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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at Apr 12, 1991, 7:37 PM CDT for Pratt County, Stafford County, Kansas. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 12, 1991, 7:37 PM CDT (00:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 12, 1991, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Pratt County, KS, Stafford County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 103 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3500 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 184 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KDDC 130038 RRA FFWDDC KSC151-185-130245- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 737 PM CDT FRI APR 12 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS ...PRATT COUNTY...STAFFORD COUNTY RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT RAINS IN EXCESS OF 3 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED OVER PORTIONS OF PRATT AND STAFFORD COUNTIES. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLOODED ROADS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM PRATT COUNTY. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR PRATT COUNTY HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO INCLUDE STAFFORD COUNTY. MOST FLOODING DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES... DIPS... OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ACROSS WATER-COVERED ROADWAYS. THE WATER DEPTH AND CURRENT MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 12, 3:25 PM CDT, 4 hours 12 minutes before
KSZ003-006-009-122300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 320 PM CDT THU APR 11 1991 ...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... THE WATCH IS VALID UNTIL 8 PM CDT...AND INCLUDES PAWNEE...EDWARDS... KIOWA...COMANCHE...BARBER...PRATT...AND STAFFORD COUNTIES IN SOUTH WEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. AS OF MID AFTERNOON...NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED IN SOUTH CENTRAL OR SOUTHWEST KANSAS. CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS THOUGH...AND EVERYONE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD LISTEN TO LOCAL RADIO...TV...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. THE COMBINATION OF A WEAK FRONT STRETCHING FROM WEST OF GREAT BEND SOUTHWARD INTO OKLAHOMA AND A DISTURBANCE IN THE UPPER AIR MOVING OUT OF NEW MEXICO IS EXPECTED TO TRIGGER THE SEVERE WEATHER BEGINNING LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE EVENING. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES IN THE WATCH AREA. WHEN SEVERE STORMS DEVELOP...WARNINGS FOR SPECIFIC AREAS WILL BE ISSUED. LETRO
Special weather statement, Apr 12, 4:36 PM CDT, 3 hours 1 minute before
KSZ006-009-130100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 435 PM CDT THU APR 11 1991 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 435 PM...A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTH OF PRATT...BETWEEN SUN CITY AND MEDICINE LODGE. IT WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL PASS NEAR OR WEST OF MEDICINE LODGE BY 500 PM. IT WILL CONTAIN HEAVY DOWNPOURS...GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. AS OF 430 PM...NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS REPORTED IN SOUTH CENTRAL OR SOUTHWEST KANSAS. CONDITIONS ARE BECOMING MORE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP...ALONG WITH POSSIBLE TORNADOES. A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT FOR BARBER... COMANCHE...KIOWA...PRATT...EDWARDS...STAFFORD...AND PAWNEE COUNTIES. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES IN THE WATCH AREA. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL TV...RADIO...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS THIS EVENING. LETRO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 12, 7:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pratt | 41 min |
| Apr 12, 8:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pratt | 57 min |
| Apr 12, 9:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 43 min |
| Apr 12, 9:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Pratt | 3 hr |
| Apr 12, 9:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Comanche | 54 min |
| Apr 12, 10:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 56 min |
| Apr 12, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pratt | 60 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.