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Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 26, 2014, 5:04 AM CDT for Trego 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 26, 2014, 5:04 AM CDT (10:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2014, 8:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:04 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 26, 8:00 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.27 | 3 Sw Trego Center, KS |
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 00:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 116 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
- 2000 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1627 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
628
WGUS53 KDDC 261004
FFWDDC
KSC195-261300-
/O.NEW.KDDC.FF.W.0011.140626T1004Z-140626T1300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
504 AM CDT THU JUN 26 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN TREGO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...TREGO CENTER...CEDAR BLUFF...
* UNTIL 800 AM CDT
* AT 456 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. RADAR
ESTIMATES 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER SOUTHERN TREGO
COUNTY.
* THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.
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.
TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN DODGE
CITY.
&&
LAT...LON 3881 10012 3893 10008 3892 9960 3870 9960
3870 10000
$$
GERARD1 follow-up statement
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WGUS73 KDDC 261300
FFSDDC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
800 AM CDT THU JUN 26 2014
KSC195-261309-
/O.EXP.KDDC.FF.W.0011.000000T0000Z-140626T1300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
TREGO KS-
800 AM CDT THU JUN 26 2014
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 800 AM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
TREGO COUNTY...
WHILE THERE COULD STILL BE SOME STANDING WATER ON AREA ROADS, THE
TREGO COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE REPORTS THAT FLOODWATERS HAVE RECEDED
ACROSS SOUTHERN TREGO COUNTY.
LAT...LON 3881 10012 3893 10008 3892 9960 3870 9960
3870 10000
$$
GERARDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 40 min |
| Jun 25, 11:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hamilton | 39 min |
| Jun 26, 1:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Trego | 47 min |
| Jun 26, 1:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis | 42 min |
| Jun 26, 6:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Ness | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 10:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber | 46 min |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.