Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Topeka, KS
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 9:28 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Ne Council Grove, KS | DAMAGE 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 7:55 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 9:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Geary, Wabaunsee | 24 min |
| Mar 30, 10:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Osage | 4 hr |
| Mar 30, 10:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TOP | Douglas, Jefferson | 32 min |
| Mar 30, 11:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Douglas, Jefferson, Pottawatomie, Shawnee, Wabaunsee | 4 hr |
| Mar 30, 11:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Douglas, Jackson, Jefferson, Pottawatomie, Shawnee, Wabaunsee | 4 hr |
| Mar 31, 12:03 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Washington | 4 hr |
| Mar 31, 12:06 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TOP | Nemaha | 4 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.