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Tornado Warning 68, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 23, 2007, 6:55 PM MDT for Hamilton County, Kansas. It was in force for 14 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, 6:55 PM MDT (00:55 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 2007, 7:09 PM MDT
- In force
- 14 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Hamilton County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:57 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 2:31 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 155 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 240056 TORDDC KSC075-240130- /O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0068.070524T0055Z-070524T0130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 655 PM MDT WED MAY 23 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL HAMILTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS. * UNTIL 730 PM MDT * AT 653 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AND LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO 1 MILES EAST OF SYRACUSE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... KENDALL... RURAL RESIDENCES OF EASTERN HAMILTON 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3803 10173 3786 10171 3784 10154 3805 10154 $$ 18
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KDDC 240109 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 809 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2007 KSC075-240119- /O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0068.000000T0000Z-070524T0130Z/ HAMILTON KS- 709 PM MDT WED MAY 23 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL HAMILTON COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE LIKELIHOOD OF A TORNADO WITH THIS STORM HAS DIMINISHED...THUS THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3803 10173 3786 10171 3784 10154 3805 10154 $$ 18
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 6:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray | 44 min |
| May 23, 6:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hamilton, Stanton | 61 min |
| May 23, 6:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman | 30 min |
| May 23, 6:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 39 min |
| May 23, 6:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 39 min |
| May 23, 6:41 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ford | 34 min |
| May 23, 6:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Kiowa | 51 min |
| May 23, 6:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 31 min |
| May 23, 7:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kearny | 56 min |
| May 23, 7:05 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Edwards | 40 min |
| May 23, 7:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman | 29 min |
| May 23, 7:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 18 min |
| May 23, 7:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney | 39 min |
| May 23, 7:37 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Stafford | 6 hr |
| May 23, 7:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards | 34 min |
| May 23, 7:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Haskell, Seward, Stevens | 37 min |
| May 23, 8:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee | 43 min |
| May 23, 8:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney | 24 min |
| May 23, 8:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray | 35 min |
| May 23, 9:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Rush | 47 min |
| May 23, 9:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman | 45 min |
| May 23, 11:40 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Clark, Kiowa | 50 min |
| May 24, 12:25 AM MDT | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.