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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 29, 2013Pratt County, Stafford County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 29, 2013, 4:38 PM CDT for Pratt County, Stafford County, Kansas. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 29, 2013, 4:38 PM CDT (21:38 UTC)
Expired
Jul 29, 2013, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Pratt County, KS, Stafford County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 29, 4:59 PM CDTFLASH FLOODPreston, KSSPOTTER REPORTS WATER OVER SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS IN NORTHEAST PRATT COUNTY.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 122 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 12:00Z on 2013-07-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 58 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 12:00Z on 2013-07-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 228 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
58 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-212 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1041 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
228 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
311 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

222 
WGUS53 KDDC 292138
FFWDDC
KSC151-185-300045-
/O.NEW.KDDC.FF.W.0005.130729T2138Z-130730T0045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
438 PM CDT MON JUL 29 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN PRATT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PRESTON...
  SOUTHEASTERN STAFFORD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF NEOLA...

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 434 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...
NORTH FORK NINNESCAH RIVER...NORTH FORK NINNESCAH DRAINAGE...N FK
NINNESCAH RIVER DRAINAGE...SILVER CREEK...S FK NINNESCAH RIVER
DRAINGAGE AND SILVER CREEK TRIBUTARY.

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 3771 9847 3773 9864 3784 9864 3792 9847
      3791 9847 3783 9847 3782 9846

$$

RUSSELL
2 follow-up statements
830 
WGUS73 KDDC 292254
FFSDDC

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
554 PM CDT MON JUL 29 2013

KSC151-185-300045-
/O.CON.KDDC.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-130730T0045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
STAFFORD KS-PRATT KS-
554 PM CDT MON JUL 29 2013

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN PRATT AND SOUTHEASTERN STAFFORD COUNTIES...

AT 459 PM CDT... PRATT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED  
WATER OVER SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS ACROSS NORTHEAST PRATT COUNTY. FLASH 
FLOODING CONTINUES OVER THE WARNED AREA.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NEOLA

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
NORTH FORK NINNESCAH RIVER...NORTH FORK NINNESCAH DRAINAGE...N FK
NINNESCAH RIVER DRAINAGE...SILVER CREEK...S FK NINNESCAH RIVER
DRAINGAGE AND SILVER CREEK TRIBUTARY.

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
MONDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3771 9847 3773 9864 3784 9864 3792 9847
      3791 9847 3783 9847 3782 9846

$$

RUSSELL
068 
WGUS73 KDDC 300049
FFSDDC

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
749 PM CDT MON JUL 29 2013

KSC151-185-300056-
/O.EXP.KDDC.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-130730T0045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
STAFFORD KS-PRATT KS-
749 PM CDT MON JUL 29 2013

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR NORTHEASTERN PRATT AND
SOUTHEASTERN STAFFORD COUNTIES...

ALTHOUGH THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED, AREAL FLOODING WILL 
CONTINUE ACROSS MANY COUNTY ROADS ACROSS EXTREME NORTHEAST PRATT AND 
SOUTHEAST STAFFORD COUNTIES THROUGH THIS EVENING AND POSSIBLY INTO 
THE OVERNIGHT. AN AREAL FLOOD WARNING WILL REPLACE THE FLASH FLOOD 
WARNING THAT IS NOW EXPIRING.    

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
MONDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3771 9847 3773 9864 3784 9864 3792 9847
      3791 9847 3783 9847 3782 9846

$$

RUSSELL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 29, 3:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStafford48 min
Jul 29, 3:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt, Stafford43 min
Jul 29, 3:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCClark51 min
Jul 29, 3:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford44 min
Jul 29, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCKiowa45 min
Jul 29, 4:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCClark50 min
Jul 29, 4:59 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCComanche31 min
Jul 29, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee45 min
Jul 29, 5:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Comanche66 min
Jul 29, 5:28 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCBarber, Comanche32 min
Jul 29, 5:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber48 min
Jul 29, 6:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCPawnee44 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.