Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Dodge City, KS

Issued

Jun 27, 1992, 11:03 PM CDT (04:03 UTC)

Expired

Jun 28, 1992, 5:00 AM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Dodge City, KS

Area

Whole counties

Counties Hodgeman County, KS, Pawnee County, KS

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BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1103 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING  EFFECTIVE UNTIL  500 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
 
   ...PAWNEE COUNTY
 
IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS
 
   ...HODGEMAN COUNTY
 
AT 1100 PM CDT...RAINFALL AMOUNTS INDICATE THAT THE BUCKNER CREEK AND
THE PAWNEE RIVER ACROSS BOTH HODGEMAN AND PAWNEE COUNTIES ARE UNDER
THREAT OF FLOODING. THE BUCKNER CREEK WAS ALREADY OUT OF ITS BANKS IN
HODGEMAN COUNTY AND HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUED OVER BOTH HODGEMAN AND
PAWNEE COUNTIES.
 
CITIES ALONG THE PAWNEE RIVER WHICH WILL BE EFFECTED BY RISING WATER IN
THE PAWNEE RIVER ARE BURDETT...ROZEL...SANFORD AND FINALLY LARNED.
IF YOU LIVE ALONG THE PAWNEE RIVER YOU SHOULD MOVE TO HIGH GROUND
IMMEDIATELY.
 
REPORTS FROM NORTHERN HODGEMAN COUNTY INDICATE THAT THE PAWNEE WAS 2
FEET OVER A BRIDGE ON A COUNTY ROAD AND WAS ALREADY SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET
WIDE AND COMLETELY OUT OF ITS BANKS.
 
THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO CREST NEAR FLOOD STAGE AT SANFORD BY SUNDAY
AFTERNOON AND AT BURDETT AND ROZEL SOONER.
 
YOU SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY IF YOU ARE
LOCATED ALONG THE BUCKNER CREEK OR THE PAWNEE RIVER IN HODGEMAN AND
PAWNEE COUNTIES.
 
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.
 
JOHNSON

In the hours before

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
515 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINING TO POP UP ACROSS PARTS OF
   SOUTHWEST KANSAS...

AT 515 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAD BEEN ISSUED FOR A
CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS NORTH OF LIBERAL AND OTHER STORMS
WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING AROUND MORTON COUNTY IN THE EXTREME SOUTHWEST
CORNER OF THE STATE.  ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS
WERE MOVING EASTWARD INTO THE SYRACUSE AREA OUT OF COLORADO...60 MILES
WEST OF GARDEN CITY.

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTHWEST
KANSAS FROM HIGHWAY 283 WEST UNTIL 10 PM CDT...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN DEVELOP VERY RAPIDLY.  YOU SHOULD BE WARY
OF ANY RAPIDLY DEVELOPING STORM YOU SEE AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK
IMMEDIATE SHELTER.  LISTEN TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR TO YOUR LOCAL
RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST ON THIS VOLATILE SITUATION.

JOHNSON

Flash Flood Warnings in Kansas, 1992Every flash flood warning in 1992

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.