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Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 28, 2015Finney County, Kearny County, Scott County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at May 28, 2015, 6:43 PM CDT for Finney County, Kearny County, Scott 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
May 28, 2015, 6:43 PM CDT (23:43 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 2015, 9:45 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Finney County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Scott County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:42 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, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 122 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 2015-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2015-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -67 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2337 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

214 
WGUS53 KDDC 282343
FFWDDC
KSC055-093-171-290245-
/O.NEW.KDDC.FF.W.0010.150528T2343Z-150529T0245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
643 PM CDT THU MAY 28 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN FINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
  NORTHEASTERN KEARNY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
  SOUTHWESTERN SCOTT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT
    
* AT 641 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING 
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA AND 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN 
  HAD ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  FRIEND.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.

&&

LAT...LON 3826 10137 3827 10134 3826 10113 3831 10112
      3835 10090 3814 10079 3806 10130

$$

FINCH
1 follow-up statement
834 
WGUS73 KDDC 290113
FFSDDC

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
813 PM CDT THU MAY 28 2015

KSC055-093-171-290123-
/O.CAN.KDDC.FF.W.0010.000000T0000Z-150529T0245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
FINNEY KS-KEARNY KS-SCOTT KS-
813 PM CDT THU MAY 28 2015

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN FINNEY...NORTHEASTERN
KEARNY AND SOUTHWESTERN SCOTT COUNTIES 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 3826 10137 3827 10134 3826 10113 3831 10112
      3835 10090 3814 10079 3806 10130

$$

GERARD

The office that day

Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 7:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman44 min
May 27, 7:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Gray, Hodgeman57 min
May 27, 7:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Gray50 min
May 27, 7:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman54 min
May 27, 8:06 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCFinney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness6 hr
May 27, 8:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGray, Meade27 min
May 27, 8:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Gray17 min
May 27, 9:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord37 min
May 27, 9:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Hodgeman44 min
May 27, 9:35 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningDDCLane12 hr
May 27, 9:44 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningDDCMeade27 hr
May 27, 9:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEdwards28 min
May 27, 10:00 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningDDCHaskell27 hr
May 28, 12:27 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningDDCFinney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness9 hr
May 28, 1:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGrant, Haskell, Stanton46 min
May 28, 2:18 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCGrant, Haskell, Meade, Seward, Stevens7 hr
May 28, 3:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKearny33 min
May 28, 4:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCNess49 min
May 28, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCScott47 min
May 28, 4:31 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCScott29 min
May 28, 4:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMorton, Stanton18 min
May 28, 4:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Kearny50 min
May 28, 4:56 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFinney, Scott18 min
May 28, 5:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Kearny, Lane, Scott36 min
May 28, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Lane, Scott47 min
May 28, 5:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCTrego43 min
May 28, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMorton33 min
May 28, 5:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Kearny, Scott40 min
May 28, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness61 min
May 28, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton, Kearny42 min
May 28, 6:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCNess43 min
May 28, 6:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFinney, Hodgeman, Ness48 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.