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Tornado Warning 26, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 4, 2007, 9:50 PM CDT for Edwards County, Kiowa County, Kansas. It was in force for 40 min. 1 report 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, 9:50 PM CDT (02:50 UTC)
- Expired
- May 4, 2007, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Edwards County, KS, Kiowa County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:50 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, 9:55 PM CDT | TORNADO | Greensburg, KS | *** 1 FATAL, 63 INJ *** OF 9 PERSONS TRANSPORTED TO WESTERN PLAINS HOSPITAL, DODGE CITY, ONE WAS DEAD ON ARRIVAL. 55 OTHERS WERE TRANSPORTED TO PRATT HOSPITAL. |
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, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 60 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 050250 TORDDC KSC047-097-050330- /O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0026.070505T0250Z-070505T0330Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 950 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN EDWARDS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. NORTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. * UNTIL 1030 PM CDT * AT 945 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO 2 MILES SOUTH OF GREENSBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... GREENSBURG... CENTERVIEW... FELLSBURG... RURAL RESIDENCES OF NORTHEASTERN KIOWA AND SOUTHEASTERN EDWARDS COUNTIES. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 54 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 107 AND 117. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLFBALL 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. THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS WARNING FOR KIOWA COUNTY. LAT...LON 3756 9933 3753 9924 3773 9898 3788 9927 $$ UMSCHEID
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KDDC 050258 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 958 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2007 KSC047-097-050330- /O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-070505T0330Z/ EDWARDS KS-KIOWA KS- 958 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN KIOWA AND SOUTHEASTERN EDWARDS COUNTIES... AT 954 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS AND STORM SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR GREENSBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. GREENSBURG HAS APPEARED TO HAVE TAKEN A DIRECT HIT FROM A VIOLENT TORNADO VIA EMS REPORTS. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES CAUSING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3756 9933 3753 9924 3773 9898 3788 9927 $$ UMSCHEID
000 WWUS53 KDDC 050309 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1008 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2007 KSC047-097-050330- /O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-070505T0330Z/ EDWARDS KS-KIOWA KS- 1008 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN KIOWA AND SOUTHEASTERN EDWARDS COUNTIES... AT 1006 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS AND STORM SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTH OF GREENSBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. ANOTHER VERY STRONG CIRCULATION WAS DEVELOPING ABOUT 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF GREENSBURG WHICH COULD PRODUCE ANOTHER DANGEROUS TORNADO. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES CAUSING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3756 9933 3753 9924 3773 9898 3788 9927 $$ UMSCHEID
000 WWUS53 KDDC 050315 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1015 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2007 KSC047-097-050330- /O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-070505T0330Z/ EDWARDS KS-KIOWA KS- 1015 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN KIOWA AND SOUTHEASTERN EDWARDS COUNTIES... AT 1010 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS AND STORM SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF GREENSBURG...MOVING NORTHEAT AT 25 MPH. THIS IS A NEWLY FORMED TORNADO...CAPABLE OF SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE... TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY FELLSBURG AND TROUSDALE APPEAR TO BE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. A LARGE TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DESTRUCTIVE TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY IN A BASEMENT OR OTHER UNDERGROUND SHELTER AND GET UNDER SOMETHING STURDY. LAT...LON 3756 9933 3753 9924 3773 9898 3788 9927 $$ UMSCHEID
The 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, 8:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Kiowa | 35 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, 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.