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Tornado Watch 234

May 5, 200722 counties in Kansas; 21 counties in Oklahoma; 8 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at May 5, 2007, 12:15 PM CDT for 22 counties in Kansas; 21 counties in Oklahoma; 8 counties in Texas. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 5, 2007, 12:15 PM CDT (17:15 UTC)
Expired
May 5, 2007, 10:01 PM CDT
In force
10 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Particularly dangerous situation
Yes
Largest hail expected
3 in
Strongest gust expected
70 kt
All 51 counties

Barber County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS, Harper County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Meade County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Reno County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Alfalfa County, OK, Beaver County, OK, Beckham County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Grant County, OK, Greer County, OK, Harmon County, OK, Harper County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Major County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Washita County, OK, Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK, Collingsworth County, TX, Donley County, TX, Gray County, TX, Hemphill County, TX, Lipscomb County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Wheeler County, TX

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:16 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 SPC expected

The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.

Two or more tornadoes
90%
One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
70%
Ten or more severe wind reports
60%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
60%
Ten or more severe hail reports
70%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
50%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
90%

Warnings issued inside it

83 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 5, 12:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman45 min
May 5, 12:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Gray, Meade47 min
May 5, 12:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMABeaver63 min
May 5, 1:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman, Ness, Trego44 min
May 5, 1:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMALipscomb59 min
May 5, 1:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford44 min
May 5, 1:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark47 min
May 5, 1:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNEllis, Harper43 min
May 5, 1:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush31 min
May 5, 1:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord47 min
May 5, 2:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHarper50 min
May 5, 2:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford, Kiowa28 min
May 5, 2:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Hodgeman, Pawnee37 min
May 5, 2:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Edwards, Ford, Kiowa46 min
May 5, 2:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Comanche40 min
May 5, 3:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee, Rush47 min
May 5, 3:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCComanche, Kiowa46 min
May 5, 4:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt44 min
May 5, 4:38 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCPratt37 min
May 5, 4:58 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCPratt, Stafford32 min
May 5, 5:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Kiowa27 min
May 5, 5:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHarper26 min
May 5, 5:13 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards, Kiowa32 min
May 5, 5:22 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCStafford23 min
May 5, 5:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Comanche50 min
May 5, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHarper47 min
May 5, 5:29 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCStafford31 min
May 5, 5:30 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards30 min
May 5, 5:34 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCClark, Comanche26 min
May 5, 5:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Kiowa44 min
May 5, 5:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTBarton, Reno, Rice29 min
May 5, 5:59 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCStafford16 min
May 5, 6:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee44 min
May 5, 6:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Comanche, Kiowa38 min
May 5, 6:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHarper48 min
May 5, 6:13 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCPawnee32 min
May 5, 6:28 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCPawnee16 min
May 5, 6:37 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCComanche, Kiowa23 min
May 5, 6:41 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCKiowa34 min
May 5, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACollingsworth45 min
May 5, 6:57 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee48 min
May 5, 6:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHarper22 min
May 5, 7:00 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCKiowa45 min
May 5, 7:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNEllis, Woodward41 min
May 5, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMAWheeler54 min
May 5, 7:09 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCKiowa36 min
May 5, 7:14 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCComanche16 min
May 5, 7:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNBeckham44 min
May 5, 7:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord30 min
May 5, 7:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark38 min
May 5, 7:24 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNBeckham36 min
May 5, 7:25 PM CDTTornado WarningAMACollingsworth, Wheeler35 min
May 5, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNRoger Mills47 min
May 5, 7:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Pratt, Stafford5 min
May 5, 7:30 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards, Pratt, Stafford30 min
May 5, 7:31 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards, Pratt, Stafford29 min
May 5, 7:34 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNWoodward26 min
May 5, 7:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards52 min
May 5, 7:40 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNRoger Mills35 min
May 5, 7:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNEllis39 min
May 5, 7:54 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNWoodward51 min
May 5, 7:57 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCPawnee, Stafford33 min
May 5, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford45 min
May 5, 8:00 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNBeckham30 min
May 5, 8:06 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNEllis24 min
May 5, 8:09 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNRoger Mills36 min
May 5, 8:23 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNEllis52 min
May 5, 8:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHarper50 min
May 5, 8:27 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCPawnee, Stafford38 min
May 5, 8:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Kiowa44 min
May 5, 8:37 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCKiowa23 min
May 5, 8:38 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNRoger Mills52 min
May 5, 8:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Kiowa50 min
May 5, 8:48 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards, Kiowa27 min
May 5, 8:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford41 min
May 5, 9:01 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFord, Kiowa29 min
May 5, 9:10 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee, Stafford20 min
May 5, 9:15 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNEllis, Woodward60 min
May 5, 9:25 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNRoger Mills35 min
May 5, 9:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Meade34 min
May 5, 9:28 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCPawnee, Stafford32 min
May 5, 9:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord41 min
May 5, 9:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee45 min

Discussions around it

SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 96 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 2007-05-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3496 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2007-05-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 292 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
3496 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
681 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
292 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
304 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
6.3
Supercell composite
22.7

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 4, 7:26 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCDecatur, Gove, Graham, Jewell, Mitchell, Norton and 5 more7 hr
May 4, 8:06 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Barton, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford and 6 more84 min
May 4, 8:29 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCheyenne, Sherman91 min
May 4, 9:41 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDecatur, Graham, Norton, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks and 2 more94 min
May 4, 10:34 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Dickinson, Geary, Marion, Marshall, Morris and 2 more56 min
May 4, 11:10 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Barton, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellsworth and 12 more95 min
May 4, 11:28 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCheyenne, Sherman, Wallace92 min
May 5, 1:23 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarton, Clay, Cloud, Decatur, Ellis, Ellsworth and 15 more67 min
May 5, 1:30 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCClay, Cloud, Dickinson, Ellsworth, Jewell, Lincoln and 10 more7 hr
May 5, 3:00 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarton, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Ellsworth, Jewell and 12 more90 min
May 5, 6:59 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCRepublic, Washington61 min
May 5, 8:52 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Barton, Clark, Cloud, Comanche, Decatur and 40 more53 min
May 5, 9:51 AM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPCBarton, Cheyenne, Decatur, Ellis, Ellsworth, Gove and 21 more12 hr
May 5, 11:32 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCNorton, Phillips, Smith88 min
May 5, 11:57 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Harper, Kingman and 3 more93 min
May 5, 2:32 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Cloud, Dickinson, Geary, Marshall, Morris and 5 more28 min
May 5, 2:42 PM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPCBrown, Chase, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Geary and 15 more7 hr
May 5, 3:26 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarton, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Ford and 14 more94 min
May 5, 6:16 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Barton, Clark, Cloud, Comanche, Edwards and 14 more59 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.