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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at Aug 4, 2013, 12:57 AM CDT for Hodgeman County, Kansas. It was in force for 6 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
- Aug 4, 2013, 12:57 AM CDT (05:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 4, 2013, 7:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 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), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:00 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 4:30 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 6 Sse Jetmore, KS | HE REPORTED 2 FOOT DEEP WATER RUNNING OVER ROADWAY. |
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 00:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 32 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
- 919 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1390 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
383 WGUS53 KDDC 040557 FFWDDC KSC083-041200- /O.NEW.KDDC.FF.W.0007.130804T0557Z-130804T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1257 AM CDT SUN AUG 4 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... * UNTIL 700 AM CDT * AT 1250 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. * THE STORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES... BUCKNER CREEK...BUCKNER CREEK TRIBUTARY...SAWMILL CREEK...SAW LOG CREEK...ROCK CREEK...SPRING CREEK...SAW LOG CREEK TRIBUTARY...LITTLE COON CREEK...SPRING CREEK TRIBUTARY AND WHITE WOMAN CREEK. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. && LAT...LON 3811 9959 3797 9958 3792 9999 3804 10001 $$ 18
2 follow-up statements
684 WGUS73 KDDC 040847 FFSDDC FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 347 AM CDT SUN AUG 4 2013 KSC083-041200- /O.CON.KDDC.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130804T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ HODGEMAN KS- 347 AM CDT SUN AUG 4 2013 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY... AT 337 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED OVER 4 INCHES OF RAIN FELL ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY EARLIER THIS MORNING. OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, SOME PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL, WILL CONTINUE TO CROSS THIS AREA THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS WHICH WILL PRODUCE ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES... BUCKNER CREEK...BUCKNER CREEK TRIBUTARY...SAWMILL CREEK...SAW LOG CREEK...ROCK CREEK...SPRING CREEK...SAW LOG CREEK TRIBUTARY...LITTLE COON CREEK...SPRING CREEK TRIBUTARY AND WHITE WOMAN CREEK. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. && LAT...LON 3811 9959 3797 9958 3792 9999 3804 10001 $$ 18
834 WGUS73 KDDC 041126 FFSDDC FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 626 AM CDT SUN AUG 4 2013 KSC083-041131- /O.CAN.KDDC.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130804T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ HODGEMAN KS- 626 AM CDT SUN AUG 4 2013 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOUTHEASTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED OVER 5 INCHES OF RAIN FELL ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY OVERNIGHT. THE RAIN WAS BEGINNING TO TAPER OFF AND NO FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED. ALTHOUGH THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE CANCELLED, AREAL FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS MANY COUNTY ROADS ACROSS SOUTHEAST HODGEMAN COUNTY THROUGH THE MORNING. AN AREAL FLOOD WARNING WILL REPLACE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING. LAT...LON 3811 9959 3797 9958 3792 9999 3804 10001 $$ 18
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 12:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney | 40 min |
| Aug 4, 2:14 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 6 hr |
| Aug 4, 5:08 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee, Stafford | 6 hr |
| Aug 4, 6:33 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | Ford, Hodgeman | 6 hr |
| Aug 4, 7:31 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 6 hr |
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.