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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 5, 2014, 3:55 AM CDT for Ellis County, Trego County, Kansas. It was in force for 6 hr. 4 reports 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
- Jun 5, 2014, 3:55 AM CDT (08:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2014, 9:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Ellis County, KS, Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:54 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 4:18 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.66 | Ellis, KS | |
| Jun 5, 5:07 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 4.27 | Ellis, KS | STORM TOTAL |
| Jun 5, 6:25 AM CDT | FLOOD | 1 N Ellis, KS | FLOODING WAS OCCURRING NORTHWEST OF ELLIS JUST NORTHWEST OF INTERSTATE 70. IT WAS ALSO FLOODING BELOW THE INTERSTATE 70 OVERPASS. |
| Jun 5, 6:25 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 4.52 | 1 N Ellis, KS | THE RAIN FELL BETWEEN 230 AM AND 530 AM. |
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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 1897 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -224 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1220 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 187 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 262 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
717 WGUS53 KDDC 050855 FFWDDC KSC051-195-051445- /O.NEW.KDDC.FF.W.0003.140605T0855Z-140605T1445Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 355 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... ELLIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...YOCEMENTO...WALKER...VICTORIA... TOULON...MUNJOR...HAYS...EMMERAM...ELLIS...CATHARINE...ANTONINO... TREGO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...VODA...TREGO CENTER... RIGA...OGALLAH...COLLYER...CEDAR BLUFF... * UNTIL 945 AM CDT * AT 350 AM CDT...LOCAL SPOTTERS REPORTED OVER 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL FROM THUNDERSTORMS AROUND ELLIS. MORE THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 MORE INCHES WILL MOVE OVER THE SAME AREAS FROM WAKEENEY TO ELLIS AND HAYS. * THE STORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. && LAT...LON 3913 9903 3871 9904 3880 10016 3913 10015 $$ KRUSE
2 follow-up statements
498 WGUS73 KDDC 051012 FFSDDC FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 512 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2014 KSC051-195-051445- /O.CON.KDDC.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140605T1445Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ TREGO KS-ELLIS KS- 512 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2014 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 AM CDT FOR ELLIS AND TREGO COUNTIES... AT 505 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE BACK EDGE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS ELLIS COUNTY AND MOVING EAST. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES ACROSS MUCH OF TREGO AND ELLIS COUNTY ESPECIALLY ALONG INTERSTATE 70. FLASH FLOODING POTENTIAL WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS AS HEAVY RUNOFF CONTINUES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN DODGE CITY. && LAT...LON 3913 9903 3871 9904 3880 10016 3913 10015 $$ KRUSE
393 WGUS73 KDDC 051301 FFSDDC FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 801 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2014 KSC051-195-051310- /O.CAN.KDDC.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140605T1445Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ TREGO KS-ELLIS KS- 801 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2014 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR ELLIS AND TREGO COUNTIES... VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA AND THUS THE FLASH FLOOD RISK HAS DIMINISHED. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS. LAT...LON 3913 9903 3871 9904 3880 10016 3913 10015 $$ UMSCHEID
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 2:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ness, Rush | 38 min |
| Jun 5, 2:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Kearny | 45 min |
| Jun 5, 2:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis, Ness, Rush, Trego | 116 min |
| Jun 5, 2:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Kearny, Scott | 55 min |
| Jun 5, 3:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ness | 54 min |
| Jun 5, 3:22 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Ellis, Lane, Ness, Pawnee, Rush, Scott and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 5, 3:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness and 1 more | 59 min |
| Jun 5, 3:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Rush | 42 min |
| Jun 5, 4:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ellis, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush and 1 more | 39 min |
| Jun 5, 4:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Rush | 30 min |
| Jun 5, 4:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ellis, Hodgeman, Pawnee, Rush, Trego | 22 min |
| Jun 5, 5:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee, Stafford | 61 min |
| Jun 5, 6:24 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 96 min |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.