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Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 3, 2015Hodgeman County, Pawnee County, Kansas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2015-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2270 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2015-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 51 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
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

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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

$$

RUSSELL
1 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

$$

GERARD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Hodgeman, Pawnee62 min
Jun 3, 8:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman64 min
Jun 3, 9:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Hodgeman23 min
Jun 4, 6:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGray45 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.