Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 29, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 4, 2007, 11:22 PM CDT for Edwards County, Pawnee County, Stafford County, Kansas. It was in force for 38 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
- May 4, 2007, 11:22 PM CDT (04:22 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 2007, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Edwards County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Stafford County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 6:13 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 90 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 050422 TORDDC KSC047-145-185-050500- /O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0029.070505T0422Z-070505T0500Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1122 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL EDWARDS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. SOUTHEASTERN PAWNEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. STAFFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. * UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT * AT 1120 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO 3 MILES SOUTH OF MACKSVILLE...MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MACKSVILLE... DILLWYN... ST. JOHN... RADIUM... SEWARD... RURAL RESIDENCES OF EASTERN EDWARDS...SOUTHEASTERN PAWNEE AND STAFFORD COUNTIES. MACKSVILLE...ESPECIALLY THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF TOWN...MAY TAKE A DIRECT HIT FROM THIS VIOLENT TORNADO TAKE COVER NOW THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 50 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 177 AND 193. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES CAUSING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO...IT MAY BE TOO LATE. TAKE COVER NOW 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3786 9912 3786 9888 3823 9849 3825 9900 $$ UMSCHEID
4 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KDDC 050436
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1136 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2007
KSC047-050446-
/O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-070505T0500Z/
EDWARDS KS-
1136 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EDWARDS COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS EXITED EDWARDS COUNTY.
LAT...LON 3787 9901 3799 9901 3800 9903 3800 9907
3806 9904 3819 9901 3820 9899 3825 9899
3823 9849 3787 9887
$$
KSC145-185-050500-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-070505T0500Z/
PAWNEE KS-STAFFORD KS-
1136 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR
STAFFORD AND SOUTHEASTERN PAWNEE COUNTIES...
AT 1133 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS AND STORM
SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MACKSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MACKSVILLE...
DILLWYN...
ST. JOHN...
RURAL RESIDENCES OF SOUTHEASTERN PAWNEE AND STAFFORD COUNTIES.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 50 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 181 AND 193.
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 3787 9901 3799 9901 3800 9903 3800 9907
3806 9904 3819 9901 3820 9899 3825 9899
3823 9849 3787 9887
$$
UMSCHEID000
WWUS53 KDDC 050441
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1140 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2007
KSC145-185-050500-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-070505T0500Z/
PAWNEE KS-STAFFORD KS-
1140 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR
STAFFORD AND SOUTHEASTERN PAWNEE COUNTIES...
AT 1137 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS AND STORM
SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR DILLWYN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
DILLWYN AND SAINT JOHN ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS VIOLENT TORNADO
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES CAUSING SIGNIFICANT
DAMAGE
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. A
LARGE TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS
DESTRUCTIVE TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY IN A BASEMENT OR OTHER
UNDERGROUND SHELTER AND GET UNDER SOMETHING STURDY.
LAT...LON 3787 9901 3799 9901 3800 9903 3800 9907
3806 9904 3819 9901 3820 9899 3825 9899
3823 9849 3787 9887
$$
UMSCHEID000
WWUS53 KDDC 050450
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1149 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2007
KSC145-185-050500-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-070505T0500Z/
PAWNEE KS-STAFFORD KS-
1149 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR
STAFFORD AND SOUTHEASTERN PAWNEE COUNTIES...
AT 1145 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 3
MILES EAST OF DILLWYN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES CAUSING SIGNIFICANT
DAMAGE
SAINT JOHN MAY TAKE A DIRECT HIT SHOULD THIS TORNADO TURN A LITTLE
MORE TO THE EAST. RESIDENTS OF SAINT JOHN NEED TO TAKE SHELTER NOW
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 3787 9901 3799 9901 3800 9903 3800 9907
3806 9904 3819 9901 3820 9899 3825 9899
3823 9849 3787 9887
$$
UMSCHEID000
WWUS53 KDDC 050456
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1154 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2007
KSC145-185-050500-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-070505T0500Z/
PAWNEE KS-STAFFORD KS-
1154 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR
STAFFORD AND SOUTHEASTERN PAWNEE COUNTIES...
AT 1153 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS AND STORM
SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 2 MILES WEST OF ST. JOHN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
ONE OR MORE TORNADOES MAY EXIST WITH THIS STORM TAKE COVER NOW IN
SAINT JOHN
DESTRUCTIVE STAIGHT LINE WINDS SOUTH OF THE TRACK OF THE TORNADO
CAN BE EXPECTED OF 80 MPH OR HIGHER IN SAINT JOHN IF THE TORNADO
MISSES THE TOWN TO THE NORTH.
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. A
LARGE TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS
DESTRUCTIVE TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY IN A BASEMENT OR OTHER
UNDERGROUND SHELTER AND GET UNDER SOMETHING STURDY.
LAT...LON 3787 9901 3799 9901 3800 9903 3800 9907
3806 9904 3819 9901 3820 9899 3825 9899
3823 9849 3787 9887
$$
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, 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, 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, 11:23 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.