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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at May 26, 2007, 8:11 PM CDT for Pratt County, Kansas. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 26, 2007, 8:11 PM CDT (01:11 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2007, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pratt County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:14 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 8:20 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 4.5 | Pratt, KS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 103 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
- 795 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1280 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KDDC 270114 FFWDDC KSC151-270415- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 811 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... PRATT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SAWYER...PRESTON...PRATT...IUKA... HOPEWELL...CULLISON...COATS...CAIRO...BYERS... * UNTIL 1115 PM CDT * AT 806 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. AT 810 PM CDT...PRATT COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED WATER OVER HIGHWAY 281 ABOUT 2 MILES NORTH OF PRATT BY THE AIRPORT. 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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN DODGE CITY. THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ISSUED FOR PRATT COUNTY. LAT...LON 3781 9848 3781 9900 3749 9899 3748 9847 $$ BURKE
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KDDC 270246 FFSDDC FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 946 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2007 KSC151-270415- PRATT KS- 946 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2007 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR PRATT COUNTY... AT 941 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN FLOODING. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CULLISON...OR ABOUT NEAR CROFT...MOVING WEST AT 5 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM SHOULD REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF PRATT COUNTY. AT 945 PM CDT...COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT WAS OUT AND MONITORING ROADS FOR ANY OVERFLOWING WATER. DITCHES IN THE COUNTY WERE FLOWING FULL. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. NEVER DRIVE INTO WATER OVER A ROADWAY. TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN DODGE CITY. LAT...LON 3781 9848 3781 9900 3749 9899 3748 9847 $$ BURKE @WWAFLFLOODSTACOUNTY.WWAPROD--
000 WGUS73 KDDC 270409 FFSDDC FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1110 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2007 KSC151-270510- PRATT KS- 1110 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2007 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1115 PM CDT(1015 PM MDT) FOR PRATT COUNTY... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ENDED FOR THE NIGHT...WITH NO ADDITIONAL RAINFALL EXPECTED. WATER LEVELS HAD FALLEN AND NO ROADS WERE REPORTED AS BEING UNDER WATER. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 1115 PM CDT. LAT...LON 3781 9848 3781 9900 3749 9899 3748 9847 $$ BURKE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pratt | 45 min |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.