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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 10, 2014, 12:42 AM CDT for Ellis County, Rush 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
- Jul 10, 2014, 12:42 AM CDT (05:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 2014, 3:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Ellis County, KS, Rush County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 1:00 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 12 Sw Hays, KS | OVER THREE INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN A LITTLE MORE THAN AN HOUR ALONG WITH COPIOUS QUARTER TO HALF-DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. THIS CAUSED OVERTOPPING OF A FARM POND WITH SOME OTHER SIMILAR REPORTS OF RAPIDLY FLOWING STREAMS IN VICINITY OF SMOKY HILL RIVER |
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, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 114 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
- 1069 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -137 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1536 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 227 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 4.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
121
WGUS53 KDDC 100542
FFWDDC
KSC051-165-100830-
/O.NEW.KDDC.FF.W.0021.140710T0542Z-140710T0830Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1242 AM CDT THU JUL 10 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN ELLIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SCHOENCHEN...PFEIFER...ANTONINO...
EASTERN RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...TIMKEN...SHAFFER...OTIS...LORETTA...
LIEBENTHAL...LA CROSSE...BISON...
* UNTIL 330 AM CDT
* AT 1234 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER THE PAST TWO
HOURS ACROSS SOUTHERN ELLIS AND EASTERN RUSH COUNTIES FROM AN AREA
OF SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM NEAR
ANTONINO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
* THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER
AREAS THAT HAD ALREADY RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL FROM EARLIER THIS
EVENING.
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 3871 9903 3869 9902 3837 9903 3837 9918
3872 9953 3884 9948
$$
181 follow-up statement
904
WGUS73 KDDC 100641
FFSDDC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
141 AM CDT THU JUL 10 2014
KSC051-165-100830-
/O.CON.KDDC.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140710T0830Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
RUSH KS-ELLIS KS-
141 AM CDT THU JUL 10 2014
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 AM CDT FOR
SOUTHERN ELLIS AND EASTERN RUSH COUNTIES...
AT 136 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR SCHOENCHEN...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR ESTIMATED THREE TO NEAR FIVE INCHES
OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ELLIS AND EASTERN RUSH
COUNTIES. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BEFORE
THE RAIN TAPERS OFF.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT
THURSDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3871 9903 3869 9902 3837 9903 3837 9918
3872 9953 3884 9948
$$
18The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 11:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pawnee, Rush, Stafford | 44 min |
| Jul 9, 11:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Pawnee, Rush, Stafford | 41 min |
| Jul 10, 12:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 54 min |
| Jul 10, 12:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stafford | 48 min |
| Jul 10, 1:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Stafford | 54 min |
| Jul 10, 1:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis | 41 min |
| Jul 10, 2:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Stafford | 3 hr |
| Jul 10, 7:33 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | Ellis | 6 hr |
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.