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Tornado Warning 64, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 22, 2007Ellis County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 22, 2007, 10:12 PM CDT for Ellis County, Kansas. It was in force for 33 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 22, 2007, 10:12 PM CDT (03:12 UTC)
Expired
May 22, 2007, 10:45 PM CDT
In force
33 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), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:15 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 22, 3:04 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 119 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 00:00Z on 2007-05-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1569 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2007-05-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 134 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KDDC 230312
TORDDC
KSC051-230345-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0064.070523T0312Z-070523T0345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1012 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN ELLIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT

* AT 1007 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 10 MILES WEST OF
  ANTONINO...OR 9 MILES EAST OF CEDAR BLUFF...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ANTONINO...
  SCHOENCHEN...
  MUNJOR...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF SOUTHWESTERN 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 WARNINGS ALSO REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL TREGO COUNTY AND 
CENTRAL ELLIS COUNTY.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3880 9959 3870 9956 3870 9917 3887 9922

$$

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2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KDDC 230326
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1025 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 2007

KSC051-230345-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0064.000000T0000Z-070523T0345Z/
ELLIS KS-
1025 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ELLIS COUNTY...

AT 1023 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST
OF ANTONINO...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ANTONINO...
  SCHOENCHEN...
  MUNJOR...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF SOUTHWESTERN 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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF 
ELLIS COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3880 9959 3870 9956 3870 9917 3887 9922

$$

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000 
WWUS53 KDDC 230343
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1042 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 2007

KSC051-230352-
/O.EXP.KDDC.TO.W.0064.000000T0000Z-070523T0345Z/
ELLIS KS-
1042 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ELLIS COUNTY EXPIRES AT 1045
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 
IS STILL 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 3880 9959 3870 9956 3870 9917 3887 9922

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 22, 7:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCTrego46 min
May 22, 8:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Trego49 min
May 22, 8:23 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCTrego26 min
May 22, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Trego48 min
May 22, 9:18 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCTrego27 min
May 22, 9:28 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEllis32 min
May 22, 9:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Trego64 min
May 22, 9:56 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEllis34 min
May 22, 10:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis40 min
May 22, 10:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCRush54 min
May 22, 10:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis36 min
May 22, 11:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCRush53 min
May 22, 11:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman10 min
May 22, 11:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee61 min
May 23, 12:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCRush14 min
May 23, 12:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee34 min
May 23, 1:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStafford42 min
May 23, 2:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStafford67 min
May 23, 2:47 AM CDTFlood WatchDDCBarber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 18 more25 hr
May 23, 2:56 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCPratt64 min
May 23, 2:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber33 min
May 23, 4:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt37 min
May 23, 4:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt33 min
May 23, 5:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark79 min
May 23, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMeade61 min
May 23, 5:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord54 min
May 23, 6:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Kiowa56 min
May 23, 6:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark52 min
May 23, 6:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMeade16 min
May 23, 6:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord53 min
May 23, 6:46 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFord4 min
May 23, 6:46 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards17 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.