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Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 14, 1993Stafford County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 14, 1993, 9:19 PM CDT for Stafford County, Kansas. It was in force for 116 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 14, 1993, 9:19 PM CDT (02:19 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 1993, 11:15 PM CDT
In force
116 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Stafford County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 108 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 1993-07-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 38 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 1993-07-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -4 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
38 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-133 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
919 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KDDC 150222
FFWDDC
KSC185-150415-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
919 PM CDT WED JUL 14 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING  EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
 
   ...SOUTHWESTERN STAFFORD COUNTY
 
AT 915 PM CDT...NO NEW INFORMATION WAS YET AVAILABLE CONCERNING
HYDROLOGICAL CONDITIONS ALONG THE RATTLESNAKE CREEK IN SOUTHWEST
STAFFORD COUNTY. HOWEVER...INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE RATTLESNAKE CREEK
WAS ALREADY WELL OUT OF ITS BANK AND CONTINUED TO RISE. IN FACT...THE
RATTLE SNAKE CREEK HAD YET TO CREST IN SOUTHEAST EDWARDS COUNTY WHICH
REMAINS UPSTREAM OF THE STAFFORD COUNTY AREA. WATERS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO
CREST NOW UNTIL AROUND 1100 PM CDT TONIGHT.
 
...THE FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHWEST STAFFORD COUNTY HAS BEEN EXTENDED
UNTIL 1100 PM CDT..
 
WATER IS LIKELY STILL OVER MANY ROADS IN SOUTHWEST STAFFORD COUNTY AND
COUNTY AND DIRT ROADS ARE LIKELY IMPASSABLE.  RISING WATERS MAY FURTHER
ENDANGER AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS AND HOMES IN SOUTHWEST STAFFORD COUNTY.
IF YOU LIVE OR HAVE INTERESTS ALONG THE RATTLESNAKE CREEK...YOU SHOULD
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
JOHNSON
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ACROSS WATER-COVERED ROADWAYS. THE
WATER DEPTH AND CURRENT MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY.

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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.