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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 25, 2013Ellis County, Trego County, Kansas

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.

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, 2.3 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2013-07-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 321 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 2013-07-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 46 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
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

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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

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 25, 7:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Lane58 min
Jul 25, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGray61 min
Jul 25, 7:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Haskell47 min
Jul 25, 8:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman65 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2013Every flash flood warning in 2013

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.