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Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at Sep 23, 2014, 7:25 AM CDT for Ellis 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
- Sep 23, 2014, 7:25 AM CDT (12:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 23, 2014, 1:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Ellis County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -510 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1193 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 288 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 328 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
448
WGUS53 KDDC 231225
FFWDDC
KSC051-231830-
/O.NEW.KDDC.FF.W.0028.140923T1225Z-140923T1830Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
725 AM CDT TUE SEP 23 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN ELLIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 130 PM CDT TUESDAY
* AT 724 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
HAYS...VICTORIA...WALKER...CATHERINE...TOULON AND MUNJOR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
&&
LAT...LON 3892 9905 3876 9905 3882 9941 3894 9932
$$
FINCH1 follow-up statement
456 WGUS73 KDDC 231354 FFSDDC FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 854 AM CDT TUE SEP 23 2014 KSC051-231403- /O.CAN.KDDC.FF.W.0028.000000T0000Z-140923T1830Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ELLIS KS- 854 AM CDT TUE SEP 23 2014 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ELLIS COUNTY IS CANCELLED... FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED...AND ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY ROAD CLOSURES. LAT...LON 3892 9905 3876 9905 3882 9941 3894 9932 $$ SUGDEN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 23, 4:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ness, Rush | 24 min |
| Sep 23, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Kearny, Scott | 33 min |
| Sep 23, 5:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hodgeman | 56 min |
| Sep 23, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Kearny | 30 min |
| Sep 23, 5:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Rush | 42 min |
| Sep 23, 5:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hodgeman | 62 min |
| Sep 23, 6:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 71 min |
| Sep 23, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray | 25 min |
| Sep 23, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Seward, Stevens | 25 min |
Nearby
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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.