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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 22, 2014, 9:06 PM CDT for Ford County, Gray County, Haskell 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
- Jun 22, 2014, 9:06 PM CDT (02:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 2014, 3:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS, Haskell County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:06 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 46 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
- 5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -315 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2643 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -99 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
490
WGUS53 KDDC 230206
FFWDDC
KSC057-069-081-230800-
/O.NEW.KDDC.FF.W.0007.140623T0206Z-140623T0800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
906 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
FORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WRIGHT...KINGSDOWN...HOWELL...FT.
DODGE...FORD...DODGE CITY...BLOOM...
SOUTHERN GRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...THE HAGGARD ELEV...MONTEZUMA...
ENSIGN...COPELAND...
NORTHEASTERN HASKELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS...
* UNTIL 300 AM CDT MONDAY
* AT 852 PM CDT...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST ACROSS THE
AREA FROM NORTHERN HASKELL COUNTY ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN GRAY
COUNTY INTO FORD COUNTY OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS. THIS AREA HAS ALREADY
RECEIVED 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS EARLIER THIS
EVENING. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE
NEXT FEW HOURS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
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 3771 10089 3784 9965 3747 9973 3749 10030
3757 10088
$$
GERARD1 follow-up statement
834
WGUS73 KDDC 230532
FFSDDC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1232 AM CDT MON JUN 23 2014
KSC057-069-081-230541-
/O.CAN.KDDC.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140623T0800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HASKELL KS-GRAY KS-FORD KS-
1232 AM CDT MON JUN 23 2014
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR FORD...SOUTHERN
GRAY AND NORTHEASTERN HASKELL COUNTIES...
MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED IN THE AREA AND FLASH FLOODING IS
NO LONGER A CONCERN.
LAT...LON 3771 10089 3784 9965 3747 9973 3749 10030
3757 10088
$$
WAHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 7:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Gray, Haskell | 44 min |
| Jun 22, 7:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Kearny, Scott | 41 min |
| Jun 22, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Kearny | 38 min |
| Jun 22, 7:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stafford | 39 min |
| Jun 22, 7:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Grant, Haskell, Kearny, Lane, Scott and 1 more | 41 min |
| Jun 22, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Comanche | 20 min |
| Jun 22, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Grant, Gray, Haskell, Hodgeman, Kearny and 3 more | 48 min |
| Jun 22, 8:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Morton, Seward, Stevens | 60 min |
| Jun 22, 8:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Seward, Stevens | 52 min |
| Jun 22, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Scott | 47 min |
| Jun 22, 8:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Ford, Gray, Haskell, Hodgeman, Lane and 1 more | 50 min |
| Jun 22, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Meade, Seward | 47 min |
| Jun 22, 10:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Comanche, Meade | 44 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.