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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 24, 2014, 3:31 PM CDT for Hodgeman County, Kansas. It was in force for 3 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 24, 2014, 3:31 PM CDT (20:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 2014, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Hodgeman County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 33 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
- 283 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -154 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1570 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
635 WGUS53 KDDC 242031 FFWDDC KSC083-242330- /O.NEW.KDDC.FF.W.0009.140624T2031Z-140624T2330Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 331 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL HODGEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS... * UNTIL 630 PM CDT * AT 327 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES HAS ALREADY FALLEN. 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. 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. && LAT...LON 3813 10016 3812 9991 3793 9982 3793 10009 $$
2 follow-up statements
761 WGUS73 KDDC 242220 FFSDDC FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 520 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 2014 KSC083-242330- /O.CON.KDDC.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140624T2330Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ HODGEMAN KS- 520 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 2014 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL HODGEMAN COUNTY... AT 515 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED FROM 1 TO 3.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 2 PM CDT. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO JETMORE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO A HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. && LAT...LON 3813 10016 3812 9991 3793 9982 3793 10009 $$ 12
437 WGUS73 KDDC 242330 FFSDDC FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 630 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 2014 KSC083-242340- /O.EXP.KDDC.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140624T2330Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ HODGEMAN KS- 630 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 2014 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR CENTRAL HODGEMAN COUNTY... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3813 10016 3812 9991 3793 9982 3793 10009 $$ 12
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 11:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hamilton | 40 min |
| Jun 24, 12:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Lane, Ness | 49 min |
| Jun 24, 1:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Scott | 40 min |
| Jun 24, 1:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hodgeman | 45 min |
| Jun 24, 1:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Lane | 47 min |
| Jun 24, 2:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Scott | 3 hr |
| Jun 24, 2:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hodgeman | 44 min |
| Jun 24, 2:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Hodgeman | 39 min |
| Jun 24, 2:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Kearny, Scott | 46 min |
| Jun 24, 3:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kearny | 41 min |
| Jun 24, 3:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman | 49 min |
| Jun 24, 3:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber | 52 min |
| Jun 24, 3:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Pratt | 3 hr |
| Jun 24, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray, Kearny | 62 min |
| Jun 24, 4:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray | 56 min |
| Jun 24, 4:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Kiowa | 31 min |
| Jun 24, 6:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Seward | 57 min |
| Jun 24, 6:45 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | Gray | 4 hr |
| Jun 24, 6:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Clark | 59 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.