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Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Dodge City, KS

August 14, 2013Hamilton County, Stanton County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at Aug 14, 2013, 5:34 PM MDT for Hamilton County, Stanton County, Kansas. It was in force for 6 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 14, 2013, 5:34 PM MDT (23:34 UTC)
Expired
Aug 14, 2013, 11:30 PM MDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Hamilton County, KS, Stanton County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 173 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:36 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 179 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 12:00Z on 2013-08-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2013-08-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 28 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
981 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

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

902 
WGUS53 KDDC 142334
FFWDDC
KSC075-187-150530-
/O.NEW.KDDC.FF.W.0019.130814T2334Z-130815T0530Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
634 PM CDT WED AUG 14 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL HAMILTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
  WESTERN STANTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...THE SAUNDERS ELEVATOR...MANTER...

* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT/1130 PM MDT/

* AT 625 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH
  FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.

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

AT 625 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING 2 MILES 
NORTH OF MANTER. THE BRIDGE ON MANTER ROAD NORTH OF MANTER IS UNDER 
WATER. RADAR ESTIMATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES OF WIDESPREAD RAIN FELL FROM 
RECENT THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.  

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
LITTLE BEAR CREEK...NORTH BEAR CREEK...NORTH BEAR CREEK DRAINAGE...
BEAR CREEK DRAINAGE...BEAR CREEK...BEATY CREEK...BUFFALO CREEK...SAND
ARROYO DRAINAGE AND SAND ARROYO CREEK.

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 3773 10205 3774 10191 3774 10177 3751 10175
      3740 10204

$$

RUSSELL
1 follow-up statement
359 
WGUS73 KDDC 150437
FFSDDC

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1137 PM CDT WED AUG 14 2013

KSC075-187-150444-
/O.CAN.KDDC.FF.W.0019.000000T0000Z-130815T0530Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
STANTON KS-HAMILTON KS-
1137 PM CDT WED AUG 14 2013

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR EXTREME SOUTH
CENTRAL HAMILTON AND WESTERN STANTON COUNTIES...

STANTON COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED THE BRIDGE ABOUT 2.5 MILES NORTH 
OF MANTER WAS OPEN AGAIN.  ALSO, NO MAJOR ROUTES WERE CLOSED DUE TO 
HIGH WATER.  HOWEVER, COUNTY ROAD NUMBER 7 IN NORTHERN STANTON 
COUNTY WAS STILL VERY MUDDY AND HAD WATER IN SPOTS, AND TRAVEL IS 
NOT RECOMMENDED ON COUNTY ROAD 7.

LAT...LON 3773 10205 3774 10191 3774 10177 3751 10175
      3740 10204

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 14, 1:07 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStanton38 min
Aug 14, 1:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStanton46 min
Aug 14, 1:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMorton54 min
Aug 14, 1:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStanton35 min
Aug 14, 2:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMorton, Stevens44 min
Aug 14, 4:41 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHamilton64 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.