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Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 13, 1993, 11:29 PM CDT for Kiowa County, Kansas. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 13, 1993, 11:29 PM CDT (04:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 1993, 1:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Kiowa County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 59 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
- 2058 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1768 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 3.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KDDC 140431 FFWDDC KSC097-140630- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1129 PM CDT TUE JUL 13 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 130 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS ...KIOWA COUNTY AT 1125 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY TO TORRENTIAL RAINS ACROSS KIOWA COUNTY ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 54. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST ACROSS THIS REGION AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. FLOODING WAS ALREADY BEGINNING IN GREENSBURG AND MULLINVILLE WITH WORST CONDITIONS NOW IN THE GREENSBURG AREA WHERE RAIN CONDITNUED TO FALL. RAINS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE UNTIL AT LEAST 2 AM CDT...FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF KIOWA COUNTY. PERSONS IN GREENSBURG AND KIOWA COUNTY SHOULD NOT VENTURE OUT ON FLOODED ROADWAYS. YOU MAY LOOSE YOUR CAR TO THE FLOOD WATERS. INTERSECTIONS ARE LIKELY TO BE CLOGGED AND IMPASSABLE AND COUNTY ROADS...ESPECIALLY DIRT ROADS...ARE LIKELY TO BE WASHED OUT. THOSE IN LOW LYING AREAS SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW TO AVOID THE RISING WATER. JOHNSON 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.
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 13, 10:37 PM CDT, 52 minutes before
KSZ006-009-140445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1037 PM CDT TUE JUL 13 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ALONG HIGHWAY 54 FROM GREENSBURG TO PRATT... AT 1036 PM CDT...A BAND OF THUNDERSTOMS 30 MILES WIDE EXTENDED FROM GREENSBURG TO PRATT ALONG HIGHWAY 54. THE STORMS WERE DRIFTING SLOWLY SOUTH AT ONLY AROUND 5 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY A LITTLE SMALL HAIL. SOME LOCAL FLOODING OF STREETS IN GREENSBURG...HAVILAND AND PRATT IS POSSIBLE. ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINED IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA UNTIL 100 AM CDT... JOHNSON
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 10:39 PM CDT, 50 minutes before
KSZ006-009-140445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1037 PM CDT TUE JUL 13 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ALONG HIGHWAY 54 FROM GREENSBURG TO PRATT... AT 1036 PM CDT...A BAND OF THUNDERSTOMS 30 MILES WIDE EXTENDED FROM GREENSBURG TO PRATT ALONG HIGHWAY 54. THE STORMS WERE DRIFTING SLOWLY SOUTH AT ONLY AROUND 5 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY A LITTLE SMALL HAIL. SOME LOCAL FLOODING OF STREETS IN GREENSBURG...HAVILAND AND PRATT IS POSSIBLE. ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINED IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA UNTIL 100 AM CDT... JOHNSON
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 11:04 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
KSZ006-009-140500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1104 PM CDT TUE JUL 13 1993 ...HEAVY RAINS WERE CAUSING MINOR PROBLEMS ALONG HIGHWAY 54 FROM MULLINVILLE AND BUCKLIN EAST... AT 1100 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND 30 MILES EITHER SIDE OF HIGHWAY 54 FROM BUCKLIN EAST THROUGH GREENSBURG AND PRATT. THE STORMS HAD PRODUCED LOCALLIZED FLOODING OF CITY STREETS IN BUCKLIN...MULLINVILLE...GREENSBURG... HAVILAND AND PRATT. THE RAINS CONTINUED TO DIMINISH IN INTENSITY AND RUNOFF SHOULD NOW BE ABLE TO COPE WITH ALL THE WATER. HOWEVER...COUNTY ROADS AND DIRT ROADS MAY BE WATER COVERED IN PLACES. DIRT ROADS IN PARTICULAR MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE DUE TO WATER AND DEEP MUD. ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINED IN EFFECT THE REST OF TONIGHT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA AS MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED BEFORE MORNING... JOHNSON &
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 11:05 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
KSZ006-009-140500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1104 PM CDT TUE JUL 13 1993 ...HEAVY RAINS WERE CAUSING MINOR PROBLEMS ALONG HIGHWAY 54 FROM MULLINVILLE AND BUCKLIN EAST... AT 1100 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND 30 MILES EITHER SIDE OF HIGHWAY 54 FROM BUCKLIN EAST THROUGH GREENSBURG AND PRATT. THE STORMS HAD PRODUCED LOCALLIZED FLOODING OF CITY STREETS IN BUCKLIN...MULLINVILLE...GREENSBURG... HAVILAND AND PRATT. THE RAINS CONTINUED TO DIMINISH IN INTENSITY AND RUNOFF SHOULD NOW BE ABLE TO COPE WITH ALL THE WATER. HOWEVER...COUNTY ROADS AND DIRT ROADS MAY BE WATER COVERED IN PLACES. DIRT ROADS IN PARpTICULAR MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE DUE TO WATER AND DEEP MUD. ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINED IN EFFECT THE REST OF TONIGHT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA AS MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED BEFORE MORNING... JOHNSON &
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 11:28 PM CDT, 1 minute before
KSZ003-006-140530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1128 PM CDT TUE JUL 13 1993 AT 1126 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF SYRACUSE TO 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SYRACUSE. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO THE SYRACUSE AREA BY 1230 AM. PERSONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WIND TO 40 MILES AN HOUR AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING. WHEN A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES...MOVE INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. HUTTON
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 11:29 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
KSZ003-006-140530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1128 PM CDT TUE JUL 13 1993 AT 1126 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF SYRACUSE TO 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SYRACUSE. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO THE SYRACUSE AREA BY 1230 AM. PERSONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WIND TO 40 MILES AN HOUR AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING. WHEN A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES...MOVE INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. HUTTON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 8:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray | 116 min |
| Jul 13, 9:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 27 min |
| Jul 13, 9:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Ford | 119 min |
| Jul 13, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 30 min |
| Jul 13, 10:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney | 55 min |
| Jul 13, 10:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Gray | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 11:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Ford | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 3:22 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 6:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Edwards | 3 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.