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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at Aug 12, 2002, 12:50 AM CDT for Ford County, Hodgeman County, 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 as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 12, 2002, 12:50 AM CDT (05:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 12, 2002, 3:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Ford County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 18 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2276 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2144 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 140 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 8.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KDDC 120550 FFWDDC KSC057-083-120845- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1250 AM CDT MON AUG 12 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... FORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS HODGEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS * UNTIL 345 AM CDT * AT 1247 AM CDT DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS OVER HODGEMAN AND FORD COUNTIES CONTINUE TO FORM AND MOVE EAST OVER THE SAME AREAS PRODUCING LOCAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE... BELLEFONT, BUCKLIN, DODGE CITY, FORD, FORT DODGE, HANSTON, JETMORE EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING ALONG FLOOD PRONE STREETS AND UNDERPASSES...HIGHWAYS AND ALONG OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. LAT...LON 3821 9964 3749 9960 3751 10019 3822 10020 $$ 16
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Scott | 61 min |
| Aug 11, 10:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 43 min |
| Aug 11, 10:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Scott | 41 min |
| Aug 11, 10:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman | 38 min |
| Aug 11, 11:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Kiowa | 42 min |
| Aug 11, 11:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Rush | 48 min |
| Aug 12, 12:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 32 min |
| Aug 12, 12:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 43 min |
| Aug 12, 12:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Ford, Hodgeman | 3 hr |
| Aug 12, 1:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 59 min |
| Aug 12, 1:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 50 min |
| Aug 12, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray | 66 min |
| Aug 12, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ness | 54 min |
Nearby
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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.