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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 15, 2013, 9:56 PM CDT for Hodgeman County, Kansas. It was in force for 3 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
- Jun 15, 2013, 9:56 PM CDT (02:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2013, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Hodgeman County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:56 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 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 50 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
- 564 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2710 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
127
WGUS53 KDDC 160256
FFWDDC
KSC083-160600-
/O.NEW.KDDC.FF.W.0002.130616T0256Z-130616T0600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
956 PM CDT SAT JUN 15 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL HODGEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
* UNTIL 100 AM CDT
* AT 951 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING FROM A
THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.
* THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AN INCH OR TWO ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3826 10005 3826 9976 3816 9974 3817 9991
3820 10001
$$
KRUSE2 follow-up statements
056
WGUS73 KDDC 160357
FFSDDC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1057 PM CDT SAT JUN 15 2013
KSC083-160600-
/O.CON.KDDC.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130616T0600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HODGEMAN KS-
1057 PM CDT SAT JUN 15 2013
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL HODGEMAN COUNTY...
AT 1047 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE WEAKENING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN OVER THE
WARNED AREA. EARLIER DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 4 TO 5 INCHES OF
RAINFALL ALONG HIGHWAY 283 FROM 6 TO 12 MILES NORTH OF JETMORE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
&&
LAT...LON 3826 10005 3826 9976 3816 9974 3817 9991
3820 10001
$$
KRUSE559
WGUS73 KDDC 160551
FFSDDC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1251 AM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013
KSC083-160601-
/O.EXP.KDDC.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130616T0600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HODGEMAN KS-
1251 AM CDT SUN JUN 16 2013
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR NORTH CENTRAL HODGEMAN
COUNTY...
AREAL FLOODING WILL LIKELY CONTINUE, BUT THE THREAT OF FLASH
FLOODING HAS DIMINISHED.
LAT...LON 3826 10005 3826 9976 3816 9974 3817 9991
3820 10001
$$
12The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 8:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hodgeman | 40 min |
| Jun 15, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness | 45 min |
| Jun 15, 8:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pawnee | 51 min |
| Jun 15, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Rush | 47 min |
| Jun 15, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kearny | 47 min |
| Jun 15, 8:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stafford | 53 min |
| Jun 15, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness | 47 min |
| Jun 15, 9:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Kearny | 40 min |
| Jun 15, 9:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness | 51 min |
| Jun 15, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pratt, Stafford | 47 min |
| Jun 15, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness | 46 min |
| Jun 15, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Kearny | 63 min |
| Jun 15, 10:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Grant, Haskell, Kearny, Scott, Stanton | 50 min |
| Jun 15, 10:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pratt, Stafford | 48 min |
| Jun 15, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Hodgeman | 46 min |
| Jun 15, 11:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Grant, Gray, Haskell, Lane, Scott | 51 min |
| Jun 15, 11:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Hodgeman | 61 min |
| Jun 15, 11:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Ford, Gray, Haskell, Hodgeman, Meade | 42 min |
| Jun 16, 12:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 59 min |
| Jun 16, 12:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman and 3 more | 59 min |
| Jun 16, 12:47 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | Hodgeman | 6 hr |
| Jun 16, 1:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche, Edwards, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford | 62 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.