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Flash Flood Warning 24, NWS Dodge City, KS
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.
- 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
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
$$
RUSSELL2 follow-up statements
167
WGUS73 KDDC 260420
FFSDDC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1115 PM CDT MON AUG 25 2014
KSC135-260715-
/O.CON.KDDC.FF.W.0024.000000T0000Z-140826T0715Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
NESS KS-
1115 PM CDT MON AUG 25 2014
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 AM CDT TUESDAY
FOR NORTHEASTERN NESS COUNTY...
AT 1115 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES OF 3 TO 5
INCHES OF RAINFALL INDICATED FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING AS SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS NEAR
BROWNELL WERE UNDER WATER.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BROWNELL.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...ALEXANDER DRY
CREEK...BAZINE DRY CREEK TRIBUTARY AND BIG TIMBER CREEK TRIBUTARY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 3868 9959 3858 9959 3845 9985 3859 9995
3869 9971
$$
RUSSELL271
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
$$
RBURGNearby
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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.