Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 52, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 5, 2007, 8:48 PM CDT for Edwards County, Kiowa County, Kansas. It was in force for 27 min. 1 report 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, 8:48 PM CDT (01:48 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 2007, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Edwards County, KS, Kiowa County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:49 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, 9:04 PM CDT | TORNADO | Trousdale, KS | TORNADO OVER CENTER OF TROUSDALE |
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, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 67 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 060149 TORDDC KSC047-097-060215- /O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0052.070506T0148Z-070506T0215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 848 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN EDWARDS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. NORTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. * UNTIL 915 PM CDT * AT 845 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES SOUTH OF FELLSBURG...OR 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF HAVILAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... FELLSBURG... TROUSDALE... RURAL RESIDENCES OF NORTHEASTERN KIOWA AND SOUTHEASTERN EDWARDS COUNTIES. 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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ISSUED FOR KIOWA AND EDWARDS. 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 3765 9925 3766 9901 3792 9902 3785 9919 $$ 18
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KDDC 060204 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 903 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 KSC097-060213- /O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0052.000000T0000Z-070506T0215Z/ KIOWA KS- 903 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR KIOWA COUNTY IS CANCELLED... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3774 9921 3774 9902 3792 9902 3785 9919 $$ KSC047-060215- /O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0052.000000T0000Z-070506T0215Z/ EDWARDS KS- 903 PM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN EDWARDS COUNTY... AT 902 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR TROUSDALE...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... TROUSDALE... RURAL RESIDENCES OF SOUTHEASTERN EDWARDS COUNTY. 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. TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO...IT MAY BE TOO LATE. TAKE COVER NOW 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 3774 9921 3774 9902 3792 9902 3785 9919 $$ 18
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, 8:27 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, 8:49 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.