Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 78, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 19, 2007, 7:54 PM CDT for Grant County, Kansas. It was in force for 36 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
- Jun 19, 2007, 7:54 PM CDT (00:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2007, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Grant County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 8:00 PM CDT | TORNADO | 5 Sw Ulysses, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 3489 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1034 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 6.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KDDC 200054 TORDDC KSC067-200130- /O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0078.070620T0054Z-070620T0130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 754 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN GRANT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS. * UNTIL 830 PM CDT * AT 750 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER CENTRAL GRANT COUNTY...OR 3 MILES SOUTH OF ULYSSES...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL RESIDENCES OF SOUTHERN GRANT 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 900 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3755 10131 3755 10143 3740 10143 3741 10125 $$ KRUSE
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KDDC 200110 SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 809 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 2007 KSC067-200130- /O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0078.000000T0000Z-070620T0130Z/ GRANT KS- 809 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN GRANT COUNTY... AT 800 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL GRANT COUNTY...OR 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ULYSSES...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...EVACUATE TO A SUBSTANTIAL STRUCTURE. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3755 10131 3755 10143 3740 10143 3741 10125 $$ KRUSE
000 WWUS53 KDDC 200127 RRA SVSDDC SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 828 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 2007 KSC067-200138- /O.EXP.KDDC.TO.W.0078.000000T0000Z-070620T0130Z/ GRANT KS- 828 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN GRANT COUNTY EXPIRES AT 830 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 900 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3755 10131 3755 10143 3740 10143 3741 10125 $$ KRUSE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman | 45 min |
| Jun 19, 7:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Grant | 44 min |
| Jun 19, 7:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 68 min |
| Jun 19, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber | 57 min |
| Jun 19, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray | 49 min |
| Jun 19, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford, Meade | 70 min |
| Jun 19, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 33 min |
| Jun 19, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant | 57 min |
| Jun 19, 8:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Stevens | 51 min |
| Jun 19, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton, Stanton, Stevens | 64 min |
| Jun 19, 8:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stevens | 39 min |
| Jun 19, 9:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Seward | 28 min |
| Jun 19, 9:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Stevens | 29 min |
| Jun 19, 9:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark | 28 min |
| Jun 19, 10:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton | 25 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.