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Tornado Warning 74, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 13, 2007Stevens County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 13, 2007, 3:57 PM CDT for Stevens 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
Jun 13, 2007, 3:57 PM CDT (20:57 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2007, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Stevens County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:58 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
Jun 13, 1:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 136 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 2007-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1026 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 2007-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 60 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
1026 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-74 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
881 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KDDC 132057
TORDDC
KSC189-132130-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0074.070613T2057Z-070613T2130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
357 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL STEVENS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS.

* UNTIL 430 PM CDT

* AT 355 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO OVER
  CENTRAL STEVENS COUNTY...OR 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF HUGOTON...MOVING
  SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF CENTRAL STEVENS 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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

THIS STORM MAY CONTINUE TO PRODUCE WEAK TORNADOES FOR THE NEXT 15 TO 
30 MINUTES.

LAT...LON 3723 10140 3718 10124 3730 10119 3731 10126

$$

LACY
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KDDC 132122
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
421 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2007

KSC189-132131-
/O.EXP.KDDC.TO.W.0074.000000T0000Z-070613T2130Z/
STEVENS KS-
421 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL STEVENS COUNTY EXPIRES AT 430 PM
CDT...

THE LIKELIHOOD OF A TORNADO WITH THIS STORM HAS DIMINISHED...THUS THE
TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3723 10140 3718 10124 3730 10119 3731 10126

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 2:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGrant57 min
Jun 13, 2:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Stevens65 min
Jun 13, 2:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMeade47 min
Jun 13, 3:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark57 min
Jun 13, 3:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHamilton49 min
Jun 13, 3:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGray41 min
Jun 13, 3:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStevens67 min
Jun 13, 4:02 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCClark28 min
Jun 13, 4:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark60 min
Jun 13, 4:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGray38 min
Jun 13, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark32 min
Jun 13, 4:37 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCClark23 min
Jun 13, 4:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHaskell37 min
Jun 13, 4:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCScott35 min
Jun 13, 5:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCSeward59 min
Jun 13, 5:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCComanche67 min
Jun 13, 5:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCTrego41 min
Jun 13, 5:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCLane51 min
Jun 13, 6:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCComanche31 min
Jun 13, 6:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCBarber61 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.