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Tornado Warning 74, NWS Dodge City, KS
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 1:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 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.
- 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
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 $$ LACY
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KDDC 132122 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 421 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2007 KSC189-132131- /O.EXP.KDDC.TO.W.0074.000000T0000Z-070613T2130Z/ STEVENS KS- 421 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL STEVENS COUNTY EXPIRES AT 430 PM CDT... THE LIKELIHOOD OF A TORNADO WITH THIS STORM HAS DIMINISHED...THUS THE TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3723 10140 3718 10124 3730 10119 3731 10126 $$ 01
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 2:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Grant | 57 min |
| Jun 13, 2:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Stevens | 65 min |
| Jun 13, 2:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Meade | 47 min |
| Jun 13, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark | 57 min |
| Jun 13, 3:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hamilton | 49 min |
| Jun 13, 3:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray | 41 min |
| Jun 13, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stevens | 67 min |
| Jun 13, 4:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Clark | 28 min |
| Jun 13, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark | 60 min |
| Jun 13, 4:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Gray | 38 min |
| Jun 13, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark | 32 min |
| Jun 13, 4:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Clark | 23 min |
| Jun 13, 4:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Haskell | 37 min |
| Jun 13, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Scott | 35 min |
| Jun 13, 5:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Seward | 59 min |
| Jun 13, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Comanche | 67 min |
| Jun 13, 5:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Trego | 41 min |
| Jun 13, 5:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Lane | 51 min |
| Jun 13, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Comanche | 31 min |
| Jun 13, 6:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber | 61 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.