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Tornado Warning 46, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 5, 2007Comanche County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 5, 2007, 7:14 PM CDT for Comanche County, Kansas. It was in force for 16 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
May 5, 2007, 7:14 PM CDT (00:14 UTC)
Expired
May 5, 2007, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
16 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Comanche County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 5, 12:15 PM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPC10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 84 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 2007-05-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 981 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2007-05-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -2 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
981 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1826 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
198 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KDDC 060015
TORDDC
KSC033-060045-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0046.070506T0014Z-070506T0045Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 710 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 12 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF BUTTERMILK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PROTECTION...
  LAKE COLDWATER...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF COMANCHE COUNTY.

THIS STORM IS CONSIDERED A SUPERCELL STORM. DESTRUCTIVE HAIL THE SIZE
OF QUARTERS OR LARGER AND VERY DANGEROUS STRAIGHT LINE WINDS WILL 
ALSO BE LIKELY NEAR THE TORNADIC PORTION OF THIS STORM.

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 SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3700 9955 3700 9940 3730 9910 3731 9948

$$

GERARD
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KDDC 060030
SVSDDC

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

KSC033-060040-
/O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0046.000000T0000Z-070506T0045Z/
COMANCHE KS-
730 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR COMANCHE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE LIKELIHOOD OF A TORNADO WITH THIS STORM HAS DIMINISHED...THUS THE
TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3700 9955 3700 9940 3730 9910 3731 9948

$$

GERARD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 5, 7:00 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCKiowa45 min
May 5, 7:09 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCKiowa36 min
May 5, 7:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord30 min
May 5, 7:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark38 min
May 5, 7:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Pratt, Stafford5 min
May 5, 7:30 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards, Pratt, Stafford30 min
May 5, 7:31 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards, Pratt, Stafford29 min
May 5, 7:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards52 min
May 5, 7:57 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCPawnee, Stafford33 min
May 5, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford45 min
May 5, 8:27 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCPawnee, Stafford38 min
May 5, 8:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Kiowa44 min
May 5, 8:37 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCKiowa23 min
May 5, 8:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Kiowa50 min
May 5, 8:48 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards, Kiowa27 min
May 5, 8:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford41 min
May 5, 9:01 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFord, Kiowa29 min
May 5, 9:10 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee, Stafford20 min
May 5, 9:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Meade34 min
May 5, 9:28 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCPawnee, Stafford32 min
May 5, 9:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord41 min
May 5, 9:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee45 min
May 5, 10:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford41 min
May 5, 10:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord44 min
May 5, 10:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Edwards, Ford, Kiowa, Meade, Pawnee29 min
May 5, 11:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Edwards, Ford, Kiowa, Meade, Pawnee45 min
May 6, 12:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Kiowa30 min
May 6, 4:53 AM CDTFlood WatchDDCClark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Kiowa, Pawnee and 2 more19 hr
May 6, 9:53 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCBarber67 min
May 6, 10:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber57 min
May 6, 11:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber48 min
May 6, 12:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark47 min
May 6, 1:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord47 min
May 6, 1:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman42 min
May 6, 1:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCComanche40 min
May 6, 2:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCNess, Rush39 min
May 6, 2:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEllis50 min
May 6, 2:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHodgeman49 min
May 6, 2:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKiowa58 min
May 6, 2:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCClark56 min
May 6, 2:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKiowa41 min
May 6, 2:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards29 min
May 6, 3:10 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCComanche17 min
May 6, 4:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStafford62 min
May 6, 4:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCBarber58 min
May 6, 4:21 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCBarber24 min
May 6, 4:45 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCBarber30 min
May 6, 4:56 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCPratt26 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.