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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Dodge City, KS

August 8, 2013Clark County, Ford County, Meade County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at Aug 8, 2013, 12:59 AM CDT for Clark County, Ford County, Meade County, Kansas. It was in force for 2 hr. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Aug 8, 2013, 12:59 AM CDT (05:59 UTC)
Expired
Aug 8, 2013, 3:00 AM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Clark County, KS, Ford County, KS, Meade County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 8, 2:20 AM CDTFLASH FLOOD7 N Minneola, KSWATER WAS FLOWING ACROSS HIGHWAY 283 AT WILDFIRE ROAD.
Aug 8, 2:28 AM CDTFLASH FLOODBloom, KSWATER WAS REPORTED TO BE RUNNING ACROSS STREETS IN BLOOM

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, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 22 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 2013-08-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1037 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 2013-08-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -2 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
1037 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1270 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.2

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The text

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

527 
WGUS53 KDDC 080559
FFWDDC
KSC025-057-119-080800-
/O.NEW.KDDC.FF.W.0013.130808T0559Z-130808T0800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1259 AM CDT THU AUG 8 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MINNEOLA...
  SOUTHERN FORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...KINGSDOWN...FORD...BUCKLIN...BLOOM...
  NORTHEASTERN MEADE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...

* UNTIL 300 AM CDT

* AT 1256 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA...WITH OVER
  2 INCHES OF RAIN INDICATED IN ONE HOUR.

* THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 2 AM.

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.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3763 10020 3779 9957 3745 9956 3739 10019

$$

UMSCHEID

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 7, 7:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStanton65 min
Aug 7, 7:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMorton53 min
Aug 7, 9:14 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCHamilton6 hr
Aug 7, 9:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCMorton, Stevens6 hr
Aug 7, 10:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchDDCBarber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more26 hr
Aug 7, 11:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCClark40 min
Aug 8, 1:17 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningDDCHamilton8 hr
Aug 8, 2:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCBarber, Edwards, Kiowa, Pratt60 min
Aug 8, 2:36 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCClark, Ford3 hr
Aug 8, 3:26 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCPratt2 hr
Aug 8, 5:26 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningDDCClark, Ford8 hr
Aug 8, 10:30 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningDDCComanche, Kiowa6 hr
Aug 8, 11:43 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningDDCClark, Comanche, Ford, Kiowa6 hr
Aug 8, 1:52 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningDDCClark, Comanche, Ford, Kiowa7 hr
Aug 8, 5:21 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningDDCMorton, Stanton6 hr
Aug 8, 5:55 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningDDCClark, Comanche, Ford, Kiowa6 hr

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.