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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 10, 2014Ellis County, Rush County, Kansas

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 10, 1:00 AM CDTFLASH FLOOD12 Sw Hays, KSOVER 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2014-07-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1069 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2014-07-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 38 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
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

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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

$$

18
1 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

$$

18

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 9, 11:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCPawnee, Rush, Stafford44 min
Jul 9, 11:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Pawnee, Rush, Stafford41 min
Jul 10, 12:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Rush54 min
Jul 10, 12:27 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStafford48 min
Jul 10, 1:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee, Stafford54 min
Jul 10, 1:34 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEllis41 min
Jul 10, 2:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCStafford3 hr
Jul 10, 7:33 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningDDCEllis6 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2014Every flash flood warning in 2014

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.