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Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Dodge City, KS
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.
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.
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.
- 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
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
$$
RUSSELL1 follow-up statement
359
WGUS73 KDDC 150437
FFSDDC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1137 PM CDT WED AUG 14 2013
KSC075-187-150444-
/O.CAN.KDDC.FF.W.0019.000000T0000Z-130815T0530Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
STANTON KS-HAMILTON KS-
1137 PM CDT WED AUG 14 2013
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR EXTREME SOUTH
CENTRAL HAMILTON AND WESTERN STANTON COUNTIES...
STANTON COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED THE BRIDGE ABOUT 2.5 MILES NORTH
OF MANTER WAS OPEN AGAIN. ALSO, NO MAJOR ROUTES WERE CLOSED DUE TO
HIGH WATER. HOWEVER, COUNTY ROAD NUMBER 7 IN NORTHERN STANTON
COUNTY WAS STILL VERY MUDDY AND HAD WATER IN SPOTS, AND TRAVEL IS
NOT RECOMMENDED ON COUNTY ROAD 7.
LAT...LON 3773 10205 3774 10191 3774 10177 3751 10175
3740 10204
$$
12The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 1:07 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stanton | 38 min |
| Aug 14, 1:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stanton | 46 min |
| Aug 14, 1:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton | 54 min |
| Aug 14, 1:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stanton | 35 min |
| Aug 14, 2:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton, Stevens | 44 min |
| Aug 14, 4:41 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hamilton | 64 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.