8:00 PM CST for Franklin County, Kansas. It was in force for 45 min. 1 report 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, 8:00 PM CST (02:00 UTC)
Expired
Feb 28, 2007, 8:45 PM CST
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Franklin County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:00 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 28, 8:15 PM CSTHAIL 1.75Williamsburg, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 28, 5:07 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 61 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2007-03-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2007-03-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 58 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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 010200
TORTOP
KSC059-010245-
/O.NEW.KTOP.TO.W.0004.070301T0200Z-070301T0245Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 845 PM CST

* AT 758 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 4 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF WILLIAMSBURG...OR ABOUT 19 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  OTTAWA...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WILLIAMSBURG...
  PRINCETON...

THIS REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR FRANKLIN COUNTY.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 169 AND 188.

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 3852 9551 3839 9550 3839 9517 3867 9514

$$
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KTOP 010214
SVSTOP

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

KSC059-010245-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070301T0245Z/
FRANKLIN-
813 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CST FOR FRANKLIN
COUNTY...

AT 812 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS 
ROTATION WAS LOCATED 4 MILES EAST OF WILLIAMSBURG...OR ABOUT 12 
MILES SOUTHWEST OF OTTAWA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PRINCETON...

IN ADDITION...GOLFBALL TO BASEBALL SIZE HAIL IS LIKELY ALONG 
INTERSTATE 35 INCLUDING THE CITY OF OTTAWA.

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 3852 9551 3839 9550 3839 9517 3867 9514

$$
000 
WWUS53 KTOP 010219
SVSTOP

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

KSC059-010245-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070301T0245Z/
FRANKLIN-
819 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CST FOR FRANKLIN
COUNTY...

AT 817 PM CST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A WALL CLOUD. THIS 
WALL CLOUD WAS LOCATED 3 MILES WEST OF PRINCETON...OR ABOUT 10 MILES 
SOUTH OF OTTAWA...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PRINCETON.

GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL IS LIKELY ALONG INTERSTATE 35 INCLUDING THE CITY 
OF OTTAWA.

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 3852 9551 3839 9550 3839 9517 3867 9514

$$
000 
WWUS53 KTOP 010249
SVSTOP

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

KSC059-010258-
/O.EXP.KTOP.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070301T0245Z/
FRANKLIN-
848 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR MUCH OF SOUTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY HAS 
EXPIRED...

AT 848 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
STORM WHICH HAD PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAD EXITED THE WARNED 
AREA INTO MIAMI COUNTY...THUS THE WARNING FOR MUCH OF SOUTHERN 
FRANKLIN COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS WERE 
STILL POSSIBLE FROM THUNDERSTORM MOVING NORTHEAST INTO WESTERN 
PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY..

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 3852 9551 3839 9550 3839 9517 3867 9514

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 28, 6:22 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCoffey, Franklin, Osage38 min
Feb 28, 6:34 PM CSTTornado WarningTOPAnderson, Coffey26 min
Feb 28, 6:55 PM CSTTornado WarningTOPAnderson42 min
Feb 28, 7:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas28 min
Feb 28, 7:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCoffey, Franklin, Osage39 min
Feb 28, 8:23 PM CSTTornado WarningTOPFranklin37 min
Feb 28, 8:58 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningTOPCoffey, Franklin, Osage4 hr
Feb 28, 8:58 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningTOPCoffey, Franklin, Osage4 hr
Feb 28, 9:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPLyon43 min
Feb 28, 9:42 PM CSTTornado WarningTOPCoffey, Lyon, Osage48 min
Feb 28, 9:53 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOsage52 min
Feb 28, 10:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPFranklin50 min
Feb 28, 11:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPDouglas, Franklin30 min
Mar 1, 10:32 AM CSTWind AdvisoryTOPClay, Cloud, Dickinson, Ottawa, Republic, Washington4 hr

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.