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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 5, 2007Ellis County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 2007, 2:12 PM CDT for Ellis 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
May 5, 2007, 2:12 PM CDT (19:12 UTC)
Expired
May 5, 2007, 2:45 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Ellis County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:12 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 5, 2:15 PM CDTHAIL 0.758 S Ellis, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 5, 9:51 AM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPC12 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 139 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 2007-05-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3496 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 12:00Z on 2007-05-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 292 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
3496 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
681 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
292 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
304 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
6.3
Supercell composite
22.7

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KDDC 051913
SVRDDC
KSC051-051945-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0071.070505T1912Z-070505T1945Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
212 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ELLIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 245 PM CDT

* AT 208 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING
  WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF YOCEMENTO...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

AT 132 PM CDT...DIME SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED BY LAW 
ENFORCEMENT.

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 UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR WEST CENTRAL KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3911 9958 3870 9958 3871 9905 3911 9906

$$

BURKE
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KDDC 051942
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
242 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007

KSC051-051952-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-070505T1945Z/
ELLIS KS-
242 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ELLIS COUNTY EXPIRES AT 245 PM
CDT...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR WEST CENTRAL KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3911 9958 3870 9958 3871 9905 3911 9906

$$

BURKE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 4, 7:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark48 min
May 4, 7:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford, Kiowa50 min
May 4, 8:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Comanche52 min
May 4, 8:13 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCClark, Comanche32 min
May 4, 8:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Kiowa, Pawnee43 min
May 4, 8:38 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCClark, Comanche37 min
May 4, 8:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Ford, Kiowa39 min
May 4, 8:55 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCClark, Comanche, Kiowa35 min
May 4, 9:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Trego19 min
May 4, 9:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee19 min
May 4, 9:19 PM CDTTornado Warning EmergencyDDCKiowa41 min
May 4, 9:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Ford, Hodgeman52 min
May 4, 9:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee, Rush45 min
May 4, 9:50 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards, Kiowa40 min
May 4, 10:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush46 min
May 4, 10:24 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford36 min
May 4, 10:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Rush31 min
May 4, 10:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Ness, Rush, Trego44 min
May 4, 10:54 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards, Pratt, Stafford36 min
May 4, 11:22 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee, Stafford38 min
May 4, 11:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCTrego9 min
May 4, 11:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCRush36 min
May 5, 12:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee29 min
May 5, 12:04 AM CDTTornado WarningDDCStafford41 min
May 5, 12:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee, Rush50 min
May 5, 12:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis18 min
May 5, 10:08 AM CDTWind AdvisoryDDCBarber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 18 more9 hr
May 5, 12:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman45 min
May 5, 12:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Gray, Meade47 min
May 5, 12:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCNess, Trego44 min
May 5, 1:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman, Ness, Trego44 min
May 5, 1:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford44 min
May 5, 1:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark47 min
May 5, 1:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis38 min
May 5, 1:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush31 min
May 5, 1:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord47 min
May 5, 2:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCRush35 min
May 5, 2:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford, Kiowa28 min
May 5, 2:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Hodgeman, Pawnee37 min
May 5, 2:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Edwards, Ford, Kiowa46 min
May 5, 2:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Comanche40 min
May 5, 3:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee, Rush47 min
May 5, 3:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCComanche, Kiowa46 min
May 5, 4:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt44 min
May 5, 4:38 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCPratt37 min
May 5, 4:58 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCPratt, Stafford32 min
May 5, 5:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Kiowa27 min
May 5, 5:13 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards, Kiowa32 min
May 5, 5:22 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCStafford23 min
May 5, 5:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Comanche50 min
May 5, 5:29 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCStafford31 min
May 5, 5:30 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards30 min
May 5, 5:34 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCClark, Comanche26 min
May 5, 5:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Kiowa44 min
May 5, 5:59 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCStafford16 min
May 5, 6:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee44 min
May 5, 6:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Comanche, Kiowa38 min
May 5, 6:13 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCPawnee32 min
May 5, 6:28 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCPawnee16 min
May 5, 6:37 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCComanche, Kiowa23 min
May 5, 6:41 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCKiowa34 min
May 5, 6:57 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee48 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.