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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Dodge City, KS

February 23, 2007Ford County, Gray County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Feb 23, 2007, 10:31 PM CST for Ford County, Gray County, Kansas. It was in force for 32 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
Feb 23, 2007, 10:31 PM CST (04:31 UTC)
Expired
Feb 23, 2007, 11:03 PM CST
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:32 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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 23, 8:29 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 22 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 2007-02-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 586 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 2007-02-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 198 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
586 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-56 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1239 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
198 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
233 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
4.4

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KDDC 240432
TORDDC
KSC057-069-240515-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0003.070224T0431Z-070224T0515Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1031 PM CST FRI FEB 23 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN FORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS.
  EXTREME EAST CENTRAL GRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS.

* UNTIL 1115 PM CST

* AT 1028 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES.  
  AT 1030 PM CST THE TORNADIC CIRCULATION WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH 
  OF HOWELL...OR ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ENSIGN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 
  40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF NORTHWESTERN FORD COUNTY...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF EASTERN GRAY COUNTY...
  HOWELL...
  DODGE CITY...

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.

THIS WARNING EXTENDS THE PREVIOUS WARNING ISSUED FOR THE AREA AND DOES
INCLUDE DODGE CITY.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CST SATURDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3759 10023 3758 10015 3790 9986 3791 10025

$$

UMSCHEID
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KDDC 240449
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1047 PM CST FRI FEB 23 2007

KSC069-240457-
/O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070224T0515Z/
GRAY KS-
1047 PM CST FRI FEB 23 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EXTREME EAST CENTRAL GRAY COUNTY IS 
CANCELLED...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CST SATURDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3769 10015 3764 10005 3790 9986 3791 10021

$$

KSC057-240515-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070224T0515Z/
FORD KS-
1047 PM CST FRI FEB 23 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CST FOR
NORTHWESTERN FORD COUNTY...

AT 1044 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR DODGE 
CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF NORTHWESTERN FORD COUNTY...
  DODGE CITY...

THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE 
INDICATED COUNTY. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. 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.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CST SATURDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3769 10015 3764 10005 3790 9986 3791 10021

$$

BIELINSKI
000 
WWUS53 KDDC 240503
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1103 PM CST FRI FEB 23 2007

KSC057-240513-
/O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070224T0515Z/
FORD KS-
1103 PM CST FRI FEB 23 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN FORD COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE WARNED STORM HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER POSES A THREAT TO LIFE OR
PROPERTY.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CST SATURDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3769 10015 3764 10005 3790 9986 3791 10021

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 23, 7:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark43 min
Feb 23, 8:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCSeward49 min
Feb 23, 9:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMeade42 min
Feb 23, 9:52 PM CSTTornado WarningDDCGray, Meade23 min
Feb 23, 9:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGray, Haskell51 min
Feb 23, 10:16 PM CSTTornado WarningDDCFord, Gray29 min
Feb 23, 10:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStafford47 min
Feb 23, 10:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee38 min
Feb 23, 11:01 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCRush28 min
Feb 24, 12:05 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord40 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.