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Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 30, 2014, 10:50 PM CDT for Clark County, Meade County, Seward 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 30, 2014, 10:50 PM CDT (03:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 2014, 2:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Clark County, KS, Meade County, KS, Seward County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 11:37 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Plains City, KS | INDIANA AND PHEASANT ROADS IN PLAINS WERE COMPLETELY UNDERWATER. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this flash flood warning; the first came 47 minutes after it went out.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 97 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
554 WGUS53 KDDC 010350 FFWDDC KSC025-119-175-010700- /O.NEW.KDDC.FF.W.0019.140701T0350Z-140701T0700Z/ /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 1050 PM CDT MON JUN 30 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN MEADE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... SOUTHERN SEWARD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... SOUTHWESTERN CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... * UNTIL 200 AM CDT * AT 1050 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS REPORTED FLOODING OF SOME ROADWAYS IN THE CITY OF LIBERAL. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... LIBERAL...MEADE...MEADE STATE PARK...PLAINS CITY AND KISMET. 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 3700 10101 3727 10099 3731 10007 3700 10002 $$
1 follow-up statement
682 WGUS73 KDDC 010542 FFSDDC FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1242 AM CDT TUE JUL 1 2014 KSC025-119-175-010700- /O.CON.KDDC.FF.W.0019.000000T0000Z-140701T0700Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ SEWARD KS-MEADE KS-CLARK KS- 1242 AM CDT TUE JUL 1 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN CLARK... SOUTHERN MEADE AND SOUTHERN SEWARD COUNTIES UNTIL 200 AM CDT... AT 1241 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED PRECIPITATION DECREASING IN INTENSITY ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. ALTHOUGH RAINFALL IS COMING TO AN END...RUN OFF FROM HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE AREA. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...LIBERAL...MEADE...MEADE STATE PARK...PLAINS CITY AND KISMET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY. && LAT...LON 3700 10101 3727 10099 3731 10007 3700 10002 $$ JRM
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Dodge City, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jun 30, 6:25 PM CDT, 4 hours 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 6:25 PM CDT, 4 hours 25 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 625 PM CDT Mon Jun 30 2014 ...Updated the aviation discussion... .SHORT TERM...(This evening through Tuesday) ISSUED AT 206 PM CDT MON JUN 30 2014 RAP and NAM verified well with the 18z surface analysis with the surface cold front across southwest Kansas. A surface trough/dry line extended south of this cold front into the panhandle of Oklahoma and Texas. Warm air was located above these surface boundaries with the RAP still suggesting a 700mb temperature of greater than +16c lingers across southwest Kansas. Given these warm temperatures any convection does develop along these two boundaries am expecting this will occur after 23z. Scattered convection is expected to develop along the cold front late today. 0-6km shear is forecast to be 30 to 35 knots and the CAPE values are expected to exceed 3500 j/kg at 00z Tuesday. Given the instability and shear early this evening any storm that does develop may become severe with the main hazard begin strong damaging winds and golf ball size hail. Thunderstorms will become more widespread across southwest and south central Kansas early tonight. The latest RAP, NAM, and GFS remain in good agreement keeping an area of moisture and improving 850mb-700mb frontogenesis over southwest Kansas after 00z Tuesday as an upper level trough moves across Central High Plains. Preciptable water values at 00z Tuesday were forecast to be at 1 to 1.5 inches. Given the forcing and moisture just north of the cold front across southwest and south central Kansas early tonight along with improving upper level dynamics front ahead of the upper trough and near location of the right exit region of an upper level jet will continue to favor thunderstorms increasing in areal coverage between 00z Tuesday and 06z Tuesday with periods of heavy rainfall being possible. At this time based on the location of where the heavier rainfall is expected overnight will not be issuing a flash flood watch but will mention flooding concerns in the hazardous weather outlook. Precipitation will taper off from northwest to southeast early Tuesday as the upper level trough crosses western Kansas. 850mb temperature trends from 00z Tuesday to 00z Wednesday suggests highs mainly in the low to mid 80s. Given lingering afternoon cloud cover near the Oklahoma border will trim temperatures down a few degrees here from the later guidance. .LONG TERM...(Tuesday night through Monday) ISSUED AT 300 PM CDT MON JUN 30 2014 Medium range models indicate an upper level shortwave dropping southeast out of the Northern Rockies into the Western High Plains early Wednesday then turning more eastward into the Central Plains by Wednesday night. Meanwhile, upper level ridging will slowly transition across the Intermountain West turning the flow aloft more northwesterly across the Western High Plains toward the end of the week. As the flow aloft weakens, precip chances will be limited across much of central and western Kansas. However, a near stationary frontal boundary just south of the Oklahoma border may provide the focus for a slight chance of isolated thunderstorms near and along the Oklahoma state line Tuesday night into early Wednesday. The northwesterly flow aloft will persist through the end of the week while the frontal boundary to our south extends back north into eastern Colorado. As H5 vort maxima crest the ridge and drop southeast off the Rockies, thunderstorm development is likely lee of the front range each afternoon Thursday and Friday. A few isolated thunderstorms could potentially drift into western Kansas each evening. Below normal temperatures are expected Wednesday as surface high pressure moves southeast out of the Northern Plains into the Central Plains of eastern Kansas. This will reinforce the slightly cooler air mass in place across western Kansas with H85 temperatures ranging from the upper teens(C) across central Kansas to the lower 20s(C) closer to the Colorado border. Even with decreasing cloud cover expected, look for highs struggling to reach the 80s(F) across central and portions of southwest Kansas Wednesday afternoon. A gradual warming trend is then forecast through the weekend as upper level ridging approaches from the west, pushing highs back into the 90s(F) by Saturday. && .AVIATION...