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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 11, 2014, 8:26 PM CDT for Ellis County, Trego County, Kansas. It was in force for 4 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
- Jun 11, 2014, 8:26 PM CDT (01:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2014, 12:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 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), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:27 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 11, 9:30 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Ellis, KS | EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS NUMEROUS STREETS FLOODED FROM CURB TO CURB AS WELL AS OVER COUNTY ROADS IN ELLIS COUNTY. |
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, 1.4 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
- 1716 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -157 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2429 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
931 WGUS53 KDDC 120126 FFWDDC KSC051-195-120530- /O.NEW.KDDC.FF.W.0005.140612T0126Z-140612T0530Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 826 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN ELLIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...YOCEMENTO...ELLIS... EASTERN TREGO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...RIGA...OGALLAH...CEDAR BLUFF... * UNTIL 1230 AM CDT * AT 818 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM A CLUSTER OF STRONG AND SEVERE STORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA...ESPECIALLY IN AND NEAR ELLIS. * THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO INCHES OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA AS STORMS CONTINUE TO TRAIN OVER THE ELLIS AREA. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN DODGE CITY. && LAT...LON 3912 9976 3912 9931 3882 9938 3875 9982 $$ UMSCHEID
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 7:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis | 54 min |
| Jun 11, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 64 min |
| Jun 11, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Scott | 62 min |
| Jun 11, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness | 62 min |
| Jun 11, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 60 min |
| Jun 11, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness | 45 min |
| Jun 11, 9:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Kiowa, Pawnee, Rush | 51 min |
| Jun 11, 9:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness | 40 min |
| Jun 11, 10:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Ford, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford | 64 min |
| Jun 11, 10:13 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ellis, Finney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman and 9 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 11, 11:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Ford, Kiowa, Pratt and 1 more | 62 min |
| Jun 12, 12:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber | 35 min |
| Jun 12, 12:38 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | Ellis, Ness, Trego | 12 hr |
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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.