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Tornado Warning 66, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 23, 2007Edwards County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 23, 2007, 6:46 PM CDT for Edwards County, Kansas. It was in force for 17 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 23, 2007, 6:46 PM CDT (23:46 UTC)
Expired
May 23, 2007, 7:03 PM CDT
In force
17 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Edwards County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:46 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 23, 3:31 PM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 52 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 2007-05-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 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 12:00Z on 2007-05-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 50 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-440 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1149 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
189 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 232347 RRA
TORDDC
KSC047-240030-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0066.070523T2346Z-070524T0030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
646 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EDWARDS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 642 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 2 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF CENTERVIEW...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CENTERVIEW...
  LEWIS...
  BELPRE...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF EDWARDS 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.

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

LAT...LON 3778 9946 3774 9929 3798 9904 3799 9936

$$

FINCH
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KDDC 240003
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
703 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2007

KSC047-240013-
/O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0066.000000T0000Z-070524T0030Z/
EDWARDS KS-
703 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EDWARDS COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

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

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

LAT...LON 3778 9946 3774 9929 3798 9904 3799 9936

$$

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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, 10:12 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEllis33 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

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.