Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 62, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 22, 2007, 9:28 PM CDT for Ellis County, Kansas. It was in force for 32 min. 4 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 22, 2007, 9:28 PM CDT (02:28 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 2007, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Ellis County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:30 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 22, 9:40 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 1 N Ellis, KS | ALSO TORRENTIAL RAIN. |
| May 22, 9:43 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 1 N Ellis, KS | ALSO TORRENTIAL RAIN. |
| May 22, 9:45 PM CDT | HAIL 2.5 | Ellis, KS | HAIL STONES MEASURED 2.25 INCHES IN DIAMETER. |
| May 22, 9:56 PM CDT | TORNADO | 5 N Hays, KS |
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 22, 3:04 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 1569 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1669 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 305 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 7.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KDDC 230228 TORDDC KSC051-230300- /O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0062.070523T0228Z-070523T0300Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 928 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL ELLIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS. * UNTIL 1000 PM CDT * AT 926 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ELLIS...OR 3 MILES SOUTH OF RIGA...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ELLIS... YOCEMENTO... HAYS... RURAL RESIDENCES OF CENTRAL ELLIS COUNTY. 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. TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO...IT MAY BE TOO LATE. TAKE COVER NOW LAT...LON 3899 9958 3880 9958 3882 9928 3904 9933 $$ 18
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KDDC 230246 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 945 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 2007 KSC051-230300- /O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0062.000000T0000Z-070523T0300Z/ ELLIS KS- 945 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL ELLIS COUNTY... AT 942 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTH OF ELLIS...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ELLIS... YOCEMENTO... RURAL RESIDENCES OF CENTRAL ELLIS COUNTY. WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...EVACUATE TO A SUBSTANTIAL STRUCTURE. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 3894 9957 3884 9959 3882 9928 3904 9933 $$ 18
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Trego | 46 min |
| May 22, 8:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 49 min |
| May 22, 8:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Trego | 26 min |
| May 22, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 48 min |
| May 22, 9:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Trego | 27 min |
| May 22, 9:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 64 min |
| May 22, 9:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ellis | 34 min |
| May 22, 10:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ellis | 33 min |
| May 22, 10:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis | 40 min |
| May 22, 10:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Rush | 54 min |
| May 22, 10:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis | 36 min |
| May 22, 11:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Rush | 53 min |
| May 22, 11:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman | 10 min |
| May 22, 11:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee | 61 min |
| May 23, 12:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Rush | 14 min |
| May 23, 12:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee | 34 min |
| May 23, 1:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stafford | 42 min |
| May 23, 2:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stafford | 67 min |
| May 23, 2:47 AM CDT | Flood Watch | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 18 more | 25 hr |
| May 23, 2:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pratt | 64 min |
| May 23, 2:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber | 33 min |
| May 23, 4:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pratt | 37 min |
| May 23, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pratt | 33 min |
| May 23, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark | 79 min |
| May 23, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Meade | 61 min |
| May 23, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 54 min |
| May 23, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Kiowa | 56 min |
| May 23, 6:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark | 52 min |
| May 23, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Meade | 16 min |
| May 23, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 53 min |
| May 23, 6:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ford | 4 min |
| May 23, 6:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Edwards | 17 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.