Tornado Warning 40, NWS Dodge City, KS

Issued

May 5, 2007, 6:28 PM CDT (23:28 UTC)

Expired

May 5, 2007, 6:44 PM CDT

In force

16 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), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WFUS53 KDDC 052329
TORDDC
KSC145-060000-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0040.070505T2328Z-070506T0000Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 625 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER EAST
  CENTRAL PAWNEE COUNTY...OR 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RADIUM...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RURAL RESIDENCES EAST AND NORTHEAST OF LARNED IN PAWNEE COUNTY.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 56 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 183 AND 190.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
BASEBALL 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.

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.

THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS TORNADO WARNING ISSUED FOR PAWNEE COUNTY.

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 3834 9904 3828 9922 3807 9901 3825 9891
      3825 9904

$$

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000 
WWUS53 KDDC 052344
SVSDDC

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

KSC145-052353-
/O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0040.000000T0000Z-070506T0000Z/
PAWNEE KS-
643 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN PAWNEE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM IS EXITING PAWNEE COUNTY SO THE WARNING 
WILL BE CANCELLED.

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 3834 9904 3828 9922 3807 9901 3825 9891
      3825 9904

$$

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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.