Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 80, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 19, 2007, 9:01 PM CDT for Stevens County, Kansas. It was in force for 29 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, 9:01 PM CDT (02:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2007, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 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), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 9:07 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 S 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.
| 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, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 142 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 200204 TORDDC KSC189-200230- /O.NEW.KDDC.TO.W.0080.070620T0201Z-070620T0230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 901 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL STEVENS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS. * UNTIL 930 PM CDT * AT 844 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO 1 MILE NORTH OF HUGOTON. AT 901 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HUGOTON...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL RESIDENCES OF SOUTHERN 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. THIS WARNING EXTENDS THE PREVIOUS WARNING ISSUED FOR SOUTH CENTRAL SEWARD COUNTY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3718 10125 3715 10136 3700 10134 3700 10116 $$ KRUSE
3 follow-up statements
000 WFUS53 KDDC 200208 CCA TORDDC KSC189-200230- /O.COR.KDDC.TO.W.0080.070620T0201Z-070620T0230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 901 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL STEVENS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS. * UNTIL 930 PM CDT * AT 844 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO 1 MILE NORTH OF HUGOTON. AT 901 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HUGOTON...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL RESIDENCES OF SOUTHERN STEVENS COUNTY. WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. THIS WARNING EXTENDS THE PREVIOUS WARNING ISSUED FOR SOUTH CENTRAL STEVENS COUNTY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3718 10125 3715 10136 3700 10134 3700 10116 $$ KRUSE
000
WWUS53 KDDC 200214
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
914 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 2007
KSC189-200230-
/O.CON.KDDC.TO.W.0080.000000T0000Z-070620T0230Z/
STEVENS KS-
914 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL STEVENS COUNTY...
AT 910 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
OVER EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL STEVENS COUNTY...OR 12 MILES SOUTH OF
HUGOTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3718 10125 3715 10136 3700 10134 3700 10129
3700 10116
$$
KRUSE000
WWUS53 KDDC 200222
SVSDDC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
923 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 2007
KSC189-200233-
/O.EXP.KDDC.TO.W.0080.000000T0000Z-070620T0230Z/
STEVENS KS-
923 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL STEVENS COUNTY EXPIRES AT
930 PM CDT...
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS EXITED THE WARNED AREA...THUS THE TORNADO
WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3718 10125 3715 10136 3700 10134 3700 10129
3700 10116
$$
KRUSEThe 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, 7:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Grant | 36 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, 9:21 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.