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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 27, 1992Comanche County, Kiowa County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 27, 1992, 9:56 PM CDT for Comanche County, Kiowa County, Kansas. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 27, 1992, 9:56 PM CDT (02:56 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 1992, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Comanche County, KS, Kiowa County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 70 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 1992-06-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1821 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 1992-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 156 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1821 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
986 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
156 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
303 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.6
Supercell composite
13.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KDDC 280259
FFWDDC
KSC033-097-280500-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
956 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING  EFFECTIVE UNTIL  1200 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
 
   ...COMANCHE COUNTY...KIOWA COUNTY
 
AT 955 PM CDT...HEAVY RAINS AND SATURATED GROUND CONDITIONS IN COMMANCHE
AND KIOWA COUNTIES HAS PROMPTED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING.
 
RADAR RAIN FALL ESTIMATES HAVE INDICATED THAT MORE THAN TWO INCHES
OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN KIOWA AND COMMANCHE COUNTIES SINCE 830 PM CDT.
 
MINOR STREET FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN THE TOWN OF GREENSBURG...45 MILES
EAST-SOUTHEAST OF DODGE CITY...HAS BEEN REPORTED AT 952 PM CDT.
 
ANOTHER ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAINS ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE COUNTIES.
PERSONS IN KIOWA AND COMMANCHE COUNTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY ACTIONS
TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
 
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.
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT.  MOST FLASH FLOOD 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.
 
VAN TRESS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 7:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGray44 min
Jun 27, 7:05 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFord55 min
Jun 27, 7:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCSeward48 min
Jun 27, 7:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMeade53 min
Jun 27, 7:47 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCFinney3 hr
Jun 27, 7:57 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCSeward3 hr
Jun 27, 8:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCFord3 hr
Jun 27, 8:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards55 min
Jun 27, 8:07 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCHodgeman3 hr
Jun 27, 8:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCClark3 hr
Jun 27, 8:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCGray3 hr
Jun 27, 8:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee3 hr
Jun 27, 9:03 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCMeade3 hr
Jun 27, 10:49 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCClark, Ford, Meade, Seward3 hr
Jun 27, 10:49 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCEdwards, Kiowa3 hr
Jun 27, 10:49 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCComanche3 hr
Jun 27, 11:03 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCHodgeman, Pawnee6 hr

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.