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Flash Flood Watch 1, NWS Dodge City, KS

August 7, 201327 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood watch at Aug 7, 2013, 10:43 PM CDT for 27 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 26 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 7, 2013, 10:43 PM CDT (03:43 UTC)
Expired: Aug 9, 2013, 12:19 AM CDT
In force: 26 hr
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Flood severity: None

All 27 counties

Barber County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Lane County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Rush County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:46 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

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 27 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1037 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1270 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 48 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: -0.0
Supercell composite: -0.2

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Dodge City, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood watch went out at Aug 7, 10:10 PM CDT, 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 7, 10:10 PM CDT, 33 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 7, 6:48 PM CDT, 3 hours 55 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
648 PM CDT WED AUG 7 2013

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-081000-
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-
PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-
PRATT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER-
648 PM CDT WED AUG 7 2013 /548 PM MDT WED AUG 7 2013/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...SOUTH
CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR ACROSS
PORTIONS OF FAR SOUTHWEST KANSAS EARLY THIS EVENING. HAIL UP TO
TENNIS BALL SIZE ALONG WITH WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE. THE STORMS MAY ORGANIZE INTO A LARGER CLUSTER OF
THUNDERSTORMS AND THEN MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHWEST THROUGH
CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS OVERNIGHT. PERIODS OF HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WHICH COULD RESULT IN LOCALIZED
FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE
POSSIBLE FROM WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS ON THURSDAY. THIS MAY
RESULT IN FLOODING ISSUES ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN
KANSAS.

THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ON FRIDAY AND THEN FROM
SUNDAY THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. AT THIS TIME IT IS TOO EARLY TO
DETERMINE IF ANY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SEVERE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS WILL BE NEEDED FOR HAIL, WIND AND HEAVY RAINFALL REPORTS
THIS EVENING.

&&

FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC

GERARD

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 7, 7:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
700 PM CDT WED AUG 07 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0654 PM     HAIL             HUGOTON                 37.18N 101.35W
08/07/2013  E1.25 INCH       STEVENS            KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

GERARD

Local storm report, Aug 7, 7:28 PM CDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
728 PM CDT WED AUG 07 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0645 PM     HAIL             1 ESE HUGOTON           37.17N 101.33W
08/07/2013  E1.75 INCH       STEVENS            KS   PUBLIC

&&

RSLOAN

Special weather statement, Aug 7, 7:40 PM CDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
740 PM CDT WED AUG 7 2013

KSZ074-084-080145-
MORTON-STANTON-
740 PM CDT WED AUG 7 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN MORTON AND WESTERN
STANTON COUNTIES...

AT 738 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR RICHFIELD...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LAT...LON 3764 10204 3771 10169 3731 10165 3727 10184
TIME...MOT...LOC 0040Z 164DEG 19KT 3734 10177

KRUSE

Local storm report, Aug 7, 7:58 PM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
758 PM CDT WED AUG 07 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0730 PM     HAIL             RICHFIELD               37.27N 101.78W
08/07/2013  E1.00 INCH       MORTON             KS   PUBLIC

            THE HAIL FELL FOR APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES.

&&

GERARD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 7, 7:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Stanton	65 min
Aug 7, 7:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Morton	53 min
Aug 7, 9:14 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	Hamilton	6 hr
Aug 7, 9:35 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	Morton, Stevens	6 hr
Aug 7, 11:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Clark	40 min
Aug 8, 12:59 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	Clark, Ford, Meade	2 hr
Aug 8, 1:17 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DDC	Hamilton	8 hr
Aug 8, 2:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Barber, Edwards, Kiowa, Pratt	60 min
Aug 8, 2:36 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	Clark, Ford	3 hr
Aug 8, 3:26 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	Pratt	2 hr
Aug 8, 5:26 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DDC	Clark, Ford	8 hr
Aug 8, 10:30 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DDC	Comanche, Kiowa	6 hr
Aug 8, 11:43 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DDC	Clark, Comanche, Ford, Kiowa	6 hr
Aug 8, 1:52 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DDC	Clark, Comanche, Ford, Kiowa	7 hr
Aug 8, 5:21 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DDC	Morton, Stanton	6 hr
Aug 8, 5:55 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DDC	Clark, Comanche, Ford, Kiowa	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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.