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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Dodge City, KS

August 4, 2013Ellis County, Rush County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at Aug 4, 2013, 2:14 AM CDT for Ellis County, Rush 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, 2:14 AM CDT (07:14 UTC)
Expired
Aug 4, 2013, 8:15 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Ellis County, KS, Rush County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:14 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 4, 7:14 AM CDTFLASH FLOODPfeifer, KSLAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED WATER RUNNING OVER SEVERAL ROADS 1 TO 3 MILES NORTH OF THE RUSH COUNTY LINE.

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, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 118 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 2013-08-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 919 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 2013-08-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 6 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
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

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The text

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

825 
WGUS53 KDDC 040714
FFWDDC
KSC051-165-041315-
/O.NEW.KDDC.FF.W.0008.130804T0714Z-130804T1315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
214 AM CDT SUN AUG 4 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN ELLIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SCHOENCHEN...PFEIFER...
  NORTHERN RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...LORETTA...LIEBENTHAL...

* UNTIL 815 AM CDT

* AT 209 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 
  NEAR LIEBENTHAL TO PFEIFER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* THE STORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER   
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTIES. ADDITIONAL 
  THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE SAME AREA THROUGH
  5 AM. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
BIG CREEK...BIG CREEK TRIB SW OF VICTORIA...LOOKOUT HOLLOW...BIG
CREEK TRIB S OF MUNJOR...LOOKOUT HOLLOW TRIBUTARY...SMOKY HILL
TRIBUTARY...SMOKY HILL RIVER...SMOKY HILL TRIB S OF PFEIFER...BIG
TIMBER CREEK...DUCK CREEK...EAGLE CREEK...SMOKY HILL TRIB SE OF
PFEIFER...BIG TIMBER CREEK TRIBUTARY...SNAKE CREEK TRIBUTARY...SNAKE
CREEK...SHELTER CREEK...SAND CREEK AND WALNUT CREEK TRIBUTARY.

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 3881 9904 3864 9903 3856 9928 3861 9957
      3873 9943

$$

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2 follow-up statements
547 
WGUS73 KDDC 040857
FFSDDC

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
357 AM CDT SUN AUG 4 2013

KSC051-165-041315-
/O.CON.KDDC.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-130804T1315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
RUSH KS-ELLIS KS-
357 AM CDT SUN AUG 4 2013

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 AM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN ELLIS AND NORTHERN RUSH COUNTIES...

AT 352 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
OVER 4 INCHES OF RAIN FELL ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN RUSH AND 
SOUTHEASTERN ELLIS COUNTIES. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIER RAINFALL 
HAD ENDED...OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE 
THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PFEIFER

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
BIG CREEK...BIG CREEK TRIB SW OF VICTORIA...LOOKOUT HOLLOW...BIG
CREEK TRIB S OF MUNJOR...LOOKOUT HOLLOW TRIBUTARY...SMOKY HILL
TRIBUTARY...SMOKY HILL RIVER...SMOKY HILL TRIB S OF PFEIFER...BIG
TIMBER CREEK...DUCK CREEK...SMOKY HILL RIVER TRIBUTARY...EAGLE
CREEK...SMOKY HILL TRIB SE OF PFEIFER...BIG TIMBER CREEK TRIBUTARY...
SNAKE CREEK TRIBUTARY...SHELTER CREEK...SNAKE CREEK...SAND CREEK AND
WALNUT CREEK TRIBUTARY.

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 3881 9904 3864 9903 3856 9928 3861 9957
      3873 9943

$$

18
994 
WGUS73 KDDC 041225
FFSDDC

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
725 AM CDT SUN AUG 4 2013

KSC051-165-041231-
/O.CAN.KDDC.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-130804T1315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
RUSH KS-ELLIS KS-
725 AM CDT SUN AUG 4 2013

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOUTHEASTERN ELLIS
AND NORTHERN RUSH COUNTIES...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED OVER 4 INCHES OF 
RAIN FELL ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN RUSH AND SOUTHEAST ELLIS 
COUNTIES OVERNIGHT. ALTHOUGH HEAVY RAINFALL IS NO LONGER EXPECTED 
AND FLASH FLOODING IN NO LONGER ANTICIPATED, AREAL FLOODING CAN BE 
EXPECTED ACROSS MANY COUNTY ROADS ACROSS SOUTHEAST HODGEMAN COUNTY 
THROUGH THE LATE MORNING. LAW ENFORCEMENT IN ELLIS COUNTY REPORTED 
WATER RUNNING OVER SEVERAL ROADS IN SOUTHERN ELLIS COUNTY EARLY THIS 
MORNING. AN AREAL FLOOD WARNING WILL REPLACE THE FLASH FLOOD 
WARNING. 


LAT...LON 3881 9904 3864 9903 3856 9928 3861 9957
      3873 9943

$$

18

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 4, 12:20 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFinney40 min
Aug 4, 12:57 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCHodgeman6 hr
Aug 4, 5:08 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee, Stafford6 hr
Aug 4, 6:33 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningDDCFord, Hodgeman6 hr
Aug 4, 7:31 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningDDCEllis, Rush6 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.