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Tornado Warning 79, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 19, 2007Stevens County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 19, 2007, 8:24 PM CDT for Stevens County, Kansas. It was in force for 51 min. 4 reports 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, 8:24 PM CDT (01:24 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2007, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
51 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), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:24 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 19, 8:30 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 805 N Hugoton, KS
Jun 19, 8:44 PM CDTTORNADO1 N Hugoton, KS
Jun 19, 8:45 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG6 Nw Hugoton, KSHIGH WINDS BLEW ROOF FROM AN OUTBUILDING.
Jun 19, 8:51 PM CDTHAIL 1.57 Nne Hugoton, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 19, 4:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 138 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 2007-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3489 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2007-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 35 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KDDC 200123
TORDDC
KSC189-200215-
/O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0079.070620T0124Z-070620T0215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
824 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT

* AT 821 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 16 MILES NORTH
  OF HUGOTON...OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF MOSCOW...MOVING SOUTH AT 20
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HUGOTON...
  RURAL RESIDENCES OF CENTRAL STEVENS COUNTY.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES.

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 3739 10129 3739 10143 3715 10144 3715 10126

$$

KRUSE
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KDDC 200145
SVSDDC

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
846 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 2007

KSC189-200215-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0079.000000T0000Z-070620T0215Z/
STEVENS KS-
846 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
STEVENS COUNTY...

AT 844 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTH
OF HUGOTON...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES.

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 3739 10129 3739 10143 3715 10144 3715 10126

$$

KRUSE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman45 min
Jun 19, 7:16 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCGrant44 min
Jun 19, 7:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord68 min
Jun 19, 7:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber57 min
Jun 19, 7:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGray49 min
Jun 19, 7:54 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCGrant36 min
Jun 19, 8:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford, Meade70 min
Jun 19, 8:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKiowa33 min
Jun 19, 8:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant57 min
Jun 19, 8:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMorton, Stanton, Stevens64 min
Jun 19, 8:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStevens39 min
Jun 19, 9:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCSeward28 min
Jun 19, 9:01 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCStevens29 min
Jun 19, 9:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark28 min
Jun 19, 10:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMorton25 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.