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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Dodge City, KS

February 23, 2007Ford County, Gray County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Feb 23, 2007, 10:16 PM CST for Ford County, Gray County, Kansas. It was in force for 29 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, 10:16 PM CST (04:16 UTC)
Expired
Feb 23, 2007, 10:45 PM CST
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:19 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
Feb 23, 10:18 PM CSTTORNADO7 Nw Fowler, KS
Feb 23, 10:22 PM CSTTORNADO6 S Ensign, KSRELAYED FROM MEDIA. CHASER REPORTED TORNADO ON GROUND FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES. AT 1022 PM IT WAS STARTING TO LIFT.
Feb 23, 10:27 PM CSTTORNADO11 Sw Dodge City, KS3000 GAL FUEL TANK BLOWN OVER 1/2-MILE FROM ORIGIN, WOOD ROOF OFF CATTLE BUILDING WITH 2/4S THROWN IN EVERY DIRECTION, SEVERAL TREES TOPPED OFF, AND 4 TO 5 TELEPHONE POLES SNAPPED OFF NEAR 102 RD AND TILLMAN RD. TIME ESTIMATED.

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
Feb 23, 8:29 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 35 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 00:00Z on 2007-02-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 586 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 00:00Z on 2007-02-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 198 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
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 240416
TORDDC
KSC057-069-240445-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0002.070224T0416Z-070224T0445Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1016 PM CST FRI FEB 23 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN FORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS.
  SOUTHEASTERN GRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS.

* UNTIL 1045 PM CST

* AT 1011 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 13 MILES SOUTH
  OF ENSIGN...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF FOWLER...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF SOUTHWESTERN FORD COUNTY...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF SOUTHEASTERN GRAY COUNTY...
  ENSIGN...

THIS PARTICULAR WARNING DOES NOT INCLUDE DODGE CITY

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.

THIS WARNING EXTENDS THE PREVIOUS WARNING ISSUED FOR THE AREA.

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

LAT...LON 3747 10032 3747 10015 3766 9991 3773 10025

$$

UMSCHEID
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KDDC 240425
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1023 PM CST FRI FEB 23 2007

KSC057-069-240445-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070224T0445Z/
GRAY KS-FORD KS-
1023 PM CST FRI FEB 23 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CST FOR
SOUTHWESTERN FORD AND SOUTHEASTERN GRAY COUNTIES...

AT 1018 PM CST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE 
GROUND AROUND 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF FOWLER. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING 
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF SOUTHWESTERN FORD COUNTY...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF SOUTHEASTERN GRAY COUNTY...
  ENSIGN...

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

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR 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 3752 10030 3748 10018 3766 9991 3773 10025

$$

BIELINSKI
000 
WWUS53 KDDC 240444
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1042 PM CST FRI FEB 23 2007

KSC057-069-240452-
/O.EXP.KDDC.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070224T0445Z/
GRAY KS-FORD KS-
1042 PM CST FRI FEB 23 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN FORD AND SOUTHEASTERN GRAY
COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 1045 PM CST...

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF SOUTHWESTERN FORD COUNTY...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF SOUTHEASTERN GRAY COUNTY...
  ENSIGN...

A TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN FORD AND EXTREME EAST CENTRAL 
GRAY COUNTIES HAVE REPLACED THIS WARNING.

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

LAT...LON 3752 10030 3748 10018 3766 9991 3773 10025

$$
BIELINSKI

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 23, 7:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark43 min
Feb 23, 8:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCSeward49 min
Feb 23, 9:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMeade42 min
Feb 23, 9:52 PM CSTTornado WarningDDCGray, Meade23 min
Feb 23, 9:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGray, Haskell51 min
Feb 23, 10:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStafford47 min
Feb 23, 10:31 PM CSTTornado WarningDDCFord, Gray32 min
Feb 23, 10:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee38 min
Feb 23, 11:01 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCRush28 min
Feb 24, 12:05 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord40 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.