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Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 24, 2014, 3:40 PM CDT for Pratt County, Kansas. It was in force for 3 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
- Jun 24, 2014, 3:40 PM CDT (20:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 2014, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Pratt County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:41 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 5:11 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 Sw Byers, KS | SEVERAL DIRT ROADS WERE UNDER WATER IN NORTHWESTERN PRATT COUNTY TO THE SOUTHWEST OF BYERS. COUNTY ROADS SOUTH OF PRATT WERE ALSO FLOODED |
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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 96 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
- 283 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -154 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1570 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
245 WGUS53 KDDC 242040 FFWDDC KSC151-242345- /O.NEW.KDDC.FF.W.0010.140624T2040Z-140624T2345Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 340 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL PRATT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PRATT...CULLISON... * UNTIL 645 PM CDT * AT 337 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. * THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. 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 3781 9897 3767 9855 3747 9860 3762 9898 $$
2 follow-up statements
257 WGUS73 KDDC 242227 FFSDDC FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 527 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 2014 KSC151-242345- /O.CON.KDDC.FF.W.0010.000000T0000Z-140624T2345Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ PRATT KS- 527 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 2014 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL PRATT COUNTY... AT 520 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA. THE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED FROM 5 TO 8 INCHES FELL THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING JUST SOUTHWEST OF BYERS. AT 5:11 PM CDT, THE PRATT COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED SEVERAL DIRT ROADS UNDER WATER IN NORTHWEST PRATT COUNTY, ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BYERS. SOME COUNTY ROADS IN SOUTHERN PRATT COUNTY WERE ALSO FLOODED. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PRATT AND IUKA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. && LAT...LON 3781 9897 3767 9855 3747 9860 3762 9898 $$ 12
441 WGUS73 KDDC 242354 FFSDDC FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 654 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 2014 KSC151-250002- /O.EXP.KDDC.FF.W.0010.000000T0000Z-140624T2345Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ PRATT KS- 654 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 2014 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR CENTRAL PRATT COUNTY... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3781 9897 3767 9855 3747 9860 3762 9898 $$ 12
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 11:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hamilton | 40 min |
| Jun 24, 12:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Lane, Ness | 49 min |
| Jun 24, 1:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Scott | 40 min |
| Jun 24, 1:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hodgeman | 45 min |
| Jun 24, 1:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Lane | 47 min |
| Jun 24, 2:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Scott | 3 hr |
| Jun 24, 2:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hodgeman | 44 min |
| Jun 24, 2:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Hodgeman | 39 min |
| Jun 24, 2:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Kearny, Scott | 46 min |
| Jun 24, 3:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kearny | 41 min |
| Jun 24, 3:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman | 49 min |
| Jun 24, 3:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Hodgeman | 3 hr |
| Jun 24, 3:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber | 52 min |
| Jun 24, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray, Kearny | 62 min |
| Jun 24, 4:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray | 56 min |
| Jun 24, 4:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Kiowa | 31 min |
| Jun 24, 6:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Seward | 57 min |
| Jun 24, 6:45 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | Gray | 4 hr |
| Jun 24, 6:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Clark | 59 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.