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Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 26, 2014Ness County, Kansas

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.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 26, 8:41 AM CDTHEAVY RAIN 55 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2014-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2000 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2014-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 50 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 7:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton40 min
Jun 25, 11:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHamilton39 min
Jun 26, 1:28 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCTrego47 min
Jun 26, 1:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis42 min
Jun 26, 5:04 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCTrego3 hr
Jun 26, 10:44 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCBarber46 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.