Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2014
Flash Flood Warning 15, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 28, 2014, 4:04 AM CDT for Finney County, Gray County, Hodgeman 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, 4:04 AM CDT (09:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 2014, 7:00 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, Hodgeman County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:05 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, 4:14 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 N Charleston, KS | |
| Jun 28, 5:00 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 5.5 | 9 Nne Ingalls, 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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 57 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.
557 WGUS53 KDDC 280904 FFWDDC KSC055-069-083-281200- /O.NEW.KDDC.FF.W.0015.140628T0904Z-140628T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 404 AM CDT SAT JUN 28 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL FINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF KALVESTA... NORTHERN GRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CHARLESTON... EXTREME WEST CENTRAL HODGEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... * UNTIL 700 AM CDT * AT 356 AM CDT...FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED BY GRAY COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT. NUMEROUS ROADS WERE UNDER WATER OVER NORTHERN GRAY COUNTY, WITH SOME HAVING ONE TO TWO FEET OF WATER RUNNING OVER THE ROADS. * THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTIES. 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. 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 3809 10063 3812 10022 3787 10023 3785 10066 $$ RUSSELL
1 follow-up statement
669 WGUS73 KDDC 281036 FFSDDC FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 536 AM CDT SAT JUN 28 2014 KSC055-069-083-281043- /O.CAN.KDDC.FF.W.0015.000000T0000Z-140628T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ HODGEMAN KS-GRAY KS-FINNEY KS- 536 AM CDT SAT JUN 28 2014 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR EAST CENTRAL FINNEY...NORTHERN GRAY AND EXTREME WEST CENTRAL HODGEMAN COUNTIES... ALTHOUGH THE FLASH FLOODING HAS ENDED, WIDESPREAD RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE RISES IN AREAS STREAMS AND CAUSE FLOODING COUNTY ROADS THOUGH THE DAY. A FLOOD WARNING FOR SMALL STREAMS HAS BEEN ISSUED THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. LAT...LON 3809 10063 3812 10022 3787 10023 3785 10066 $$ 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, 2:18 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray, Kearny | 3 hr |
| Jun 28, 2:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kearny | 39 min |
| 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.