Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 37, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 5, 2007, 5:34 PM CDT for Clark County, Comanche County, Kansas. It was in force for 26 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 5, 2007, 5:34 PM CDT (22:34 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 2007, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 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), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 5, 5:51 PM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 12:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 70 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
- 3496 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 681 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 292 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 304 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 6.3
- Supercell composite
- 22.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KDDC 052235 TORDDC KSC025-033-052300- /O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0037.070505T2234Z-070505T2300Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 534 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN COMANCHE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. EASTERN CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS. * UNTIL 600 PM CDT * AT 530 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTH OF SITKA...MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SITKA... RURAL RESIDENCES OF EASTERN CLARK AND NORTHWESTERN COMANCHE COUNTIES. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL 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. THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ISSUED FOR NORTHWESTERN COMANCHE AND EASTERN CLARK. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3703 9978 3704 9965 3735 9946 3738 9969 $$ 18
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KDDC 052243 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 542 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 KSC025-033-052300- /O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-070505T2300Z/ CLARK KS-COMANCHE KS- 542 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN COMANCHE AND EASTERN CLARK COUNTIES... AT 539 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTH OF SITKA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. IN ADDITION, A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED A ROTATING WALL CLOUD WITH THIS STORM. A TORNADO COULD DEVELOP FROM THIS STORM AT ANY TIME. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3703 9978 3704 9965 3735 9946 3738 9969 $$ LACY
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, 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, 5:46 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.