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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Dodge City, KS

November 1, 1998Barber County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at Nov 1, 1998, 5:30 AM CST for Barber County, Kansas. It was in force for 11 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 1, 1998, 5:30 AM CST (11:30 UTC)
Expired
Nov 1, 1998, 4:00 PM CST
In force
11 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Barber County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 123 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 1998-11-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 1998-11-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 157 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
533 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
71 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
157 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
232 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 011132
FFWDDC
KSC007-012200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
530 AM CST SUN NOV 1 1998

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR
BARBER COUNTY UNTIL 4 PM CST...

THIS CONTINUES THE PREVIOUS FLOOD WARNING FOR BARBER COUNTY.

AS OF 5 AM CST...6 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS BARBER
COUNTY FROM FRIDAY TO 4 AM THIS MORNING.  AS A RESULT...MANY COUNTY
ROADS HAVE FLOODED AND ARE IMPASSIBLE.

MORE RAIN IS ANTICIPATED TODAY WITH ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 2
INCHES.  MORE FLOODING WILL LIKELY OCCUR...ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING
AREAS OF ROADS.  CREEKS AND RIVERS COULD RISE ENOUGH TO FLOOD.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THOUGH FLOODED AREAS.  THE ROAD MAY HAVE
WASHED OUT.

STAY TUNED TO YOUR FAVORITE WEATHER SOURCE FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION.

REITER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 31, 6:17 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningDDCBarber12 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Kansas, 1998Every flash flood warning in 1998

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.