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Flash Flood Warning 26, NWS Dodge City, KS

August 27, 2014Lane County, Scott County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at Aug 27, 2014, 7:06 PM CDT for Lane County, Scott 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
Aug 27, 2014, 7:06 PM CDT (00:06 UTC)
Expired
Aug 27, 2014, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Lane County, KS, Scott County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:06 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
Aug 27, 7:20 PM CDTFLASH FLOODDighton, KS

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, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 89 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 2014-08-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1768 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2014-08-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 131 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
1768 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1254 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
197 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
9.7

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The text

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

713 
WGUS53 KDDC 280006
FFWDDC
KSC101-171-280300-
/O.NEW.KDDC.FF.W.0026.140828T0006Z-140828T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
706 PM CDT WED AUG 27 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN LANE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN SCOTT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

* AT 705 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE
  WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH
  FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 
WARNED AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 3849 10030 3835 10052 3826 10071 3827 10072
      3837 10073 3855 10047

$$

SUGDEN
2 follow-up statements
715 
WGUS73 KDDC 280045
FFSDDC

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
745 PM CDT WED AUG 27 2014

KSC101-171-280300-
/O.CON.KDDC.FF.W.0026.000000T0000Z-140828T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LANE KS-SCOTT KS-
745 PM CDT WED AUG 27 2014

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHERN LANE AND SOUTHEASTERN SCOTT COUNTIES...

AT 720 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING OCCURRING IN 
DIGHTON. RADAR ESTIMATES BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY 
FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING HAS AND IS OCCURRING.

LIGHT RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY EVENING WITH NO FURTHER
SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.

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

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 3849 10030 3835 10052 3826 10071 3827 10072
      3837 10073 3855 10047

$$

SUGDEN
556 
WGUS73 KDDC 280204
FFSDDC

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
904 PM CDT WED AUG 27 2014

KSC101-171-280214-
/O.CAN.KDDC.FF.W.0026.000000T0000Z-140828T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LANE KS-SCOTT KS-
904 PM CDT WED AUG 27 2014

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHERN LANE AND SOUTHEASTERN SCOTT
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED...AND ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY ROAD
CLOSURES.

LAT...LON 3849 10030 3835 10052 3826 10071 3827 10072
      3837 10073 3855 10047

$$

SUGDEN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 27, 8:53 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCTrego3 hr
Aug 28, 6:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCBarber38 min

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.