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Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 29, 2013, 7:19 PM CDT for Barber County, Comanche 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 29, 2013, 7:19 PM CDT (00:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 30, 2013, 1:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Barber County, KS, Comanche County, KS
The radar
The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:21 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
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 250 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
- 2590 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 856 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 156 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 292 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.0
- Supercell composite
- 13.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
259
WGUS53 KDDC 300019
FFWDDC
KSC007-033-300615-
/O.NEW.KDDC.FF.W.0006.130730T0019Z-130730T0615Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
719 PM CDT MON JUL 29 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN BARBER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF AETNA...
SOUTHEASTERN COMANCHE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 115 AM CDT
* AT 711 PM CDT...FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED FROM RECENT HEAVY RAIN
PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.
* THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.
AT 715 PM...COMANCHE COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED NUMEROUS COUNTY
ROADS ACROSS SOUTHEAST COMANCHE COUNTY WERE UNDER WATER. THESE AREAS
MAY TAKE SEVERAL HOURS TO RECEED AS RAINFALL OF 2 TO 3 INCHES FELL
ACROSS A WIDESPREAD AREA. SOME ROADS COULD BE WASHED OUT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
CAVE CREEK...INDIAN CREEK...MULE CREEK...ASH CREEK...DOG CREEK...WEST
DRY CREEK...NESCATUNGA CREEK...COTTAGE CREEK...SALT FORK ARKANSAS
RIVER...COTTTAGE CREEK TRIBUTARY...EAST DRY CREEK...BIG SANDY
TRIBUTARY...MUSTANG CREEK...BIG SANDY CREEK...RED FORK CREEK...
CHRISTY CANYON...CAVE CREEK TRIBUTARY...YELLOWSTONE CREEK...RED FORK
TRIBUTARY AND JUG MOTTE CREEK.
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 3700 9918 3715 9915 3717 9900 3709 9890
3700 9882 3699 9883
$$
RUSSELL2 follow-up statements
505
WGUS73 KDDC 300249
FFSDDC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
949 PM CDT MON JUL 29 2013
KSC007-033-300615-
/O.CON.KDDC.FF.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130730T0615Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BARBER KS-COMANCHE KS-
949 PM CDT MON JUL 29 2013
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 AM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN COMANCHE AND SOUTHWESTERN BARBER COUNTIES...
DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES A WIDESPREAD 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN FELL
EARLIER THIS EVENING, WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA.
AT 945 PM...COMANCHE COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED NUMEROUS
DITCHES AND FIELDS WERE STILL FULL OF WATER ACROSS SOUTHEAST
COMANCHE COUNTY. WATER RUNNING ACROSS ROADS CAN BE DANGEROUS. SOME
ROADS COULD BE WASHED OUT.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO AETNA
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
CAVE CREEK...MULE CREEK...ASH CREEK...INDIAN CREEK...DOG CREEK...WEST
DRY CREEK...NESCATUNGA CREEK...COTTAGE CREEK...SALT FORK ARKANSAS
RIVER...COTTTAGE CREEK TRIBUTARY...EAST DRY CREEK...BIG SANDY
TRIBUTARY...MUSTANG CREEK...BIG SANDY CREEK...RED FORK CREEK...
CHRISTY CANYON...CAVE CREEK TRIBUTARY...YELLOWSTONE CREEK...RED FORK
TRIBUTARY AND JUG MOTTE CREEK.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.
&&
LAT...LON 3700 9918 3715 9915 3717 9900 3709 9890
3700 9882 3699 9883
$$
RUSSELL982
WGUS73 KDDC 300611
FFSDDC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
111 AM CDT TUE JUL 30 2013
KSC007-033-300622-
/O.EXP.KDDC.FF.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130730T0615Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BARBER KS-COMANCHE KS-
111 AM CDT TUE JUL 30 2013
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 115 AM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
COMANCHE AND SOUTHWESTERN BARBER COUNTIES...
LAT...LON 3700 9918 3715 9915 3717 9900 3709 9890
3700 9882 3699 9883
$$
KRUSEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 7:53 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | Pratt, Stafford | 12 hr |
| Jul 30, 6:13 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 10 more | 15 hr |
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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.