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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Dodge City, KS

March 23, 2007Kiowa County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 23, 2007, 6:36 PM CDT for Kiowa County, Kansas. It was in force for 39 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 23, 2007, 6:36 PM CDT (23:36 UTC)
Expired
Mar 23, 2007, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Kiowa County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 23, 4:40 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 55 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 12:00Z on 2007-03-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2007-03-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 73 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
995 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KDDC 232337
SVRDDC
KSC097-240015-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0021.070323T2336Z-070324T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
636 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 633 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MULLINVILLE...OR 3 MILES   
  EAST OF BUCKLIN...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. 


* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MULLINVILLE...
  GREENSBURG...
  HAVILAND...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF KIOWA 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.

LAT...LON 3742 9952 3755 9906 3772 9901 3771 9955

$$

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2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KDDC 232352
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
652 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2007

KSC097-240015-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-070324T0015Z/
KIOWA KS-
652 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT
FOR KIOWA COUNTY...

AT 650 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF GREENSBURG...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

IN ADDITION...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH
THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS NATURES NUMBER ONE
KILLER. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO
BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3771 9955 3739 9950 3739 9906 3755 9906
      3772 9901

$$

RITTERLING
000 
WWUS53 KDDC 240015
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
716 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2007

KSC097-240026-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-070324T0015Z/
KIOWA KS-
716 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR KIOWA COUNTY EXPIRES AT 715 PM
CDT...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER POSES A THREAT TO 
LIFE OR PROPERTY...HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...AND SMALL HAIL 
WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE OVER KIOWA COUNTY.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3771 9955 3739 9950 3739 9906 3755 9906
      3772 9901

$$

RITTERLING

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 23, 3:30 PM CDTFlood WatchDDCFinney, Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Scott, Stanton22 hr
Mar 23, 3:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Meade43 min
Mar 23, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Comanche45 min
Mar 23, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMeade42 min
Mar 23, 4:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKiowa48 min
Mar 23, 5:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Meade35 min
Mar 23, 5:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMeade, Seward48 min
Mar 23, 5:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Kiowa, Pratt44 min
Mar 23, 5:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford33 min
Mar 23, 6:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord34 min
Mar 23, 6:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMeade, Seward21 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.