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Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at Aug 9, 2014, 7:18 PM CDT for Stanton County, Kansas. It was in force for 4 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
- Aug 9, 2014, 7:18 PM CDT (00:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2014, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Stanton County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 171 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 1863 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -62 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1812 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 3.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
288 WGUS53 KDDC 100018 FFWDDC KSC187-100415- /O.NEW.KDDC.FF.W.0023.140810T0018Z-140810T0415Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 718 PM CDT SAT AUG 9 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL STANTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... * UNTIL 1115 PM CDT * AT 716 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM A SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. * THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY. 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 3772 10200 3773 10176 3755 10178 3757 10200 $$ 18
1 follow-up statement
695 WGUS73 KDDC 100300 FFSDDC FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1000 PM CDT SAT AUG 9 2014 KSC187-100310- /O.CAN.KDDC.FF.W.0023.000000T0000Z-140810T0415Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ STANTON KS- 1000 PM CDT SAT AUG 9 2014 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR CENTRAL STANTON COUNTY... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. NO FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED. LAT...LON 3772 10200 3773 10176 3755 10178 3757 10200 $$ 18
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Kearny | 63 min |
| Aug 9, 8:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stanton | 26 min |
| Aug 9, 8:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kearny | 91 min |
| Aug 9, 8:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis, Ness, Rush, Trego | 2 hr |
| Aug 9, 9:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney, Gray | 112 min |
| Aug 9, 9:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford, Gray, Haskell, Meade, Seward, Stevens | 113 min |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.