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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Dodge City, KS
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.
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 5, 6:00 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 6 Ssw Utica, KS | WATER 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.
- 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
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
$$
SUGDEN1 follow-up statement
641
WGUS73 KDDC 060023
FFSDDC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
723 PM CDT MON AUG 5 2013
KSC101-135-060033-
/O.EXP.KDDC.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130806T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
NESS KS-LANE KS-
723 PM CDT MON AUG 5 2013
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 730 PM CDT FOR LANE AND
NORTHWESTERN NESS COUNTIES...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT
TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3870 10068 3869 10023 3866 10005 3831 10027
3846 10062
$$
SUGDENThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 9:50 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 18 more | 11 hr |
| Aug 5, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Scott | 61 min |
| Aug 5, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Scott | 44 min |
| Aug 5, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Ness | 46 min |
| Aug 5, 5:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Clark | 49 min |
| Aug 5, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche | 41 min |
| Aug 5, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness | 55 min |
| Aug 5, 6:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche | 55 min |
| Aug 5, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Kiowa | 62 min |
| Aug 5, 6:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush | 55 min |
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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.