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Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Dodge City, KS

September 23, 2014Ellis County, Kansas

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.

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 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2014-09-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 11 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 12:00Z on 2014-09-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 288 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
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

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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

$$

FINCH
1 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 23, 4:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCNess, Rush24 min
Sep 23, 4:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Kearny, Scott33 min
Sep 23, 5:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHodgeman56 min
Sep 23, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Kearny30 min
Sep 23, 5:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCRush42 min
Sep 23, 5:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHodgeman62 min
Sep 23, 6:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord71 min
Sep 23, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Gray25 min
Sep 23, 6:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCSeward, Stevens25 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.