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Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 28, 2014, 2:18 AM CDT for Finney County, Gray County, Kearny County, Kansas. It was in force for 3 hr. 2 reports 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 28, 2014, 2:18 AM CDT (07:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 2014, 5:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Finney County, KS, Gray County, KS, Kearny County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:20 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 2:30 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Garden City, KS | STREET FLOODING OVER MUCH OF THE TOWN. WATER ENTERING CARS AND FLOODING SOME BUSINESSES. |
| Jun 28, 4:44 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Garden City, KS | FLAT ROOF OF A BUSINESS WAS COLLAPSED BY HEAVY RAIN IN THE 500 BLOCK OF MAIN STREET. EXACT TIME IS UNKOWN. |
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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 91 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
- 2653 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -140 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1493 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 5.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
464 WGUS53 KDDC 280718 FFWDDC KSC055-069-093-281015- /O.NEW.KDDC.FF.W.0014.140628T0718Z-140628T1015Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 218 AM CDT SAT JUN 28 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL FINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...HOLCOMB...GARDEN CITY... EXTREME NORTHWESTERN GRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... EAST CENTRAL KEARNY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...LAKIN...DEERFIELD... * UNTIL 515 AM CDT * AT 211 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN GARDEN CITY FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED 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...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. 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. && LAT...LON 3810 10063 3790 10068 3782 10137 3801 10120 $$ RUSSELL
1 follow-up statement
889 WGUS73 KDDC 280835 FFSDDC FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 335 AM CDT SAT JUN 28 2014 KSC055-069-093-281015- /O.CON.KDDC.FF.W.0014.000000T0000Z-140628T1015Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ KEARNY KS-GRAY KS-FINNEY KS- 335 AM CDT SAT JUN 28 2014 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 AM CDT FOR CENTRAL FINNEY...EXTREME NORTHWESTERN GRAY AND EAST CENTRAL KEARNY COUNTIES... AT 328 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED CONTINUED FLASH FLOODING IN GARDEN CITY WITH AUTOMOBILES TAKING ON WATER FROM STREET FLOODING AND SOME FLOODING AT LOCAL BUSINESSES. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL ACROSS WESTERN FINNEY COUNTY IN EXCESS OF 4 INCHES, WITH AS MUCH AS SIX INCHES. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR MORE OF RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE THROUGH 430 AM CDT. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HOLCOMB... GARDEN CITY AND DEERFIELD PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. && LAT...LON 3810 10063 3790 10068 3782 10137 3801 10120 $$ RUSSELL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 9:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Scott | 47 min |
| Jun 27, 9:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Scott | 39 min |
| Jun 27, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Scott | 61 min |
| Jun 27, 10:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Haskell | 46 min |
| Jun 27, 10:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Kearny | 63 min |
| Jun 27, 11:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Grant | 43 min |
| Jun 27, 11:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Lane, Scott | 65 min |
| Jun 27, 11:40 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | Lane, Scott | 12 hr |
| Jun 27, 11:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton | 59 min |
| Jun 28, 12:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Gray | 39 min |
| Jun 28, 12:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Ford, Gray, Haskell, Hodgeman | 54 min |
| Jun 28, 12:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Hamilton, Kearny, Scott | 43 min |
| Jun 28, 1:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray, Lane | 57 min |
| Jun 28, 1:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness | 63 min |
| Jun 28, 1:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Ness, Trego | 3 hr |
| Jun 28, 2:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kearny | 39 min |
| Jun 28, 4:04 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray, Hodgeman | 3 hr |
| Jun 28, 4:23 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | Ellis, Ness, Rush, Trego | 12 hr |
| Jun 28, 4:37 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | Grant, Haskell | 12 hr |
| Jun 28, 5:32 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray, Kearny | 12 hr |
| Jun 28, 3:46 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | Grant | 8 hr |
| Jun 28, 3:48 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray | 8 hr |
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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.