Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 17, 1992, 4:15 PM CDT for Ford County, Kiowa County, Kansas. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 17, 1992, 4:15 PM CDT (21:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 17, 1992, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Ford County, KS, Kiowa County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 32 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
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 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 172117 FFWDDC KSC097-057-172315- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 415 PM CDT FRI JUL 17 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS ...SOUTHWESTERN KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS ...SOUTHEASTERN FORD COUNTY AT 410 PM STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED TO MOVE ACROSS SOUTHEAST FORD COUNTY AND SOUTHWEST KIOWA COUNTY. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED IN EXCESS OF FOUR INCHES OF RAIN. SPOTTERS REPORT 6 TO 8 INCHES OF WATER FLOWING ACROSS BLOOM ROAD NEAR THE FORD ENSIGN ROAD SOUTH OF DODGE CITY. IF YOU ARE TRAVELLING IN SOUTHEAST FORD COUNTY OR SOUTHWEST KIOWA COUNTY...BE AWARE OF WATER COVERING THE ROAD. 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. HANSON
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, Jul 17, 11:01 AM CDT, 5 hours 14 minutes before
KSZ003-006-009-172200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTHWEST KANSAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KANSAS 1100 AM CDT FRI JUL 17 1992 THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS: BARBER FINNEY HAMILTON KIOWA PRATT STEVENS CLARK FORD HASKELL MEADE SEWARD COMANCHE GRANT HODGEMAN MORTON STAFFORD EDWARDS GRAY KEARNY PAWNEE STANTON SYNOPSIS: A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY WAS DEVELOPING ACROSS NORTHERN KANSAS WILL COMBINE WITH AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE TO KEEP THE WIDELY SCATTERED LIGHT RAINSHOWERS ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING AFTER ABOUT 3 PM. STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE HOWEVER...AND SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. HANSON
Special weather statement, Jul 17, 4:02 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
KSZ006-009-172200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 401 PM CDT FRI JUL 17 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER SOUTHWEST KANSAS... AT 4 PM RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 7 MILES SOUTH OF DODGE CITY TO 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DODGE CITY...OR 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BUKLIN. THE STORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH...AND WILL BE IN THE WILMORE AND COLDWATER AREAS BY 430 PM. IN ADDITION...CONTINUED HEAVY RAINS SOUTHEAST OF DODGE CITY WILL LIKELY PRODUCE SOME FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS. IF YOU LIVE IN KINGSDOWN...BUCKLIN...AND COLDWATER...STAY INSIDE UNTIL THE STORMS PASS. HANSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 1:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 48 min |
| Jul 17, 2:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Haskell, Seward | 64 min |
| Jul 17, 3:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Seward | 49 min |
| Jul 17, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Comanche | 63 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.