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Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 26, 2014, 6:44 AM CDT for Ness 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, 6:44 AM CDT (11:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2014, 9:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Ness County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:47 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, 8:41 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 5 | 5 Ne Ransom, 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, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 95 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.
703 WGUS53 KDDC 261144 FFWDDC KSC135-261445- /O.NEW.KDDC.FF.W.0012.140626T1144Z-140626T1445Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 644 AM CDT THU JUN 26 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN NESS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...RANSOM...BROWNELL... * UNTIL 945 AM CDT * AT 637 AM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 3-4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN THIS AREA. * 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 3869 10003 3870 9959 3853 9959 3852 9992 $$ GERARD
2 follow-up statements
783 WGUS73 KDDC 261353 FFSDDC FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 853 AM CDT THU JUN 26 2014 KSC135-261445- /O.CON.KDDC.FF.W.0012.000000T0000Z-140626T1445Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ NESS KS- 853 AM CDT THU JUN 26 2014 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 AM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN NESS COUNTY... AT 842 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STEADY RAIN SHOWERS CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHEAST NESS COUNTY. THE PUBLIC REPORTED 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAD FALLEN 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF RANSOM AND LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED DITCHES RUNNING FULL WITH FIELDS FLOODED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. && LAT...LON 3869 10003 3870 9959 3853 9959 3852 9992 $$ 18
438 WGUS73 KDDC 261444 FFSDDC FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 944 AM CDT THU JUN 26 2014 KSC135-261451- /O.EXP.KDDC.FF.W.0012.000000T0000Z-140626T1445Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ NESS KS- 944 AM CDT THU JUN 26 2014 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 945 AM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN NESS COUNTY... HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA AND THUS THE FLASH FLOOD RISK HAS DIMINISHED. RUNOFF FROM FIELDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE MORNING WHICH MAY STILL PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER IN A FEW LOCATIONS. LAT...LON 3869 10003 3870 9959 3853 9959 3852 9992 $$ 18
The 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, 5:04 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Trego | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 10:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber | 46 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.