Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 50, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 5, 2007, 8:27 PM CDT for Pawnee County, Stafford County, Kansas. It was in force for 38 min. 2 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, 8:27 PM CDT (01:27 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 2007, 9:05 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 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), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:29 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, 8:33 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. |
| May 5, 8:49 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 E Seward, KS | LARGE TORNADO STILL ON THE GROUND CROSSING HIGHWAY 281 AT K-19 EAST OF SEWARD. KDOT REPORT. RELAYED BY NWS WICHITA. |
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, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 97 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 060128 TORDDC KSC145-185-060215- /O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0050.070506T0127Z-070506T0215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 827 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN PAWNEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. NORTHERN STAFFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. * UNTIL 915 PM CDT * AT 824 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND STORM CHASERS WERE TRACKING A CONFIRMED TORNADO 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SEWARD...MOVINGNORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ST. JOHN... RADIUM... RURAL RESIDENCES OF NORTHERN STAFFORD AND SOUTHEASTERN PAWNEE COUNTIES. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 50 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 183 AND 191. 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 EXTENDS THE PREVIOUS WARNING ISSUED. 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 3792 9899 3793 9885 3823 9847 3823 9895 $$ 18
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KDDC 060137 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 836 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 KSC145-185-060215- /O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0050.000000T0000Z-070506T0215Z/ PAWNEE KS-STAFFORD KS- 836 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN STAFFORD AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN PAWNEE COUNTIES... AT 833 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR AND STORM SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING TWO LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADOES ON THE GROUND. THE TORNADOES WERE LOCATED 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF ST. JOHN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ST. JOHN... RADIUM... SEWARD... RURAL RESIDENCES OF NORTHERN STAFFORD AND SOUTHEASTERN PAWNEE COUNTIES. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES CAUSING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE RESIDENTS OF SEWARD SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3792 9899 3793 9885 3823 9847 3823 9895 $$ LACY
000 WWUS53 KDDC 060148 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 847 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 KSC145-185-060215- /O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0050.000000T0000Z-070506T0215Z/ PAWNEE KS-STAFFORD KS- 847 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN STAFFORD AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN PAWNEE COUNTIES... AT 845 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS CONTINUING TO SHOW STRONG INDICATIONS OF A LARGE TORNADO ON THE GROUND. THIS TORNADO WOULD BE LOCATED ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SEWARD...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM HAS HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING TORNADOES. RESIDENTS IN SEWARD SHOULD 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 3792 9899 3793 9885 3823 9847 3823 9895 $$
000 WWUS53 KDDC 060205 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 905 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 KSC145-185-060215- /O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0050.000000T0000Z-070506T0215Z/ PAWNEE KS-STAFFORD KS- 905 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN STAFFORD AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN PAWNEE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE TORNADO THREAT HAS EXITED THE WARNED AREA...THUS THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3792 9899 3793 9885 3823 9847 3823 9895 $$ 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, 7:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Stafford | 33 min |
| May 5, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford | 45 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.