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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Topeka, KS

March 30, 2007Morris County, Wabaunsee County, Kansas

NWS Topeka, KS issued this tornado warning at Mar 30, 2007, 9:27 PM CDT for Morris County, Wabaunsee County, Kansas. It was in force for 33 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
Mar 30, 2007, 9:27 PM CDT (02:27 UTC)
Expired
Mar 30, 2007, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Topeka, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Morris County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:27 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
Mar 30, 9:28 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG5 Ne Council Grove, KSDAMAGE TO A FARMSTEAD.

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
Mar 30, 7:55 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 72 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 2007-03-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 312 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2007-03-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 61 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
312 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-53 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
786 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
154 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS53 KTOP 310228
TORTOP
KSC127-197-310300-
/O.NEW.KTOP.TO.W.0008.070331T0227Z-070331T0300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
927 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEAST MORRIS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS... 
  SOUTHWESTERN WABAUNSEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

* AT 923 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER EAST   
  CENTRAL MORRIS COUNTY...OR ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF COUNCIL 
  GROVE...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ALTA VISTA...
  
STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST
SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.

LAT...LON 3868 9652 3866 9636 3873 9636 3892 9629
      3894 9648

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KTOP 310239
SVSTOP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
938 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007

KSC127-197-310300-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070331T0300Z/
WABAUNSEE-MORRIS-
938 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR EXTREME 
NORTHEASTERN MORRIS AND SOUTHWEST WABAUNSEE COUNTIES...

AT 936 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ALTA VISTA...OR ABOUT 27 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF JUNCTION CITY...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ALTA VISTA AND RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME NORTHEAST MORRIS AND SOUTHWEST 
WABAUNSEE COUNTIES.

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 3876 9651 3876 9639 3893 9635 3894 9648

$$
000 
WWUS53 KTOP 310249
SVSTOP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
948 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007

KSC127-310258-
/O.CAN.KTOP.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070331T0300Z/
MORRIS-
948 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR MORRIS COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD MOVED NORTH OUT OF THE 
COUNTY.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE
LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.

LAT...LON 3884 9649 3884 9637 3893 9635 3894 9648

$$

KSC197-310300-
/O.CON.KTOP.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070331T0300Z/
WABAUNSEE-
948 PM CDT FRI MAR 30 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL WABAUNSEE COUNTY...

AT 946 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED OVER WEST CENTRAL WABAUNSEE COUNTY...OR ABOUT 22
MILES SOUTH OF MANHATTAN...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.

VOLLAND IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.

FOR YOUR SAFETY...GO TO A STORM SHELTER OR BASEMENT NOW 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 3884 9649 3884 9637 3893 9635 3894 9648

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 30, 9:51 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPGeary, Wabaunsee24 min
Mar 30, 10:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPOsage4 hr
Mar 30, 10:58 PM CDTTornado WarningTOPDouglas, Jefferson32 min
Mar 30, 11:03 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPDouglas, Jefferson, Pottawatomie, Shawnee, Wabaunsee4 hr
Mar 30, 11:03 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPDouglas, Jackson, Jefferson, Pottawatomie, Shawnee, Wabaunsee4 hr
Mar 31, 12:03 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPWashington4 hr
Mar 31, 12:06 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningTOPNemaha4 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.