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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 25, 2013, 9:20 PM CDT for Ellis County, Trego 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
- Jul 25, 2013, 9:20 PM CDT (02:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2013, 3:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Ellis County, KS, Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 137 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
- 321 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1851 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
863 WGUS53 KDDC 260220 FFWDDC KSC051-195-260815- /O.NEW.KDDC.FF.W.0004.130726T0220Z-130726T0815Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 920 PM CDT THU JUL 25 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN ELLIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ELLIS... NORTHEASTERN TREGO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...RIGA...OGALLAH... * UNTIL 315 AM CDT * AT 911 PM CDT...FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED 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... THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES... HAPPY CREEK...SALINE RIVER TRIBUTARY...SALINE RIVER...SHAW CREEK... EAST SPRING CREEK...EAST SPRING CREEK TRIBUTARY...SPRING CREEK... SPRING CREEK TRIBUTARY...BIG CREEK TRIB N OF ELLIS...BIG CREEK TRIB NE OF ELLIS...BIG CREEK...BIG CREEK TRIBUTARY...BIG CREEK TRIB DUE S OF ELLIS...BIG CREEK TRIB ABOVE YOCEMENTO AND SMOKY HILL TRIBUTARY. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. 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 3887 9947 3891 9974 3914 9987 3914 9958 $$ RUSSELL
1 follow-up statement
766 WGUS73 KDDC 260414 FFSDDC FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1114 PM CDT THU JUL 25 2013 KSC051-195-260815- /O.CON.KDDC.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-130726T0815Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ TREGO KS-ELLIS KS- 1114 PM CDT THU JUL 25 2013 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 AM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN ELLIS AND NORTHEASTERN TREGO COUNTIES... AT 1110 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED WATER COVERING A STREET IN ELLIS. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED A WIDESPREAD 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN FELL EARLIER THIS EVENING. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ELLIS...OGALLAH...RIGA...ALONG WITH RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWEST ELLIS AND NORTHEAST TREGO COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES... HAPPY CREEK...SALINE RIVER TRIBUTARY...SALINE RIVER...SHAW CREEK... EAST SPRING CREEK...EAST SPRING CREEK TRIBUTARY...SPRING CREEK... SPRING CREEK TRIBUTARY...BIG CREEK TRIB N OF ELLIS...BIG CREEK TRIB NE OF ELLIS...BIG CREEK...BIG CREEK TRIBUTARY...BIG CREEK TRIB DUE S OF ELLIS...BIG CREEK TRIB ABOVE YOCEMENTO AND SMOKY HILL TRIBUTARY. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. && LAT...LON 3887 9947 3891 9974 3914 9987 3914 9958 $$ 18
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 7:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Lane | 58 min |
| Jul 25, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray | 61 min |
| Jul 25, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Haskell | 47 min |
| Jul 25, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman | 65 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.