Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Watches in 2007
Tornado Watch 234
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.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 12:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman | 45 min |
| May 5, 12:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray, Meade | 47 min |
| May 5, 12:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Beaver | 63 min |
| May 5, 1:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness, Trego | 44 min |
| May 5, 1:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Lipscomb | 59 min |
| May 5, 1:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford | 44 min |
| May 5, 1:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark | 47 min |
| May 5, 1:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Ellis, Harper | 43 min |
| May 5, 1:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush | 31 min |
| May 5, 1:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 47 min |
| May 5, 2:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Harper | 50 min |
| May 5, 2:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford, Kiowa | 28 min |
| May 5, 2:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Hodgeman, Pawnee | 37 min |
| May 5, 2:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Edwards, Ford, Kiowa | 46 min |
| May 5, 2:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche | 40 min |
| May 5, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Rush | 47 min |
| May 5, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Comanche, Kiowa | 46 min |
| May 5, 4:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pratt | 44 min |
| May 5, 4:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Pratt | 37 min |
| May 5, 4:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Pratt, Stafford | 32 min |
| May 5, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Kiowa | 27 min |
| May 5, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Harper | 26 min |
| May 5, 5:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Edwards, Kiowa | 32 min |
| May 5, 5:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Stafford | 23 min |
| May 5, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche | 50 min |
| May 5, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Harper | 47 min |
| May 5, 5:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Stafford | 31 min |
| May 5, 5:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Edwards | 30 min |
| May 5, 5:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche | 26 min |
| May 5, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Kiowa | 44 min |
| May 5, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Barton, Reno, Rice | 29 min |
| May 5, 5:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Stafford | 16 min |
| May 5, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee | 44 min |
| May 5, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Kiowa | 38 min |
| May 5, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Harper | 48 min |
| May 5, 6:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Pawnee | 32 min |
| May 5, 6:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Pawnee | 16 min |
| May 5, 6:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Comanche, Kiowa | 23 min |
| May 5, 6:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 34 min |
| May 5, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Collingsworth | 45 min |
| May 5, 6:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee | 48 min |
| May 5, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Harper | 22 min |
| May 5, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 45 min |
| May 5, 7:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Ellis, Woodward | 41 min |
| May 5, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Wheeler | 54 min |
| May 5, 7:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 36 min |
| May 5, 7:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Comanche | 16 min |
| May 5, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Beckham | 44 min |
| May 5, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 30 min |
| May 5, 7:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark | 38 min |
| May 5, 7:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Beckham | 36 min |
| May 5, 7:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Collingsworth, Wheeler | 35 min |
| May 5, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Roger Mills | 47 min |
| May 5, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pratt, Stafford | 5 min |
| May 5, 7:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pratt, Stafford | 30 min |
| May 5, 7:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pratt, Stafford | 29 min |
| May 5, 7:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Woodward | 26 min |
| May 5, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards | 52 min |
| May 5, 7:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Roger Mills | 35 min |
| May 5, 7:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Ellis | 39 min |
| May 5, 7:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Woodward | 51 min |
| May 5, 7:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Stafford | 33 min |
| May 5, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford | 45 min |
| May 5, 8:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Beckham | 30 min |
| May 5, 8:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Ellis | 24 min |
| May 5, 8:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Roger Mills | 36 min |
| May 5, 8:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Ellis | 52 min |
| May 5, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Harper | 50 min |
| May 5, 8:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Stafford | 38 min |
| May 5, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Kiowa | 44 min |
| May 5, 8:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 23 min |
| May 5, 8:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Roger Mills | 52 min |
| May 5, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Kiowa | 50 min |
| May 5, 8:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Edwards, Kiowa | 27 min |
| May 5, 8:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford | 41 min |
| May 5, 9:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ford, Kiowa | 29 min |
| May 5, 9:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee, Stafford | 20 min |
| May 5, 9:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Ellis, Woodward | 60 min |
| May 5, 9:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Roger Mills | 35 min |
| May 5, 9:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Meade | 34 min |
| May 5, 9:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Stafford | 32 min |
| May 5, 9:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 41 min |
| May 5, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee | 45 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.
- 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
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 7:26 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Decatur, Gove, Graham, Jewell, Mitchell, Norton and 5 more | 7 hr |
| May 4, 8:06 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barber, Barton, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford and 6 more | 84 min |
| May 4, 8:29 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cheyenne, Sherman | 91 min |
| May 4, 9:41 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Decatur, Graham, Norton, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks and 2 more | 94 min |
| May 4, 10:34 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clay, Dickinson, Geary, Marion, Marshall, Morris and 2 more | 56 min |
| May 4, 11:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barber, Barton, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellsworth and 12 more | 95 min |
| May 4, 11:28 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cheyenne, Sherman, Wallace | 92 min |
| May 5, 1:23 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barton, Clay, Cloud, Decatur, Ellis, Ellsworth and 15 more | 67 min |
| May 5, 1:30 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Ellsworth, Jewell, Lincoln and 10 more | 7 hr |
| May 5, 3:00 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barton, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Ellsworth, Jewell and 12 more | 90 min |
| May 5, 6:59 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Republic, Washington | 61 min |
| May 5, 8:52 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barber, Barton, Clark, Cloud, Comanche, Decatur and 40 more | 53 min |
| May 5, 9:51 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barton, Cheyenne, Decatur, Ellis, Ellsworth, Gove and 21 more | 12 hr |
| May 5, 11:32 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Norton, Phillips, Smith | 88 min |
| May 5, 11:57 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Harper, Kingman and 3 more | 93 min |
| May 5, 2:32 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Geary, Marshall, Morris and 5 more | 28 min |
| May 5, 2:42 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Brown, Chase, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Geary and 15 more | 7 hr |
| May 5, 3:26 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barton, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Ford and 14 more | 94 min |
| May 5, 6:16 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barber, Barton, Clark, Cloud, Comanche, Edwards and 14 more | 59 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.