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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 13, 2007, 4:45 AM CDT for Pawnee County, Kansas. It was in force for 6 hr. 2 reports 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
- Jul 13, 2007, 4:45 AM CDT (09:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 2007, 10:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pawnee County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:45 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 6:26 AM CDT | FLOOD | Rozel, KS | SOME HOMES EVACUATED DUE TO FLOODING. |
| Jul 13, 8:16 AM CDT | FLOOD | Garfield, KS | WATER CONTINUED COVERING ROADWAY IN TOWN BUT WAS STARTING TO RECEDE. HIGHWAY 56 NEAR GARFIELD CONTINUED TO BE UNDER WATER. |
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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 74 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
- 2723 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1249 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 6.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KDDC 130948 FFWDDC KSC145-131545- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 445 AM CDT FRI JUL 13 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL PAWNEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GARFIELD... * UNTIL 1045 AM CDT * AT 434 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING FROM PREVIOUS HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE TOWN OF GARFIELD. HIGHWAY 56 IN THE TOWN OF GARFIELD IS FLOODED ALSO WITH 6 TO 8 INCHES DEPTH OF WATER OVER THE ROADWAY. 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. 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. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. LAT...LON 3811 9933 3800 9934 3800 9913 3811 9913 $$ 06
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS73 KDDC 131156 FFSDDC FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 652 AM CDT FRI JUL 13 2007 KSC145-131545- PAWNEE KS- 652 AM CDT FRI JUL 13 2007 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 AM CDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL PAWNEE COUNTY... AT 626 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED HIGHWAY 56 IN GARFIELD IS FLOODED WITH 6 TO 8 INCHES OF WATER OVER THE ROADWAY. IN ADDITION THE CENTER PART OF GARFIELD HAS PONDING AND STANDING WATER. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN DODGE CITY. LAT...LON 3811 9933 3800 9934 3800 9913 3811 9913 $$ 06
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Meade | 21 min |
| Jul 12, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Meade | 48 min |
| Jul 12, 8:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Clark | 42 min |
| Jul 12, 8:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Haskell | 50 min |
| Jul 12, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney | 45 min |
| Jul 12, 9:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Gray | 39 min |
| Jul 12, 10:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 103 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.