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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 4, 2007, 8:55 PM CDT for Clark County, Comanche County, Kiowa County, Kansas. It was in force for 35 min. 4 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, 8:55 PM CDT (01:55 UTC)
- Expired
- May 4, 2007, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Kiowa County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:56 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 8:59 PM CDT | TORNADO | 6 N Protection, KS | REPORT FROM KAKE SPOTTER RELAYED BY ICT |
| May 4, 9:00 PM CDT | TORNADO | 7 N Protection, KS | ROPE TORNADO. FROM KWCH STORM CHASER. |
| May 4, 9:08 PM CDT | TORNADO | 9 Nw Coldwater, KS | TORNADO AND DEBRE CLOUD ON GROUND |
| May 4, 9:18 PM CDT | TORNADO | 10 Sse Mullinville, 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 6:13 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 57 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KDDC 050156 TORDDC KSC025-033-097-050230- /O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0024.070505T0155Z-070505T0230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 855 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN COMANCHE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. SOUTHWESTERN KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. NORTHEASTERN CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS. * UNTIL 930 PM CDT * AT 852 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER NORTHWESTERN COMANCHE COUNTY...OR 6 MILES NORTH OF PROTECTION... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. ANOTHER CIRCULATION CAPABLE OF A TORNADO WAS LOCATED ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF PROTECTION. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL RESIDENCES OF NORTHEASTERN CLARK...NORTHWESTERN COMANCHE AND SOUTHWESTERN KIOWA COUNTIES. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. VERY STRONG ROTATION WAS INDICATED ON RADAR AND A LARGE TORNADO MAY BE DEVELOPING 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 3732 9961 3726 9944 3742 9922 3756 9954 $$ UMSCHEID
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KDDC 050203 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 902 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2007 KSC025-033-097-050230- /O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-070505T0230Z/ KIOWA KS-CLARK KS-COMANCHE KS- 902 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN COMANCHE...EXTREME NORTHEASTERN CLARK AND SOUTHWESTERN KIOWA COUNTIES... AT 900 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS AND STORM CHASERS WERE TRACKING A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHWESTERN COMANCHE COUNTY...OR 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAKE COLDWATER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL RESIDENCES OF NORTHEASTERN CLARK...NORTHWESTERN COMANCHE AND SOUTHWESTERN KIOWA COUNTIES. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION...THE TIME TO TAKE ACTION IS NOW THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...EVACUATE TO A SUBSTANTIAL STRUCTURE. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 3732 9961 3726 9944 3742 9922 3756 9954 $$ UMSCHEID
000 WWUS53 KDDC 050208 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 908 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2007 KSC025-033-097-050230- /O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-070505T0230Z/ KIOWA KS-CLARK KS-COMANCHE KS- 908 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN COMANCHE...EXTREME NORTHEASTERN CLARK AND SOUTHWESTERN KIOWA COUNTIES... AT 904 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS AND STORM SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER EXTREME NORTHWESTERN COMANCHE COUNTY...OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLDWATER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL RESIDENCES OF NORTHEASTERN CLARK...NORTHWESTERN COMANCHE AND SOUTHWESTERN KIOWA COUNTIES. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. A LARGE TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DESTRUCTIVE TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY IN A BASEMENT OR OTHER UNDERGROUND SHELTER AND GET UNDER SOMETHING STURDY. LAT...LON 3732 9961 3726 9944 3742 9922 3756 9954 $$ UMSCHEID
000 WWUS53 KDDC 050214 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 913 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2007 KSC025-033-097-050230- /O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-070505T0230Z/ KIOWA KS-CLARK KS-COMANCHE KS- 913 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN COMANCHE...EXTREME NORTHEASTERN CLARK AND SOUTHWESTERN KIOWA COUNTIES... AT 912 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS AND STORM SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY...OR 12 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF COLDWATER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL RESIDENCES OF NORTHEASTERN CLARK...NORTHWESTERN COMANCHE AND SOUTHWESTERN KIOWA COUNTIES. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES CAUSING DAMAGE IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. A LARGE TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DESTRUCTIVE TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY IN A BASEMENT OR OTHER UNDERGROUND SHELTER AND GET UNDER SOMETHING STURDY. LAT...LON 3732 9961 3726 9944 3742 9922 3756 9954 $$ UMSCHEID
000
WWUS53 KDDC 050217 RRA
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
917 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2007
KSC025-033-050227-
/O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-070505T0230Z/
CLARK KS-COMANCHE KS-
917 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR COMANCHE AND CLARK COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...
