Tornado Warning 45, NWS Dodge City, KS

Issued

May 5, 2007, 7:09 PM CDT (00:09 UTC)

Expired

May 5, 2007, 7:45 PM CDT

In force

36 min

Issued by

NWS Dodge City, KS

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Kiowa County, KS

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WFUS53 KDDC 060012
TORDDC
KSC097-060045-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0045.070506T0009Z-070506T0045Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 706 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 11 MILES SOUTH
  OF MULLINVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MULLINVILLE...
  GREENSBURG...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF KIOWA COUNTY.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 54 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 95 AND 124.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ALSO INDICATED A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HAVILAND AND
ANOTHER POSSIBLE TORNADO 4 MILES EAST OF GREENSBURG... ALL STORMS WERE 
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.


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.

THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS TORNADO WARNINGS FOR KIOWA 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 3758 9953 3741 9948 3747 9901 3772 9901
      3773 9932

$$

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000 
WWUS53 KDDC 060021
SVSDDC

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

KSC097-060045-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-070506T0045Z/
KIOWA KS-
720 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR KIOWA
COUNTY...

AT 718 PM CDT...STORM CHASERS AND WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A BRIEF 
TORNADO TOUCHDOWN 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HAVILAND AT 715 PM.  THIS 
STORM WITH STRONG ROTATION WAS LOCATED NEAR HAVILAND...MOVING 
NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

THIS STORM COULD PRODUCE A TORNADO 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 3758 9953 3741 9948 3747 9901 3772 9901
      3773 9932

$$

LACY

000 
WWUS53 KDDC 060042
SVSDDC

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

KSC097-060053-
/O.EXP.KDDC.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-070506T0045Z/
KIOWA KS-
743 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR KIOWA COUNTY EXPIRES AT 745 PM CDT...

THE TORNADO THREAT HAS EXITED THE WARNED AREA...THUS THE TORNADO
WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

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 3758 9953 3741 9948 3747 9901 3772 9901
      3773 9932

$$

LACY

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