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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 4, 2007Clark County, Comanche County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 4, 2007, 8:13 PM CDT for Clark County, Comanche County, Kansas. It was in force for 32 min. 6 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
May 4, 2007, 8:13 PM CDT (01:13 UTC)
Expired
May 4, 2007, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:15 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
May 4, 8:24 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD3 S Sitka, KSWELL DEFINED FUNNEL.
May 4, 8:25 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD3 Ne Sitka, KSBRIEF FUNNELS AND A LARGE WALL CLOUD REPORTED
May 4, 8:30 PM CDTHAIL 1Protection, KS
May 4, 8:35 PM CDTTORNADO5 E Sitka, KS
May 4, 8:40 PM CDTTORNADO2 N Sitka, KSKAKE TV STORM CHASER. REPORT RELAYED BY WFO ICT.
May 4, 8:45 PM CDTTORNADO6 N Sitka, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 4, 6:13 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 69 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 2007-05-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 164 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2007-05-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 50 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
164 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2984 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
144 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KDDC 050113
TORDDC
KSC025-033-050145-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0022.070505T0113Z-070505T0145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
813 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL COMANCHE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
  EASTERN CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS.

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 811 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF SITKA...OR 6 MILES SOUTH OF ASHLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SITKA...
  PROTECTION...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF EASTERN CLARK AND WESTERN COMANCHE COUNTIES.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL OR LARGER AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

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 3710 9981 3708 9970 3721 9937 3737 9970

$$

UMSCHEID
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KDDC 050122
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
822 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2007

KSC025-033-050145-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-070505T0145Z/
CLARK KS-COMANCHE KS-
822 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL COMANCHE AND EASTERN CLARK COUNTIES...

AT 819 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SITKA...MOVING 
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SITKA...
  PROTECTION...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF EASTERN CLARK AND WESTERN COMANCHE COUNTIES.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
TENNIS BALL 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.

LAT...LON 3710 9981 3708 9970 3721 9937 3737 9970

$$

UMSCHEID
000 
WWUS53 KDDC 050126
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
826 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2007

KSC025-033-050145-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-070505T0145Z/
CLARK KS-COMANCHE KS-
826 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL COMANCHE AND EASTERN CLARK COUNTIES...

AT 823 PM CDT...STORM CHASERS AND WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A
PRONOUNCED FUNNEL CLOUD ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTH OF SITKA...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
TENNIS BALL 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.

LAT...LON 3710 9981 3708 9970 3721 9937 3737 9970

$$

UMSCHEID

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 4, 7:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark48 min
May 4, 7:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford, Kiowa50 min
May 4, 8:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Comanche52 min
May 4, 8:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Kiowa, Pawnee43 min
May 4, 8:38 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCClark, Comanche37 min
May 4, 8:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Ford, Kiowa39 min
May 4, 8:55 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCClark, Comanche, Kiowa35 min
May 4, 9:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Trego19 min
May 4, 9:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee19 min
May 4, 9:19 PM CDTTornado Warning EmergencyDDCKiowa41 min
May 4, 9:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Ford, Hodgeman52 min
May 4, 9:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee, Rush45 min
May 4, 9:50 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards, Kiowa40 min
May 4, 10:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush46 min
May 4, 10:24 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford36 min
May 4, 10:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Rush31 min
May 4, 10:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Ness, Rush, Trego44 min
May 4, 10:54 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards, Pratt, Stafford36 min
May 4, 11:22 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee, Stafford38 min
May 4, 11:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCTrego9 min
May 4, 11:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCRush36 min
May 5, 12:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee29 min
May 5, 12:04 AM CDTTornado WarningDDCStafford41 min
May 5, 12:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee, Rush50 min
May 5, 12:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis18 min
May 5, 10:08 AM CDTWind AdvisoryDDCBarber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 18 more9 hr
May 5, 12:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman45 min
May 5, 12:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Gray, Meade47 min
May 5, 12:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCNess, Trego44 min
May 5, 1:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman, Ness, Trego44 min
May 5, 1:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford44 min
May 5, 1:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark47 min
May 5, 1:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis38 min
May 5, 1:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush31 min
May 5, 1:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord47 min
May 5, 2:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCRush35 min
May 5, 2:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis33 min
May 5, 2:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford, Kiowa28 min
May 5, 2:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Hodgeman, Pawnee37 min
May 5, 2:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Edwards, Ford, Kiowa46 min
May 5, 2:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Comanche40 min
May 5, 3:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee, Rush47 min
May 5, 3:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCComanche, Kiowa46 min
May 5, 4:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt44 min
May 5, 4:38 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCPratt37 min
May 5, 4:58 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCPratt, Stafford32 min
May 5, 5:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Kiowa27 min
May 5, 5:13 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards, Kiowa32 min
May 5, 5:22 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCStafford23 min
May 5, 5:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Comanche50 min
May 5, 5:29 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCStafford31 min
May 5, 5:30 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards30 min
May 5, 5:34 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCClark, Comanche26 min
May 5, 5:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Kiowa44 min
May 5, 5:59 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCStafford16 min
May 5, 6:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee44 min
May 5, 6:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Comanche, Kiowa38 min
May 5, 6:13 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCPawnee32 min
May 5, 6:28 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCPawnee16 min
May 5, 6:37 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCComanche, Kiowa23 min
May 5, 6:41 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCKiowa34 min
May 5, 6:57 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee48 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.