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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 25, 20004 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 25, 2000, 9:43 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.

The facts

Issued
Jun 25, 2000, 9:43 PM CDT (02:43 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 2000, 12:45 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Edwards County, KS, Ford County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Stafford County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:45 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, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 54 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 2000-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2723 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 2000-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 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
2723 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-50 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1226 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.8

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KDDC 260247
FFWDDC
KSC047-057-083-185-260545-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
943 PM CDT SUN JUN 25 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EDWARDS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
  STAFFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS
  FORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS
  HODGEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS

* UNTIL 1245 AM CDT

* AT 930 PM CDT LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING IN       
  HANSTON AND WATER OVER HIGHWAY 50 IN MACKSVILLE.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...
  WRIGHT
  WINDTHORST
  TROUSDALE
  ST. JOHN
  SPEARVILLE
  OFFERLE
  JETMORE
  KINSLEY
  MACKSVILLE  

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

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 OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT.

LAT...LON 3800 9927 3800 9900 3811 9864 3775 9902
          3774 9955 3774 9991 3824 9997

JOHNSON/

NNNN
1 follow-up statement
000 
RWUS32 KDDC 260428
FFSDDC

KSC047-057-083-185-260445-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1127 PM CDT SUN JUN 25 2000

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EDWARDS, STAFFORD, FORD AND KIOWA 
COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED THROUGH FROM THE NORTH EARLIER
HAD MOVED OFF TO THE SOUTHEAST. THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED.

WATER MAY CONTINUE TO RUN IN SMALL STREAMS AND RAODSIDE DITCHES BUT 
THE DANGER OF FLAESH FLOODING HAS GREATLY DIMINISHED.

JOHNSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 7:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCNess24 min
Jun 25, 7:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCRush49 min
Jun 25, 7:59 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCNess, Rush3 hr
Jun 25, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCNess30 min
Jun 25, 8:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCSeward41 min
Jun 25, 8:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStevens44 min
Jun 25, 8:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCNess18 min
Jun 25, 8:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStevens46 min
Jun 25, 9:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman43 min
Jun 25, 9:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGray, Haskell51 min
Jun 25, 9:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman47 min
Jun 25, 10:18 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCKiowa, Pratt3 hr
Jun 25, 10:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber35 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2000Every flash flood warning in 2000

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.