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Tornado Warning 67, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 23, 2007, 7:41 PM CDT for Ford County, Kansas. It was in force for 34 min. 1 report 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 23, 2007, 7:41 PM CDT (00:41 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 2007, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Ford County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 7:45 PM CDT | HAIL 2 | 22 Ese Dodge City, 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 23, 3:31 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 25 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
- 879 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1377 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 227 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 418 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 5.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KDDC 240041 TORDDC KSC057-240115- /O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0067.070524T0041Z-070524T0115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 741 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL FORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS. * UNTIL 815 PM CDT * AT 736 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER EAST CENTRAL FORD COUNTY...OR 5 MILES EAST OF FORD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL RESIDENCES OF EASTERN FORD COUNTY. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THIS REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN FORD 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 3763 9976 3758 9964 3760 9956 3783 9957 $$ FINCH
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KDDC 240113 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 813 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2007 KSC057-240123- /O.EXP.KDDC.TO.W.0067.000000T0000Z-070524T0115Z/ FORD KS- 813 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL FORD COUNTY EXPIRES AT 815 PM CDT... THE TORNADO THREAT HAS EXITED THE WARNED AREA...THUS THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3763 9976 3758 9964 3760 9956 3783 9957 $$ FINCH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray | 44 min |
| May 23, 7:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hamilton, Stanton | 61 min |
| May 23, 7:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman | 30 min |
| May 23, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 39 min |
| May 23, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 39 min |
| May 23, 7:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Kiowa | 51 min |
| May 23, 7:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 14 min |
| May 23, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 31 min |
| May 23, 8:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kearny | 56 min |
| May 23, 8:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Edwards | 40 min |
| May 23, 8:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman | 29 min |
| May 23, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 18 min |
| May 23, 8:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney | 39 min |
| May 23, 8:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Stafford | 6 hr |
| May 23, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards | 34 min |
| May 23, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Haskell, Seward, Stevens | 37 min |
| May 23, 9:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee | 43 min |
| May 23, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney | 24 min |
| May 23, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray | 35 min |
| May 23, 10:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Rush | 47 min |
| May 23, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman | 45 min |
| May 24, 12:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Clark, Kiowa | 50 min |
| May 24, 1:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 37 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.