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Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 3, 2015, 8:45 PM CDT for Hodgeman County, Pawnee 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 3, 2015, 8:45 PM CDT (01:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 2015, 11:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Hodgeman County, KS, Pawnee County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:44 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, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 55 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
- 2270 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1902 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 140 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 7.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
833
WGUS53 KDDC 040145
FFWDDC
KSC083-145-040445-
/O.NEW.KDDC.FF.W.0011.150604T0145Z-150604T0445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
845 PM CDT WED JUN 3 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL PAWNEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
NORTHEASTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT
* AT 844 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
GRAY...BURDETT...HANSTON AND ROZEL.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...PAWNEE RIVER...
DRY CREEK...PAWNEE RIVER TRIBUTARY NW OF BURDETT...SAW LOG CREEK...
SAWMILL CREEK TRIBUTARY S OF ROZEL...BUCKNER CREEK...SAWMILL CREEK...
PAWNEE RIVER TRIBUTARY AND BUCKNER CREEK TRIBUTARY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
&&
LAT...LON 3822 9944 3818 9931 3811 9947 3811 9975
3819 9979 3822 9968
$$
RUSSELL1 follow-up statement
221
WGUS73 KDDC 040422
FFSDDC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1122 PM CDT WED JUN 3 2015
KSC083-145-040432-
/O.CAN.KDDC.FF.W.0011.000000T0000Z-150604T0445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PAWNEE KS-HODGEMAN KS-
1122 PM CDT WED JUN 3 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL PAWNEE AND NORTHEASTERN
HODGEMAN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE
A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ALL ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3822 9944 3818 9931 3811 9947 3811 9975
3819 9979 3822 9968
$$
GERARDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Hodgeman, Pawnee | 62 min |
| Jun 3, 8:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman | 64 min |
| Jun 3, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Hodgeman | 23 min |
| Jun 4, 6:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Gray | 45 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.