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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 15, 2013Hodgeman County, Kansas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2013-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 564 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2013-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 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
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

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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

$$

KRUSE
2 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

$$

KRUSE
559 
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

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 8:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHodgeman40 min
Jun 15, 8:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman, Ness45 min
Jun 15, 8:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCPawnee51 min
Jun 15, 8:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee, Rush47 min
Jun 15, 8:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKearny47 min
Jun 15, 8:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStafford53 min
Jun 15, 8:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman, Ness47 min
Jun 15, 9:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton, Kearny40 min
Jun 15, 9:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness51 min
Jun 15, 9:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt, Stafford47 min
Jun 15, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman, Ness46 min
Jun 15, 9:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton, Kearny63 min
Jun 15, 10:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Grant, Haskell, Kearny, Scott, Stanton50 min
Jun 15, 10:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt, Stafford48 min
Jun 15, 10:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Hodgeman46 min
Jun 15, 11:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Grant, Gray, Haskell, Lane, Scott51 min
Jun 15, 11:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Hodgeman61 min
Jun 15, 11:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Ford, Gray, Haskell, Hodgeman, Meade42 min
Jun 16, 12:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord59 min
Jun 16, 12:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman and 3 more59 min
Jun 16, 12:47 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningDDCHodgeman6 hr
Jun 16, 1:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Comanche, Edwards, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford62 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.