(For the 00Z TAFS through 00Z Tuesday evening) ISSUED AT 618 PM CDT MON JUN 30 2014 This evening will start out breezy with northeast winds averaging 15g25kts. Sct clouds will increase and the chance for thunderstorms will significantly increase in the DDC and GCK areas within the next 2 hours. Thunderstorm winds will be VRB20g30kt, and the vsbys could go down into the MVFR range during the convection. Cigs during storms should also be in the MVFR range, around OVC040CB. A few storms may linger into the 06Z time frame, but after that, expect northwest winds around 10 knots, and cigs in the OVC050 range. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DDC 63 82 60 84 / 60 30 10 10 GCK 62 82 59 81 / 30 20 10 10 EHA 62 78 59 79 / 70 30 20 10 LBL 64 80 61 82 / 80 30 20 10 HYS 62 84 59 80 / 20 20 0 0 P28 68 83 64 86 / 90 40 20 10 && .DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SHORT TERM...Burgert LONG TERM...JJohnson AVIATION...Burke
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 30, 2:39 PM CDT, 8 hours 11 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 239 PM CDT MON JUN 30 2014 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-011015- TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA- PRATT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- 239 PM CDT MON JUN 30 2014 /139 PM MDT MON JUN 30 2014/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AFTER 5 PM ALONG AND JUST NORTH OF A COLD FRONT OVER FAR SOUTHWEST INTO SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. THE STRONGER STORMS COULD BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL HAIL ALONG WITH 60 TO 70 MPH WIND GUSTS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE AFTER SUNSET SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 156. THESE THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT WILL PRODUCE PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN WHICH COULD CAUSE FLOODING, ESPECIALLY SOUTHEAST OF A LARNED TO DODGE CITY TO LIBERAL LINE. WIND GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY WHILE EXACT DETAILS ARE UNCERTAIN, ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COULD OCCUR SOMEWHERE OVER WESTERN KANSAS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED EARLY THIS EVENING SOUTH OF LINE FROM JOHNSON TO LACROSSE. && FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC BURGERT
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 30, 8:36 PM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
836 PM CDT MON JUN 30 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0831 PM HAIL 15 ESE DODGE CITY 37.68N 99.76W
06/30/2014 E1.00 INCH FORD KS PUBLIC
&&
BURKELocal storm report, Jun 30, 8:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
854 PM CDT MON JUN 30 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0828 PM TSTM WND GST ELKHART 37.01N 101.88W
06/30/2014 M60.00 MPH MORTON KS AWOS
METAR KEHA 010128Z PK WND 52 KT
0831 PM HAIL 4 SW FORD 37.60N 99.82W
06/30/2014 E1.00 INCH FORD KS PUBLIC
0837 PM HAIL 3 ENE ELKHART 37.02N 101.84W
06/30/2014 E1.00 INCH MORTON KS PUBLIC
&&
BURKESpecial weather statement, Jun 30, 10:39 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1039 PM CDT MON JUN 30 2014 KSZ078-080-089-010400- COMANCHE-FORD-KIOWA- 1039 PM CDT MON JUN 30 2014 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...COMANCHE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND FORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... AT 1037 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTH OF MULLINVILLE...OR 11 MILES EAST OF BUCKLIN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...TORRENTIAL RAIN...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. && LAT...LON 3746 9921 3737 9950 3754 9956 3770 9946 TIME...MOT...LOC 0339Z 313DEG 12KT 3749 9944
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 42 min |
| Jun 30, 8:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton | 51 min |
| Jun 30, 8:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Meade, Seward, Stevens | 41 min |
| Jun 30, 8:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton, Seward, Stevens | 54 min |
| Jun 30, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford | 49 min |
| Jun 30, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Seward, Stevens | 32 min |
| Jun 30, 10:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark | 63 min |
| Jun 30, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Pratt | 61 min |
| Jun 30, 10:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Clark | 3 hr |
| Jun 30, 10:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kiowa | 21 min |
| Jun 30, 11:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Comanche | 59 min |
| Jun 30, 11:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 3 hr |
| Jun 30, 11:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche, Kiowa | 64 min |
| Jul 1, 12:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber | 20 min |
| Jul 1, 1:43 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford, Kiowa | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 1:58 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | Clark, Meade, Seward | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 9:46 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Kiowa | 4 hr |
| Jul 1, 1:45 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | Comanche, Kiowa | 18 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.