Tornado Warning 39, NWS Dodge City, KS

Issued

May 5, 2007, 6:13 PM CDT (23:13 UTC)

Expired

May 5, 2007, 6:45 PM CDT

In force

32 min

Issued by

NWS Dodge City, KS

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Pawnee County, KS

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WFUS53 KDDC 052314
TORDDC
KSC145-052345-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0039.070505T2313Z-070505T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
613 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN PAWNEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 612 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AND
  A STORM CHASER REPORTED A TORNADO 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF BELPRE...MOVING 
  NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ZOOK...
  LARNED...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF EASTERN PAWNEE COUNTY.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 56 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 171 AND 187.

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.

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 3808 9927 3800 9919 3801 9903 3807 9893
      3831 9913

$$

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000 
WWUS53 KDDC 052324
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
622 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007

KSC145-052345-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-070505T2345Z/
PAWNEE KS-
622 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR EASTERN
PAWNEE COUNTY...

AT 621 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES
SOUTH OF LARNED...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LARNED...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF EASTERN PAWNEE COUNTY.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 56 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 171 AND 187.

AT 620 PM STORM SPOTTERS HAD REPORTED SEVERAL FUNNEL CLOUDS 6 MILES 
SOUTH OF LARNED. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE 
OF PRODUCING BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

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.

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 3808 9927 3800 9919 3801 9903 3807 9893
      3831 9913

$$

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