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Tornado Warning 20, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 23, 2007, 8:39 PM CDT for Comanche County, Kansas. It was in force for 36 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
- Apr 23, 2007, 8:39 PM CDT (01:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 23, 2007, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Comanche County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 3:44 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Apr 23, 6:35 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 68 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
- 1336 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 712 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 206 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 279 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.7
- Supercell composite
- 9.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KDDC 240141 TORDDC KSC033-240215- /O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0020.070424T0139Z-070424T0215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 839 PM CDT MON APR 23 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN COMANCHE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. * UNTIL 915 PM CDT * AT 836 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER WEST CENTRAL COMANCHE COUNTY...OR 2 MILES NORTH OF PROTECTION...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF TORNADOES CONTINUE TO BE RECEIVED AROUND THE PROTECTION AREA. COLDWATER IS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS TORNADO WARNING...THE TORNADO THREAT IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN WEST OF COLDWATER. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...EVACUATE TO A SUBSTANTIAL STRUCTURE. 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. THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS WARNING ISSUED FOR WEST CENTRAL COMANCHE COUNTY. LAT...LON 3720 9954 3719 9945 3738 9925 3737 9952 $$ UMSCHEID
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KDDC 240155 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 854 PM CDT MON APR 23 2007 KSC033-240215- /O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-070424T0215Z/ COMANCHE KS- 854 PM CDT MON APR 23 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN COMANCHE COUNTY... AT 853 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO LOCATED OVER NORTHWESTERN COMANCHE COUNTY ABOUT 6 MILES NORTH OF PROTECTION...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE RURAL RESIDENCES OF NORTHWESTERN COMANCHE COUNTY. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. COLDWATER IS NOT IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO THREAT. BLOWING DUST OR DEBRIS AND SUDDEN WIND CHANGES MAY MEAN A TORNADO IS DEVELOPING OR APPROACHING. THE TIME TO TAKE ACTION IS NOW A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3720 9954 3719 9945 3738 9925 3737 9952 $$ UMSCHEID
000 WWUS53 KDDC 240214 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 914 PM CDT MON APR 23 2007 KSC033-240224- /O.EXP.KDDC.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-070424T0215Z/ COMANCHE KS- 914 PM CDT MON APR 23 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN COMANCHE COUNTY EXPIRES AT 915 PM CDT... THE TORNADO THREAT HAS EXITED THE WARNED AREA...THUS THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3720 9954 3719 9945 3738 9925 3737 9952 $$ UMSCHEID
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche | 44 min |
| Apr 23, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford | 21 min |
| Apr 23, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 12 min |
| Apr 23, 7:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche | 37 min |
| Apr 23, 7:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee | 39 min |
| Apr 23, 8:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche | 33 min |
| Apr 23, 9:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 36 min |
| Apr 24, 6:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 57 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.