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Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 18, 1993Ford County, Gray County, Hodgeman County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 18, 1993, 10:07 PM CDT for Ford County, Gray County, Hodgeman County, Kansas. It was in force for 77 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 18, 1993, 10:07 PM CDT (03:07 UTC)
Expired
Jun 18, 1993, 11:24 PM CDT
In force
77 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 17 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 1993-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 482 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 1993-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 50 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
482 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1322 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
151 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
2.7

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KDDC 190311
FFWDDC
KSC057-069-083-190515-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1007 PM CDT FRI JUN 18 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING  EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS
 
   ...FORD COUNTY...GRAY COUNTY...HODGEMAN COUNTY
 
AT 1006 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
WITH TORRENTIAL RAINS OVER GRAY COUNTY MOVING INTO HODGEMAN AND FORD
COUNTIES.
 
DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN WITH THESE
THUNDERSTORMS IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. STREET FLOODING HAS ALREADY
OCCURRED IN THE GARDEN CITY AREA WHERE REPORTS INDICATE A FOOT TO A FOOT
AND A HALF OF STANDING WATER IN THE CITY.
 
 
 
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.
 
&
 
 
PB

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, Jun 18, 8:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
KSZ003-190230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
830 PM CDT FRI JUN 18 1993

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING OUT OF OKLAHOMA AROUND ELKHART AND
LIBERAL...

AT 827 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE
OKLAHOMA/KANSAS STATE LINE FROM JUST WEST OF LIBERAL TO JUST WEST OF
ELKHART.  THE STORMS AROUND LIBERAL WERE MOVING NORTH TO NORTHEAST AT
AROUND 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL REACH WOODS BY 845 PM.  THE STORM WEST
OF ELKHART WAS MOVING EAST AT AROUND 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL REACH
ELKHART BY AROUND 845 PM.

THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF VERY HEAVY
RAINS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINED IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA UNTIL 1100 PM CDT

YOU SHOULD STAY ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER IF
THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

JOHNSON


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Special weather statement, Jun 18, 8:31 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
KSZ003-190230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
830 PM CDT FRI JUN 18 1993

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING OUT OF OKLAHOMA AROUND ELKHART AND
LIBERAL...

AT 827 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE
OKLAHOMA/KANSAS STATE LINE FROM JUST WEST OF LIBERAL TO JUST WEST OF
ELKHART.  THE STORMS AROUND LIBERAL WERE MOVING NORTH TO NORTHEAST AT
AROUND 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL REACH WOODS BY 845 PM.  THE STORM WEST
OF ELKHART WAS MOVING EAST AT AROUND 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL REACH
ELKHART BY AROUND 845 PM.

THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF VERY HEAVY
RAINS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL.

A TORNADO RWATCH REMAINED IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA UNTIL 1100 PM CDT

YOU SHOULD STAY ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER IF
THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

JOHNSON
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 8:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
KSZ002-003-190230-

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
832 PM CDT FRI JUN 18 1993

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR KEARNY COUNTY
UNTIL 900 PM CDT...

AT 830 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES
WEST OF LAKIN...OR 30 MILES WEST OF GARDEN CITY. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO
THE EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL PASS OVER LAKIN BY 840 PM CDT.

IF YOU LIVE IN THE LAKIN AREA TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING AWAY
FROM WINDOWS NOW!!!

BERG

S ARE IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR
WESTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY AND NORTHEAST FINNEY COUNTY...

THESE STORMS A CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING.  A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA UNTIL
1100 PM CDT.

IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THES DANGEROUS STORMS TAKE IMMEDIATE
SHELTER...

JOHNSON
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 8:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
KSZ002-003-190230-

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
832 PM CDT FRI JUN 18 1993

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR KEARNY COUNTY
UNTIL 900 PM CDT...

AT 830 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES
WEST OF LAKIN...OR 30 MILES WEST OF GARDEN CITY. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO
THE EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL PASS OVER LAKIN BY 840 PM CDT.

IF YOU LIVE IN THE LAKIN AREAr TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING AWAY
FROM WINDOWS NOW!!!

BERG
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 9:47 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
KSZ006-009-190345-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
947 PM CDT FRI JUN 18 1993

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS POISED TO ROAR THROUGH THE LARNED AREA
PACKING DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...TORRENTIAL RAIN AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING...

AT 947 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING EAST
THROUGH SANFORD HEADED FOR LARNED.  IT WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN
HOUR AND WILL REACH LARNED BY 1000 PM CDT.

IF YOU ARE IN LARNED YOU SHOULD SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. FLOODING OF
LARNED AREA STREETS IS LIKELY WITH THIS STORM AS IT MOCES THROUGH TOWN.

JOHNSON
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 9:48 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
KSZ006-009-190345-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
947 PM CDT FRI JUN 18 1993

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS POISED TO ROAR THROUGH THE LARNED AREA
PACKING DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...TORRENTIAL RAIN AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING...

AT 947 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING EAST
THROUGH SANFORD HEADED FOR LARNED.  IT WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN
HOUR AND WILL REACH LARNED BY 1000 PM CDT.

JIF YOU ARE IN LARNED YOU SHOULD SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. FLOODING OF
LARNED AREA STREETS IS LIKELY WITH THIS STORM AS IT MOCES THROUGH TOWN.

JOHNSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 7:30 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCHamilton45 min
Jun 18, 7:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman48 min
Jun 18, 8:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney44 min
Jun 18, 8:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKearny46 min
Jun 18, 8:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCScott53 min
Jun 18, 8:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney47 min
Jun 18, 9:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee62 min
Jun 18, 9:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCSeward43 min
Jun 18, 9:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Lane64 min
Jun 18, 9:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Gray, Meade64 min
Jun 18, 9:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman, Ness54 min
Jun 18, 10:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStafford63 min
Jun 18, 10:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Kiowa63 min

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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.