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Tornado Warning 49, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 5, 2007, 7:57 PM CDT for Pawnee County, Stafford County, Kansas. It was in force for 33 min. 6 reports 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, 7:57 PM CDT (00:57 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 2007, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Pawnee County, KS, Stafford County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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, 8:00 PM CDT | TORNADO | Macksville, KS | LARGE HALF MILE WIDE TORNADO VERY NEAR MACKSVILLE...MAY HAVE GONE THROUGH MACKSVILLE...NO DETAILS AT THIS TIME HOWEVER. MULTIPLE REPORTS OF THIS TORNADO AND ITS WIDTH. |
| May 5, 8:01 PM CDT | TORNADO | 1 E Macksville, KS | |
| May 5, 8:02 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 Se Macksville, KS | ESTIMATED LOCATION. |
| May 5, 8:15 PM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | Macksville, KS | HAIL QUARTER TO HALF DOLLAR SIZED HAIL |
| May 5, 8:15 PM CDT | TORNADO | 6 N Dillwyn, KS | TWO TORNADOES ON GROUND AT THE SAME TIME. LARGE WEDGE TORNADO 6 MILES NORTH OF DILLWYN...ANOTHER MULTI VORTEX TORNADO WAS SPOTTED ABOUT HALF MILE EAST OF THE WEDGE TORNADO. INDICATIONS FROM STAFFORD COUNTY EM ARE THAT THE WEDGE TORNADO MISSED MACKSVILLE JUST T |
| May 5, 8:33 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 Nw St. John, KS | TWO LARGE WEDGE TORNADOES APPARENTLY ON THE GROUND AT THE SAME TIME ABOUT 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF SAINT JOHN. STORM CHASER REPORTS. |
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 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 92 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KDDC 060057 TORDDC KSC145-185-060130- /O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0049.070506T0057Z-070506T0130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 757 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN PAWNEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. WESTERN STAFFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. * UNTIL 830 PM CDT * AT 756 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MACKSVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MACKSVILLE... RADIUM... SEWARD... RURAL RESIDENCES OF SOUTHEASTERN PAWNEE AND WESTERN STAFFORD COUNTIES. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 50 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 182 AND 190. 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. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. 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 3788 9900 3788 9888 3824 9865 3825 9900 $$ 18
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KDDC 060102 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 801 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 KSC145-185-060130- /O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-070506T0130Z/ PAWNEE KS-STAFFORD KS- 801 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR WESTERN STAFFORD AND SOUTHEASTERN PAWNEE COUNTIES... AT 800 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS AND STORM SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 1 MILE SOUTHEAST OF MACKSVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. A LARGE TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND NOW TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3788 9900 3788 9888 3824 9865 3825 9900 $$ LACY
000 WWUS53 KDDC 060119 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 817 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 KSC145-185-060130- /O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-070506T0130Z/ PAWNEE KS-STAFFORD KS- 817 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR WESTERN STAFFORD AND SOUTHEASTERN PAWNEE COUNTIES... AT 815 PM CDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A LARGE AND EXTREMEMLY DANGEROUS TORNADO ON THE GROUND. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF DILLWYN...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES CAUSING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE IF YOU LIVE IN THE TOWN OF RADIUM TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY 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 3788 9900 3788 9888 3824 9865 3825 9900 $$ LACY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 45 min |
| May 5, 7:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 36 min |
| May 5, 7:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Comanche | 16 min |
| May 5, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 30 min |
| May 5, 7:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark | 38 min |
| May 5, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pratt, Stafford | 5 min |
| May 5, 7:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pratt, Stafford | 30 min |
| May 5, 7:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pratt, Stafford | 29 min |
| May 5, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards | 52 min |
| May 5, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford | 45 min |
| May 5, 8:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Stafford | 38 min |
| May 5, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Kiowa | 44 min |
| May 5, 8:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 23 min |
| May 5, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Kiowa | 50 min |
| May 5, 8:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Edwards, Kiowa | 27 min |
| May 5, 8:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford | 41 min |
| May 5, 9:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ford, Kiowa | 29 min |
| May 5, 9:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee, Stafford | 20 min |
| May 5, 9:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Meade | 34 min |
| May 5, 9:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Stafford | 32 min |
| May 5, 9:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 41 min |
| May 5, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee | 45 min |
| May 5, 10:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford | 41 min |
| May 5, 10:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 44 min |
| May 5, 10:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Edwards, Ford, Kiowa, Meade, Pawnee | 29 min |
| May 5, 11:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Edwards, Ford, Kiowa, Meade, Pawnee | 45 min |
| May 6, 12:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Kiowa | 30 min |
| May 6, 4:53 AM CDT | Flood Watch | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Kiowa, Pawnee and 2 more | 19 hr |
| May 6, 9:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber | 67 min |
| May 6, 10:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber | 57 min |
| May 6, 11:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber | 48 min |
| May 6, 12:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark | 47 min |
| May 6, 1:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 47 min |
| May 6, 1:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman | 42 min |
| May 6, 1:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Comanche | 40 min |
| May 6, 2:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ness, Rush | 39 min |
| May 6, 2:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis | 50 min |
| May 6, 2:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hodgeman | 49 min |
| May 6, 2:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kiowa | 58 min |
| May 6, 2:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Clark | 56 min |
| May 6, 2:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 41 min |
| May 6, 2:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards | 29 min |
| May 6, 3:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Comanche | 17 min |
| May 6, 4:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stafford | 62 min |
| May 6, 4:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber | 58 min |
| May 6, 4:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Barber | 24 min |
| May 6, 4:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Barber | 30 min |
| May 6, 4:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Pratt | 26 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.