Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 7, 2006, 7:41 PM CDT for Finney County, Kansas. It was in force for 49 min. 5 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
- May 7, 2006, 7:41 PM CDT (00:41 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 2006, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Finney County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:43 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 7:42 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | Garden City, KS | |
| May 7, 7:45 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Garden City, KS | LASTED FOR 20 MINUTES. |
| May 7, 7:55 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 1 Ne Garden City, KS | |
| May 7, 8:00 PM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | 1 Ne Garden City, KS | RETIRED NWS EMPLOYEE |
| May 7, 8:00 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 4 S Garden City, KS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 85 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
- 632 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -79 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1080 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 228 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KDDC 080043 TORDDC KSC055-080130- /O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0007.060508T0041Z-060508T0130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 741 PM CDT SUN MAY 7 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL FINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS. * UNTIL 830 PM CDT * AT 739 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO IN THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF GARDEN CITY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL RESIDENCES OF SOUTHERN FINNEY COUNTY... SOUTHWEST GARDEN CITY... PLYMELL... PIERCEVILLE... RADAR CONTINUES TO INDICATE STRONG LOW LEVEL ROTATION WITH THIS STORM AND COULD PRODUCE A TORNADO ANYTIME. THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL FINNEY COUNTY. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 83 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 57 AND 67. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 50 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 70 AND 82. WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. LAT...LON 3801 10086 3794 10096 3774 10093 3787 10065 $$ UMSCHEID
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KDDC 080057 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 755 PM CDT SUN MAY 7 2006 KSC055-080130- /O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-060508T0130Z/ FINNEY KS- 755 PM CDT SUN MAY 7 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL FINNEY COUNTY... AT 751 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF GARDEN CITY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN FINNEY COUNTY... PLYMELL... PIERCEVILLE... THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. LAT...LON 3801 10086 3794 10096 3774 10093 3787 10065 $$ JOHNSON
000 WWUS53 KDDC 080104 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 803 PM CDT SUN MAY 7 2006 KSC055-080130- /O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-060508T0130Z/ FINNEY KS- 803 PM CDT SUN MAY 7 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL FINNEY COUNTY... AT 800 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PLYMELL...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN FINNEY COUNTY... PLYMELL... PIERCEVILLE... THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED BY A TRAINED SPOTTER AT 8PM CDT 4 MILES SOUTH OF GARDEN CITY. LAT...LON 3801 10086 3794 10096 3774 10093 3787 10065 $$ JOHNSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney | 45 min |
| May 7, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Haskell | 42 min |
| May 7, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Haskell | 45 min |
| May 7, 8:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Haskell | 37 min |
| May 7, 9:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford, Gray | 42 min |
| May 7, 10:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kiowa | 43 min |
| May 7, 10:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 30 min |
| May 7, 10:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Kiowa, Pratt | 47 min |
| May 8, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Trego | 49 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.