THE THREAT FOR A TORNADO HAS EXITED CLARK AND COMANCHE COUNTIES.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3751 9955 3752 9953 3756 9953 3748 9934
3745 9931 3742 9922 3738 9929 3738 9955
$$
KSC097-050230-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-070505T0230Z/
KIOWA KS-
917 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN KIOWA COUNTY...
AT 912 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS AND STORM
SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY...OR 10
MILES NORTH OF COLDWATER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RURAL RESIDENCES OF SOUTHWESTERN KIOWA COUNTY.
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. IF IN A
MOBILE HOME...EVACUATE TO A SUBSTANTIAL STRUCTURE. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. A
LARGE TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS
DESTRUCTIVE TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY IN A BASEMENT OR OTHER
UNDERGROUND SHELTER AND GET UNDER SOMETHING STURDY.
LAT...LON 3751 9955 3752 9953 3756 9953 3748 9934
3745 9931 3742 9922 3738 9929 3738 9955
$$
UMSCHEIDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark | 48 min |
| May 4, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford, Kiowa | 50 min |
| May 4, 8:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche | 52 min |
| May 4, 8:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche | 32 min |
| May 4, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Kiowa, Pawnee | 43 min |
| May 4, 8:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche | 37 min |
| May 4, 8:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Kiowa | 39 min |
| May 4, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 19 min |
| May 4, 9:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee | 19 min |
| May 4, 9:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 41 min |
| May 4, 9:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman | 52 min |
| May 4, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Rush | 45 min |
| May 4, 9:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Edwards, Kiowa | 40 min |
| May 4, 10:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush | 46 min |
| May 4, 10:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Edwards, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford | 36 min |
| May 4, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 31 min |
| May 4, 10:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Ness, Rush, Trego | 44 min |
| May 4, 10:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pratt, Stafford | 36 min |
| May 4, 11:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee, Stafford | 38 min |
| May 4, 11:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Trego | 9 min |
| May 4, 11:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Rush | 36 min |
| May 5, 12:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee | 29 min |
| May 5, 12:04 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Stafford | 41 min |
| May 5, 12:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Rush | 50 min |
| May 5, 12:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis | 18 min |
| May 5, 10:08 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 18 more | 9 hr |
| May 5, 12:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman | 45 min |
| May 5, 12:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray, Meade | 47 min |
| May 5, 12:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ness, Trego | 44 min |
| May 5, 1:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness, Trego | 44 min |
| May 5, 1:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford | 44 min |
| May 5, 1:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark | 47 min |
| May 5, 1:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis | 38 min |
| May 5, 1:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush | 31 min |
| May 5, 1:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 47 min |
| May 5, 2:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Rush | 35 min |
| May 5, 2:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis | 33 min |
| May 5, 2:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford, Kiowa | 28 min |
| May 5, 2:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Hodgeman, Pawnee | 37 min |
| May 5, 2:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Edwards, Ford, Kiowa | 46 min |
| May 5, 2:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche | 40 min |
| May 5, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Rush | 47 min |
| May 5, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Comanche, Kiowa | 46 min |
| May 5, 4:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pratt | 44 min |
| May 5, 4:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Pratt | 37 min |
| May 5, 4:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Pratt, Stafford | 32 min |
| May 5, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Kiowa | 27 min |
| May 5, 5:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Edwards, Kiowa | 32 min |
| May 5, 5:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Stafford | 23 min |
| May 5, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche | 50 min |
| May 5, 5:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Stafford | 31 min |
| May 5, 5:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Edwards | 30 min |
| May 5, 5:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche | 26 min |
| May 5, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Kiowa | 44 min |
| May 5, 5:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Stafford | 16 min |
| May 5, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee | 44 min |
| May 5, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Kiowa | 38 min |
| May 5, 6:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Pawnee | 32 min |
| May 5, 6:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Pawnee | 16 min |
| May 5, 6:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Comanche, Kiowa | 23 min |
| May 5, 6:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 34 min |
| May 5, 6:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee | 48 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.