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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 23, 2007Kiowa County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 23, 2007, 9:09 PM CDT for Kiowa 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, 9:09 PM CDT (02:09 UTC)
Expired
Apr 23, 2007, 9:45 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Kiowa County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:09 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 23, 3:44 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr
Apr 23, 6:35 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 56 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 2007-04-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1336 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 2007-04-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 206 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KDDC 240209
TORDDC
KSC097-240245-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0021.070424T0209Z-070424T0245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
909 PM CDT MON APR 23 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT

* AT 905 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER EXTREME
  NORTHWESTERN COMANCHE COUNTY...OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAKE
  COLDWATER...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF SOUTHERN KIOWA COUNTY.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES.  THIS WARNING DOES 
NOT INCLUDE MULLINVILLE OR GREENSBURG.

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.

LAT...LON 3739 9950 3738 9935 3754 9926 3752 9948

$$

UMSCHEID
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KDDC 240224
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
924 PM CDT MON APR 23 2007

KSC097-240245-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-070424T0245Z/
KIOWA KS-
924 PM CDT MON APR 23 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY...

AT 922 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER
SOUTHWESTERN KIOWA COUNTY...OR 11 MILES SOUTH OF MULLINVILLE...MOVING
NORTH AT 15 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE RURAL RESIDENCES OF SOUTHERN KIOWA COUNTY.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES.

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 200 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3739 9950 3738 9935 3754 9926 3752 9948

$$

UMSCHEID
000 
WWUS53 KDDC 240244
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
941 PM CDT MON APR 23 2007

KSC097-240251-
/O.EXP.KDDC.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-070424T0245Z/
KIOWA KS-
941 PM CDT MON APR 23 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY EXPIRES AT 945
PM CDT...

THE LIKELIHOOD OF A TORNADO WITH THIS STORM HAS DIMINISHED...THUS THE
TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  THE STORM WAS WEAKENING
AS IT WAS MOVING TOWARDS THE MULLINVILLE AREA AND THERE HAVE BEEN
NO RECENT REPORTS OF A TORNADO OR TORNADIC ROTATION.  WHILE NOT 
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A BRIEF WEAK TORNADO COULD STILL OCCUR OVER
CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY...MAINLY BETWEEN MULLINVILLE AND GREENSBURG...
THROUGH 10 PM CDT.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3739 9950 3738 9935 3754 9926 3752 9948

$$

UMSCHEID

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 23, 7:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Comanche44 min
Apr 23, 7:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Ford21 min
Apr 23, 7:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord12 min
Apr 23, 7:38 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCClark, Comanche37 min
Apr 23, 7:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee39 min
Apr 23, 8:12 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCClark, Comanche33 min
Apr 23, 8:39 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCComanche36 min
Apr 24, 6:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton57 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.