Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 12, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Mar 28, 2007, 8:44 PM CDT for Hodgeman County, Kansas. It was in force for 31 min. 2 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
- Mar 28, 2007, 8:44 PM CDT (01:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 28, 2007, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Hodgeman County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:47 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 9:06 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 10 Wnw Jetmore, KS | |
| Mar 28, 9:17 PM CDT | TORNADO | 14 Nw Jetmore, KS | LARGE TORNADO SPOTTED ON THE GROUND |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 3:59 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 38 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
- 2811 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 815 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 155 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 209 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.2
- Supercell composite
- 12.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KDDC 290145 TORDDC KSC083-290215- /O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0012.070329T0144Z-070329T0215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 844 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WESTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS. * UNTIL 915 PM CDT * AT 843 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER SOUTHWESTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY...OR 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KALVESTA... MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. RURAL RESIDENCES OF WESTERN HODGEMAN 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. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3794 10022 3795 10009 3824 9992 3824 10018 $$ 18
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KDDC 290148 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 848 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2007 KSC083-290215- /O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-070329T0215Z/ HODGEMAN KS- 848 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR WESTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY... AT 847 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER WEST CENTRAL HODGEMAN COUNTY...OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KALVESTA...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. THIS WILL AFFECT RURAL RESIDENCES OF WESTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO...IT MAY BE TOO LATE. TAKE COVER NOW A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3794 10022 3795 10009 3824 9992 3824 10018 $$ LACY
000 WWUS53 KDDC 290158 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 857 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2007 KSC083-290215- /O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-070329T0215Z/ HODGEMAN KS- 857 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR WESTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY... AT 855 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION AND A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER WEST CENTRAL HODGEMAN COUNTY...OR 9 MILES EAST OF KALVESTA...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. THIS WILL AFFECT RURAL RESIDENCES OF WESTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A LARGE DESTRUCTIVE TORNADO AT ANY TIME. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO...IT MAY BE TOO LATE. TAKE COVER NOW A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3794 10022 3795 10009 3824 9992 3824 10018 $$ LACY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray | 39 min |
| Mar 28, 7:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Meade | 23 min |
| Mar 28, 7:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Meade | 34 min |
| Mar 28, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 45 min |
| Mar 28, 7:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Gray | 28 min |
| Mar 28, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton, Stevens | 33 min |
| Mar 28, 8:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ford | 25 min |
| Mar 28, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane | 23 min |
| Mar 28, 8:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Gray | 33 min |
| Mar 28, 8:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ford | 35 min |
| Mar 28, 8:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Meade | 34 min |
| Mar 28, 8:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray, Hodgeman | 25 min |
| Mar 28, 8:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Meade | 34 min |
| Mar 28, 9:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness | 49 min |
| Mar 28, 9:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ness | 30 min |
| Mar 28, 9:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Pawnee | 23 min |
| Mar 28, 9:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ness, Trego | 49 min |
| Mar 28, 10:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stanton | 41 min |
| Mar 29, 12:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Meade | 47 min |
| Mar 29, 1:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark | 41 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.