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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Dodge City, KS

February 23, 2007Gray County, Meade County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Feb 23, 2007, 9:52 PM CST for Gray County, Meade County, Kansas. It was in force for 23 min. 3 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: Feb 23, 2007, 9:52 PM CST (03:52 UTC)
Expired: Feb 23, 2007, 10:15 PM CST
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Gray County, KS, Meade County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:55 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
Feb 23, 9:56 PM CST	TORNADO	8 W Fowler, KS	TORNADO TRAVELED ABOUT 2.5 MILES BEFORE DISSIPATING AT 1006 PM 7.5 MILES NORTHWEST OF FOWLER. DAMAGED SOME TREES.
Feb 23, 10:11 PM CST	TORNADO	7 Nw Fowler, KS	TORNADO TRAVELED AT TOTAL OF 17 MILES DISSIPATING AT 1040 PM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DODGE CITY POST OFFICE. PRODUCED EF1 DAMAGE TO PIVOT IRRIGAATION SPRINKLERS, TREES AND SOME OUTBUILDINGS. ALSO MOVED A 3000 GALLON TANK APROX. 1/2 MILE.
Feb 23, 10:18 PM CST	TORNADO	7 Nw Fowler, 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
Feb 23, 3:11 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr
Feb 23, 8:29 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 53 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 586 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -56 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1239 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 198 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 233 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 4.4

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KDDC 240352
TORDDC
KSC069-119-240415-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0001.070224T0352Z-070224T0415Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
952 PM CST FRI FEB 23 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN GRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS.
  NORTHEASTERN MEADE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS.

* UNTIL 1015 PM CST

* AT 950 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER NORTH
  CENTRAL MEADE COUNTY...OR ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF MISSLER...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF SOUTHEASTERN GRAY COUNTY...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF NORTHEASTERN MEADE COUNTY...

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST FRIDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
600 AM CST SATURDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3732 10046 3729 10036 3746 10012 3749 10019
      3759 10025 3756 10043

$$

UMSCHEID

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KDDC 240407
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1007 PM CST FRI FEB 23 2007

KSC069-119-240415-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070224T0415Z/
GRAY KS-MEADE KS-
1007 PM CST FRI FEB 23 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CST FOR
NORTHEASTERN MEADE AND SOUTHEASTERN GRAY COUNTIES...

AT 1003 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
OVER NORTH CENTRAL MEADE COUNTY...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF
FOWLER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF SOUTHEASTERN GRAY COUNTY...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF NORTHEASTERN MEADE COUNTY...

THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
INDICATED COUNTIES.

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.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CST SATURDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3732 10046 3729 10036 3746 10012 3749 10019
      3759 10025 3756 10043

$$

BIELINSKI

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 23, 7:26 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark	43 min
Feb 23, 8:26 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Seward	49 min
Feb 23, 9:18 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Meade	42 min
Feb 23, 9:54 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Gray, Haskell	51 min
Feb 23, 10:16 PM CST	Tornado Warning	DDC	Ford, Gray	29 min
Feb 23, 10:28 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Stafford	47 min
Feb 23, 10:31 PM CST	Tornado Warning	DDC	Ford, Gray	32 min
Feb 23, 10:37 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pawnee	38 min
Feb 23, 11:01 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Rush	28 min
Feb 24, 12:05 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Ford	40 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.