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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Dodge City, KS

August 25, 1998Ford County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at Aug 25, 1998, 5:32 PM CDT for Ford County, Kansas. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued
Aug 25, 1998, 5:32 PM CDT (22:32 UTC)
Expired
Aug 25, 1998, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Ford County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 9 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 12:00Z on 1998-08-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1070 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 12:00Z on 1998-08-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 27 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1070 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-191 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
939 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KDDC 252232
FFWDDC
KSC057-260130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
532 PM CDT TUE AUG 25 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN FORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 520 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SLOW MOVING
THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN 8 MILES EAST OF
DODGE CITY...MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEAST.
4
* VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE FROM THIS STORM WITH RAINFALL
  AMOUNTS TO OVER 3 INCHES POSSIBLE.

DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD!

GERARD

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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.