Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 63, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 22, 2007, 9:56 PM CDT for Ellis County, Kansas. It was in force for 34 min. 5 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, 9:56 PM CDT (02:56 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 2007, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 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 02:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 9:56 PM CDT | TORNADO | 5 N Hays, KS | |
| May 22, 10:30 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Hays, KS | REPORTED DAMAGE TO THE COMFORT INN ROOF IN HAYS ON NORTH SIDE OF TOWN NEAR I-70. |
| May 22, 10:30 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 80 | Hays, KS | NUMEROUS DEBRIS BLOWN AROUND NEAR I-70 |
| May 22, 10:40 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | Hays, KS | ELLIS COUNTY EOC REPORTED IN HAYS |
| May 22, 10:40 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Hays, KS | ELLIS COUNTY EOC REPORTED IN TOWN |
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, 2.9 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 230256 TORDDC KSC051-230330- /O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0063.070523T0256Z-070523T0330Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 956 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 1030 PM CDT * AT 955 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR YOCEMENTO...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... YOCEMENTO... HAYS... TOULON... CATHERINE... VICTORIA... EMMERAM... 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 THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS WARNING ISSUED FOR ELLIS COUNTY. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3891 9955 3885 9955 3879 9910 3905 9915 $$ 18
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KDDC 230306 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1006 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 2007 KSC051-230330- /O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0063.000000T0000Z-070523T0330Z/ ELLIS KS- 1006 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL ELLIS COUNTY... AT 1003 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 3 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF HAYS...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... YOCEMENTO... HAYS... TOULON... CATHERINE... VICTORIA... EMMERAM... RURAL RESIDENCES OF CENTRAL ELLIS COUNTY. WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO...IT MAY BE TOO LATE. TAKE COVER NOW A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3891 9955 3885 9955 3879 9910 3905 9915 $$ 18
000 WWUS53 KDDC 230328 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1027 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 2007 KSC051-230337- /O.EXP.KDDC.TO.W.0063.000000T0000Z-070523T0330Z/ ELLIS KS- 1027 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL ELLIS COUNTY EXPIRES AT 1030 PM CDT... THE LIKELIHOOD OF A TORNADO WITH THIS STORM HAS DIMINISHED...THUS THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF ELLIS COUNTY UNTIL 11 PM. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3891 9955 3885 9955 3879 9910 3905 9915 $$ 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, 9:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ellis | 32 min |
| May 22, 9:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 64 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 |
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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.