Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Dodge City, KS

Issued

May 8, 1996, 7:24 PM CDT (00:24 UTC)

Expired

May 8, 1996, 10:30 PM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Dodge City, KS

Area

Whole counties

County Stafford County, KS

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
724 PM CDT WED MAY 8 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
 
   ...SOUTHERN STAFFORD COUNTY
 
AT 720 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY
HEAVY RAIN HAVE PERSISTED OVER SOUTHERN STAFFORD COUNTY FROM NEAR ZENITH
TO 3 MILES SOUTH OF ST JOHN. LOCAL REPORTS OF VERY RAIN...LOCAL CURB TO
CURB FLOWING WATER...ALONG WITH DOPPLER RADAR PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES
IN EXCESS OF FOUR INCHES HAVE OCCURRED. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE OVER SOUTHERN STAFFORD COUNTY WITH ADDITIONAL RAIN OF ONE TO
TWO INCHES POSSIBLE. LOCAL FLOODING IS PROBABLE IN AREAS RECEIVING THE
HEAVY RAIN...ALONG WITH A RAPID RISE OF THE NORTH FORK OF THE NINNESCAH
RIVER. PERSONS NEAR THIS AREA SHOULD TAKE APPROPRIATE PRECAUTIONS NOW.
 
 
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 ROADWAYH.  NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM... EVEN A SMALL
ONE... ON FOOT.
 
RUTHI/NICHOLS
 
 
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NWS Dodge City, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at May 8, 3:39 PM CDT, 3 hours 45 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
335 PM CDT WED MAY 8 1996

NGM MODEL CONTINUES TO DIFFER SIGNIFICANTLY ON THE POSITION OF SFC
FEATURES AS COMPARED TO THE ETA AND AVN. BASED ON CURRENT POSITION
AND PAST PERFORMANCE BY THE ETA AND AVN...WILL STICK WITH THEM.
SFC LOW AT 18Z WAS LOCATED OVER THE EASTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE JUST
SOUTH OF LBL...AND IS FORECAST TO MOVE SLOWLY TO THE NORTH THROUGH
THURSDAY NIGHT. THICKNESSES REMAIN IN THE 576-582 RANGE AND 850
TEMPS BACK INTO THE +25 TO +30 RANGE ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON AS SFC
FLOW BECOMES MORE SOUTHWESTERLY DURING THE DAY. THEREFORE...IT LOOKS
LIKE ONE MORE HOT DAY BEFORE A COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH THE STATE
OVERNIGHT THURSDAY. 500 MB PATTERN BECOMES A BIT MORE ZONAL ON
THURSDAY...WHICH SHOULD ALSO AID IN THE DOWNSLOPE WARMING. CLOUDS
SHOULD NOT BE AS MUCH OF A HINDERANCE AS SUBSIDENCE TAKES OVER.
GENERALLY FOLLOWED A BLEND OF GUIDANCE FOR TEMPS...BUT ADDED A FEW~
DEGREES TO THURSDAYS HIGHS FOR THE DOWNSLOPE COMPONENT.

DDC  060/089 056/070 048 103
GCK  058/090 055/071 046 003
EHA  058/092 057/072 048 002
LBL  060/091 056/071 047 003
HYS  060/088 054/067 043 103
P28  065/090 061/073 050 303

PARKIN

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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.