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Flash Flood Warning 24, NWS Dodge City, KS

August 25, 2014Ness County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at Aug 25, 2014, 8:10 PM CDT for Ness County, Kansas. It was in force for 6 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 25, 2014, 8:10 PM CDT (01:10 UTC)
Expired
Aug 26, 2014, 2:15 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Ness County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:12 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 95 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 2014-08-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 654 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 2014-08-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -17 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
654 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-74 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2672 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
80 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

032 
WGUS53 KDDC 260112
FFWDDC
KSC135-260715-
/O.NEW.KDDC.FF.W.0024.140826T0110Z-140826T0715Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
810 PM CDT MON AUG 25 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN NESS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 215 AM CDT TUESDAY

* AT 810 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING ACROSS 
  SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY 
  OCCURRING.  

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  BROWNELL AND RURALS AREAS OF NORTHEAST NESS COUNTY. 

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...WALNUT CREEK
TRIBUTARY...BAZINE DRY CREEK...WALNUT CREEK...TUNNELL CREEK...BIG
TIMBER CREEK...SNAKE CREEK TRIBUTARY...SNAKE CREEK...ALEXANDER DRY
CREEK TRIBUTARY...LONG BRANCH TRIBUTARY...BIG RIMBER CREEK...
ALEXANDER DRY CREEK...LONG BRANCH...BAZINE DRY CREEK TRIBUTARY AND
BIG TIMBER CREEK TRIBUTARY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

&&

LAT...LON 3868 9959 3858 9959 3845 9985 3859 9995
      3869 9971

$$

RUSSELL
2 follow-up statements
167 
WGUS73 KDDC 260420
FFSDDC

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1115 PM CDT MON AUG 25 2014

KSC135-260715-
/O.CON.KDDC.FF.W.0024.000000T0000Z-140826T0715Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
NESS KS-
1115 PM CDT MON AUG 25 2014

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 AM CDT TUESDAY
FOR NORTHEASTERN NESS COUNTY...

AT 1115 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES OF 3 TO 5 
INCHES OF RAINFALL INDICATED FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 
FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING AS SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS NEAR 
BROWNELL WERE UNDER WATER. 

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BROWNELL.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...ALEXANDER DRY 
CREEK...BAZINE DRY CREEK TRIBUTARY AND BIG TIMBER CREEK TRIBUTARY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

&&

LAT...LON 3868 9959 3858 9959 3845 9985 3859 9995
      3869 9971

$$

RUSSELL
271 
WGUS73 KDDC 260718
FFSDDC

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
218 AM CDT TUE AUG 26 2014

KSC135-260727-
/O.EXP.KDDC.FF.W.0024.000000T0000Z-140826T0715Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
NESS KS-
218 AM CDT TUE AUG 26 2014

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN NESS COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE
A THREAT.

LAT...LON 3868 9959 3858 9959 3845 9985 3859 9995
      3869 9971

$$

RBURG

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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.