Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2007
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 2007, 9:41 PM CDT for Ellis County, Trego County, Kansas. It was in force for 64 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 22, 2007, 9:41 PM CDT (02:41 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 2007, 10:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Ellis County, KS, Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:42 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 9:43 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 1 N Ellis, KS | ALSO TORRENTIAL RAIN. |
| May 22, 9:45 PM CDT | HAIL 2.5 | Ellis, KS | HAIL STONES MEASURED 2.25 INCHES IN DIAMETER. |
| May 22, 9:55 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 1 N Cedar Bluff, KS | NORTH EDGE OF CEDAR BLUFF DAM. |
| May 22, 9:56 PM CDT | TORNADO | 5 N Hays, KS | |
| May 22, 10:05 PM CDT | HAIL 2 | 13 Sse Ogallah, 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 3:04 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 132 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
- 1569 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1669 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 305 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 7.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KDDC 230241 SVRDDC KSC051-195-230345- /O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0113.070523T0241Z-070523T0345Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 941 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WESTERN ELLIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS. SOUTHEASTERN TREGO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. * UNTIL 1045 PM CDT * AT 938 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF YOCEMENTO TO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CEDAR BLUFF...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO DEVELOP WITH LITTLE ADVANCE WARNING. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. THE TORNADO WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL TREGO COUNTY AND CENTRAL ELLIS COUNTY. THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS SEVERE THURNDERSTORM WARNING ISSUED FOR TREGO AND ELLIS COUNTIES. LAT...LON 3907 9962 3871 10007 3870 9952 3911 9917 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KDDC 230302 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1000 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 2007 KSC051-195-230345- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-070523T0345Z/ TREGO KS-ELLIS KS- 1000 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 2007 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CDT FOR WESTERN ELLIS AND SOUTHEASTERN TREGO COUNTIES... AT 959 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF YOCEMENTO TO 4 MILES SOUTH OF ELLIS TO CEDAR BLUFF...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CEDAR BLUFF... YOCEMENTO... RURAL RESIDENCES OF SOUTHEASTERN TREGO AND WESTERN ELLIS COUNTIES. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO DEVELOP WITH LITTLE ADVANCE WARNING. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE ACROSS CENTRAL TREGO COUNTY. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS THE TORNADO WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL ELLIS COUNTY. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3906 9956 3872 9999 3870 9952 3911 9917 $$ 18
000 WWUS53 KDDC 230317 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1017 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 2007 KSC195-230327- /O.CAN.KDDC.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-070523T0345Z/ TREGO KS- 1017 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 2007 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR TREGO COUNTY IS CANCELLED... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3906 9956 3870 9958 3870 9952 3911 9917 $$ KSC051-230345- /O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-070523T0345Z/ ELLIS KS- 1017 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 2007 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CDT FOR WESTERN ELLIS COUNTY... AT 1015 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF YOCEMENTO TO 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF YOCEMENTO TO 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF YOCEMENTO...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... YOCEMENTO... HAYS... RURAL RESIDENCES OF WESTERN ELLIS COUNTY. BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO DEVELOP WITH LITTLE ADVANCE WARNING. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3906 9956 3870 9958 3870 9952 3911 9917 $$ 18
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Trego | 46 min |
| May 22, 8:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 49 min |
| May 22, 8:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Trego | 26 min |
| May 22, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 48 min |
| May 22, 9:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Trego | 27 min |
| May 22, 9:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ellis | 32 min |
| May 22, 9:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ellis | 34 min |
| May 22, 10:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ellis | 33 min |
| May 22, 10:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis | 40 min |
| May 22, 10:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Rush | 54 min |
| May 22, 10:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis | 36 min |
| May 22, 11:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Rush | 53 min |
| May 22, 11:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman | 10 min |
| May 22, 11:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee | 61 min |
| May 23, 12:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Rush | 14 min |
| May 23, 12:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee | 34 min |
| May 23, 1:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stafford | 42 min |
| May 23, 2:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stafford | 67 min |
| May 23, 2:47 AM CDT | Flood Watch | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 18 more | 25 hr |
| May 23, 2:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pratt | 64 min |
| May 23, 2:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber | 33 min |
| May 23, 4:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pratt | 37 min |
| May 23, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pratt | 33 min |
| May 23, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark | 79 min |
| May 23, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Meade | 61 min |
| May 23, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 54 min |
| May 23, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Kiowa | 56 min |
| May 23, 6:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark | 52 min |
| May 23, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Meade | 16 min |
| May 23, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 53 min |
| May 23, 6:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ford | 4 min |
| May 23, 6:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Edwards | 17 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.