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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Dodge City, KS

August 5, 2013Lane County, Ness County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at Aug 5, 2013, 5:36 PM CDT for Lane County, Ness County, Kansas. It was in force for 114 min. 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 5, 2013, 5:36 PM CDT (22:36 UTC)
Expired
Aug 5, 2013, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
114 min
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Lane County, KS, Ness County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 5, 6:00 PM CDTFLASH FLOOD6 Ssw Utica, KSWATER WAS REPORTED OVER A COUNTY ROAD NEAR THE STORM SPOTTERS HOUSE

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, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 102 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 2013-08-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 965 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 2013-08-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 86 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
965 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-205 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1336 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
86 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

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

402 
WGUS53 KDDC 052236
FFWDDC
KSC101-135-060030-
/O.NEW.KDDC.FF.W.0009.130805T2236Z-130806T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
536 PM CDT MON AUG 5 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  LANE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SHIELDS...PENDENNIS...HEALY...
  DIGHTON...AMY...ALAMOTA...
  NORTHWESTERN NESS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...UTICA...BEELER...

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 531 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.

* THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES  ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 
WARNED AREA.

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 3870 10068 3869 10023 3866 10005 3831 10027
      3846 10062

$$

SUGDEN
1 follow-up statement
641 
WGUS73 KDDC 060023
FFSDDC

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
723 PM CDT MON AUG 5 2013

KSC101-135-060033-
/O.EXP.KDDC.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130806T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
NESS KS-LANE KS-
723 PM CDT MON AUG 5 2013

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 730 PM CDT FOR LANE AND
NORTHWESTERN NESS COUNTIES...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT
TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3870 10068 3869 10023 3866 10005 3831 10027
      3846 10062

$$

SUGDEN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 4, 9:50 PM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryDDCBarber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 18 more11 hr
Aug 5, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCScott61 min
Aug 5, 4:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Scott44 min
Aug 5, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Ness46 min
Aug 5, 5:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCClark49 min
Aug 5, 5:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Comanche41 min
Aug 5, 5:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness55 min
Aug 5, 6:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Comanche55 min
Aug 5, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Comanche, Kiowa62 min
Aug 5, 6:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush55 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.