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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 7, 2006Finney County, Kansas

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 7, 7:42 PM CDTHAIL 0.88Garden City, KS
May 7, 7:45 PM CDTHAIL 1Garden City, KSLASTED FOR 20 MINUTES.
May 7, 7:55 PM CDTHAIL 1.751 Ne Garden City, KS
May 7, 8:00 PM CDTHAIL 1.251 Ne Garden City, KSRETIRED NWS EMPLOYEE
May 7, 8:00 PM CDTHAIL 1.754 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2006-05-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 632 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2006-05-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 141 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 7, 7:00 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFinney45 min
May 7, 8:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Haskell42 min
May 7, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Haskell45 min
May 7, 8:42 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCHaskell37 min
May 7, 9:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord, Gray42 min
May 7, 10:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKiowa43 min
May 7, 10:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKiowa30 min
May 7, 10:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Kiowa, Pratt47 min
May 8, 6:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCTrego49 min

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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.