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Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 30, 2014Clark County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 30, 2014, 10:31 PM CDT for Clark County, Kansas. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 30, 2014, 10:31 PM CDT (03:31 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2014, 1:30 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Clark County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 61 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 2014-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2699 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2014-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 29 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2699 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-97 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1994 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
154 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
6.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

775 
WGUS53 KDDC 010331
FFWDDC
KSC025-010630-
/O.NEW.KDDC.FF.W.0018.140701T0331Z-140701T0630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1031 PM CDT MON JUN 30 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...

* UNTIL 130 AM CDT

* AT 1030 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE      
  WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER 
  THE PAST HOUR.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  ASHLAND AND CLARK STATE LAKE.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO
NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO
ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN
WATER BEGINS RISING.

&&

LAT...LON 3743 10008 3746 9963 3703 9954 3699 9994
      3699 10002

$$
1 follow-up statement
310 
WGUS73 KDDC 010538
FFSDDC

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1238 AM CDT TUE JUL 1 2014

KSC025-010630-
/O.CON.KDDC.FF.W.0018.000000T0000Z-140701T0630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CLARK KS-
1238 AM CDT TUE JUL 1 2014

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CLARK COUNTY UNTIL 130
AM CDT...

AT 1237 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN CONTINUING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR 
ESTIMATES THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA IN 
THE PAST TWO HOURS...WITH ANY ADDITIONAL RAIN EXPECTED TO QUICKLY RUN 
OFF AND CREATE FLOODING PROBLEMS.

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...ASHLAND
AND CLARK STATE LAKE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT
ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT
STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

&&

LAT...LON 3743 10008 3746 9963 3703 9954 3699 9994
      3699 10002

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 30, 8:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord42 min
Jun 30, 8:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMorton51 min
Jun 30, 8:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMeade, Seward, Stevens41 min
Jun 30, 8:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMorton, Seward, Stevens54 min
Jun 30, 8:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford49 min
Jun 30, 9:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCSeward, Stevens32 min
Jun 30, 10:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark63 min
Jun 30, 10:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Pratt61 min
Jun 30, 10:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKiowa21 min
Jun 30, 10:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCClark, Meade, Seward3 hr
Jun 30, 11:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCComanche59 min
Jun 30, 11:09 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCKiowa3 hr
Jun 30, 11:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Comanche, Kiowa64 min
Jul 1, 12:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber20 min
Jul 1, 1:43 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningDDCClark, Ford, Kiowa3 hr
Jul 1, 1:58 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningDDCClark, Meade, Seward3 hr
Jul 1, 9:46 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningDDCClark, Comanche, Kiowa4 hr
Jul 1, 1:45 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningDDCComanche, Kiowa18 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.