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Tornado Warning 70, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 24, 2007Clark County, Kiowa County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2007, 12:40 AM CDT for Clark County, Kiowa County, Kansas. It was in force for 50 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 24, 2007, 12:40 AM CDT (05:40 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2007, 1:30 AM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Clark County, KS, Kiowa County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:41 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, 10:48 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 46 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 2007-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 879 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2007-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 227 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KDDC 240541
TORDDC
KSC025-097-240630-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0070.070524T0540Z-070524T0630Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1240 AM CDT THU MAY 24 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
  NORTHEASTERN CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS.

* UNTIL 130 AM CDT

* AT 1237 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 20 MILES SOUTH
  OF MULLINVILLE...OR 10 MILES NORTH OF SITKA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MULLINVILLE...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF NORTHEASTERN CLARK AND WESTERN KIOWA COUNTIES.
  THIS WARNING DOES NOT INCLUDE THE COMMUNUNITY OF GREENSBURG

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 300 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3744 9978 3724 9959 3740 9954 3741 9929
      3764 9934 3764 9954 3746 9954

$$

BURKE
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KDDC 240600
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
100 AM CDT THU MAY 24 2007

KSC025-240610-
/O.CAN.KDDC.TO.W.0070.000000T0000Z-070524T0630Z/
CLARK KS-
100 AM CDT THU MAY 24 2007

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

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3746 9955 3747 9952 3763 9953 3763 9934
      3748 9930 3742 9930 3741 9933 3741 9952
      3738 9955

$$

KSC097-240630-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0070.000000T0000Z-070524T0630Z/
KIOWA KS-
100 AM CDT THU MAY 24 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM CDT FOR WESTERN
KIOWA COUNTY...

AT 1258 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTH 
OF MULLINVILLE...MOVING NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MULLINVILLE...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF WESTERN KIOWA 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 300 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3746 9955 3747 9952 3763 9953 3763 9934
      3748 9930 3742 9930 3741 9933 3741 9952
      3738 9955

$$

BURKE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 23, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Gray44 min
May 23, 7:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHamilton, Stanton61 min
May 23, 7:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman30 min
May 23, 7:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord39 min
May 23, 7:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton39 min
May 23, 7:41 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFord34 min
May 23, 7:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Kiowa51 min
May 23, 7:55 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCHamilton14 min
May 23, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord31 min
May 23, 8:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKearny56 min
May 23, 8:05 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards40 min
May 23, 8:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman29 min
May 23, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord18 min
May 23, 8:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney39 min
May 23, 8:37 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCStafford6 hr
May 23, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards34 min
May 23, 8:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Haskell, Seward, Stevens37 min
May 23, 9:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee43 min
May 23, 9:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney24 min
May 23, 9:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Gray35 min
May 23, 10:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCRush47 min
May 23, 10:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman45 min
May 24, 1:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKiowa37 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.