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Areal Flood Warning 18, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 1, 2014Clark County, Meade County, Seward County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this areal flood warning at Jul 1, 2014, 1:58 AM CDT for Clark County, Meade County, Seward County, Kansas. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Jul 1, 2014, 1:58 AM CDT (06:58 UTC)
Expired: Jul 1, 2014, 5:00 AM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Clark County, KS, Meade County, KS, Seward County, KS

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal flood warning 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 areal flood warning went out at Jul 1, 12:31 AM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 12:31 AM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 30, 2:39 PM CDT, 11 hours 19 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
239 PM CDT MON JUN 30 2014

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-011015-
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-
239 PM CDT MON JUN 30 2014 /139 PM MDT MON JUN 30 2014/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AFTER 5 PM ALONG
AND JUST NORTH OF A COLD FRONT OVER FAR SOUTHWEST INTO SOUTH
CENTRAL KANSAS. THE STRONGER STORMS COULD BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
GOLF BALL HAIL ALONG WITH 60 TO 70 MPH WIND GUSTS.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE AFTER SUNSET SOUTH
OF HIGHWAY 156. THESE THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT WILL PRODUCE PERIODS
OF HEAVY RAIN WHICH COULD CAUSE FLOODING, ESPECIALLY SOUTHEAST OF A
LARNED TO DODGE CITY TO LIBERAL LINE. WIND GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH
WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

WHILE EXACT DETAILS ARE UNCERTAIN, ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS COULD OCCUR SOMEWHERE OVER WESTERN KANSAS THROUGH
THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED EARLY THIS EVENING SOUTH OF LINE FROM JOHNSON
TO LACROSSE.

&&

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

BURGERT

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 30, 8:36 PM CDT, 5 hours 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
836 PM CDT MON JUN 30 2014

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

0831 PM     HAIL             15 ESE DODGE CITY       37.68N 99.76W
06/30/2014  E1.00 INCH       FORD               KS   PUBLIC

&&

BURKE

Local storm report, Jun 30, 8:54 PM CDT, 5 hours 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
854 PM CDT MON JUN 30 2014

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

0828 PM     TSTM WND GST     ELKHART                 37.01N 101.88W
06/30/2014  M60.00 MPH       MORTON             KS   AWOS

            METAR KEHA 010128Z PK WND 52 KT

0831 PM     HAIL             4 SW FORD               37.60N 99.82W
06/30/2014  E1.00 INCH       FORD               KS   PUBLIC

0837 PM     HAIL             3 ENE ELKHART           37.02N 101.84W
06/30/2014  E1.00 INCH       MORTON             KS   PUBLIC

&&

BURKE

Special weather statement, Jun 30, 10:39 PM CDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1039 PM CDT MON JUN 30 2014

KSZ078-080-089-010400-
COMANCHE-FORD-KIOWA-
1039 PM CDT MON JUN 30 2014

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...COMANCHE
COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND FORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...

AT 1037 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTH OF MULLINVILLE...OR 11 MILES EAST
OF BUCKLIN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...TORRENTIAL RAIN...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

&&

LAT...LON 3746 9921 3737 9950 3754 9956 3770 9946
TIME...MOT...LOC 0339Z 313DEG 12KT 3749 9944

Local storm report, Jul 1, 1:39 AM CDT, 19 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 1, 1:44 AM CDT, 14 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 30, 8:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ford	42 min
Jun 30, 8:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Morton	51 min
Jun 30, 8:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Meade, Seward, Stevens	41 min
Jun 30, 8:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Morton, Seward, Stevens	54 min
Jun 30, 8:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark, Ford	49 min
Jun 30, 9:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Seward, Stevens	32 min
Jun 30, 10:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Clark	63 min
Jun 30, 10:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Pratt	61 min
Jun 30, 10:31 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	Clark	3 hr
Jun 30, 10:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Kiowa	21 min
Jun 30, 10:50 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	Clark, Meade, Seward	3 hr
Jun 30, 11:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Comanche	59 min
Jun 30, 11:09 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	Kiowa	3 hr
Jun 30, 11:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber, Comanche, Kiowa	64 min
Jul 1, 12:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Barber	20 min
Jul 1, 1:43 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DDC	Clark, Ford, Kiowa	3 hr
Jul 1, 9:46 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DDC	Clark, Comanche, Kiowa	4 hr
Jul 1, 1:45 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DDC	Comanche, Kiowa	18 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.