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Flash Flood Warning 20, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 29, 1992, 9:01 PM CDT for Edwards County, Kansas. It was in force for 39 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 29, 1992, 9:01 PM CDT (02:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 29, 1992, 9:40 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Edwards County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 53 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
- 1398 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2652 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KDDC 300202 FFWDDC KSC047-300300- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 901 PM CDT WED JUL 29 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS ...EDWARDS COUNTY AT 859 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINFALL LOCATED 10 MILES EAST OF KINSLEY OR 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF DODGE CITY. THIS STORM IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH AND WILL REACH TROUSDALE AND FELLS- BURG BY 920 PM CDT. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN JUST TO THE NORTHEAST OF KINSLEY ALONG THE ARKANSAS RIVER. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT IF THIS THUNDERSTORM...ADDITION VERY HEAVY RAINS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS AND ROADWAYS. THIS WARNING EXTENDS THE PREVIOUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON T HE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY... SO DON'T DRIVE ONTO WATER-COVERED ROADS. EKB
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 29, 4:46 PM CDT, 4 hours 15 minutes before
KSZ003-006-292245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 445 AM CDT WED JUL 29 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED OVER THE EXTREME SOUTHWEST CORNER OF KANSAS... AT 440 PM CDT... DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS MOSTLY WEST OF STATE HIGHWAY 25 FROM ULYSSES TO HUGOTON. RAIN WAS FALLING IN JOHNSON CITY AND RICHFIELD. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EASTWARD AT 15 MILES AN HOUR AS THEY CONTINUED TO DEVELOP. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE GOING TO REACH ULYSSES AND HUGOTON BY 530 PM CDT...430 PM MDT. THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. THERE IS STILL A CHANCE OF MORE DEVELOPMENT EAST OF THIS AREA TOWARDS GARDEN CITY AND DODGE CITY. A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS REMAINS IN THE FORECAST FOR THE DODGE CITY DAYS PRCA RODEO TONIGHT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR T.V. FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THESE DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS. BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL ISSUE ANOTHER BULLETIN ON THESE DEVELOPING STORMS BY 540 PM CDT...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. JOHNSON
Special weather statement, Jul 29, 6:53 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
KSZ003-006-300100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 652 PM CDT WED JUL 29 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO RUMBLE TOWARDS LIBERAL AND SUBLETTE... AT 645 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF HIGHWAY 83 FROM LIBERAL TO GARDEN CITY AND MOSTLY SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 160 FROM JOHNSON CITY TO ULYSSES AND SUBLETTE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT AROUND 25 MILES AN HOUR. AT 645 PM CDT IT WAS RAINING IN ULYSSES...MOSCOW...HUGOTON...ROLLA AND SATANTA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL REACH SUBLETTE MOMENTARILY...LIBERAL BY 700 PM CDT AND PLAINS AND COPELAND BY 730 PM CDT. THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY A BIT OF SMALL HAIL. IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...STAY ALERT. BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH. REMEMBER THAT OCCASIONALLY...THE STRONG WINDS WITH A THUNDERSTORM MAY REACH, YOU WELL BEFORE THE STORM DOES. JOHNSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards | 65 min |
| Jul 29, 9:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards | 39 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.