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Tornado Warning 59, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 6, 2007Pratt County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 6, 2007, 4:56 PM CDT for Pratt County, Kansas. It was in force for 26 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 6, 2007, 4:56 PM CDT (21:56 UTC)
Expired
May 6, 2007, 5:22 PM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Pratt County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:56 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 6, 1:59 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 115 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 12:00Z on 2007-05-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2007-05-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -103 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2141 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-103 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
156 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KDDC 062157
TORDDC
KSC151-062245-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0059.070506T2156Z-070506T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
456 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN PRATT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 454 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 3 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF SAWYER...MOVING NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SAWYER...
  CAIRO...
  PRESTON...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF EASTERN PRATT COUNTY.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES.

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 SUNDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3747 9872 3747 9847 3780 9847 3779 9867

$$

BURKE
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KDDC 062206
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
505 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007

KSC151-062245-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0059.000000T0000Z-070506T2245Z/
PRATT KS-
505 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR EASTERN
PRATT COUNTY...

AT 502 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTH 
OF CAIRO...MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CAIRO...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF EASTERN PRATT COUNTY.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 54 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 146 AND 154.

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.

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.

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

LAT...LON 3752 9861 3752 9846 3780 9847 3779 9864

$$

18
000 
WWUS53 KDDC 062213
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
513 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007

KSC151-062245-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0059.000000T0000Z-070506T2245Z/
PRATT KS-
513 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN PRATT COUNTY...

AT 510 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF PRESTON...OR 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF CAIRO...MOVING NORTH
AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RURAL RESIDENCES EAST OF PRESTON...
  RURAL RESIDENCES NORTHEAST OF CAIRO.

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.

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

LAT...LON 3767 9857 3762 9846 3780 9847 3780 9857

$$

18
000 
WWUS53 KDDC 062222
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
522 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007

KSC151-062232-
/O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0059.000000T0000Z-070506T2245Z/
PRATT KS-
522 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN PRATT COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

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


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

LAT...LON 3767 9857 3762 9846 3780 9847 3780 9857

$$

18

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, 7:14 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCComanche16 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

Nearby

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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.