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Flash Flood Warning 15, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 17, 2015Meade County, Seward County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 17, 2015, 7:29 PM CDT for Meade County, Seward 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
Jul 17, 2015, 7:29 PM CDT (00:29 UTC)
Expired
Jul 17, 2015, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Meade County, KS, Seward County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:33 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, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 96 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 2015-07-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1843 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 2015-07-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 104 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1843 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-32 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2467 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
104 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
138 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
8.5

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The text

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

364 
WGUS53 KDDC 180029
FFWDDC
KSC119-175-180330-
/O.NEW.KDDC.FF.W.0015.150718T0029Z-150718T0330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
729 PM CDT FRI JUL 17 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN SEWARD COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
  SOUTHWESTERN MEADE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT
    
* AT 727 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING 
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL IN EXCESS 
  OF THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN AS ESTIMATED BY DOPPLER RADAR. 
  FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. 

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  MEADE STATE PARK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 3700 10075 3725 10065 3718 10037 3700 10027

$$

RUSSELL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 17, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMeade37 min
Jul 17, 7:33 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCPawnee, Rush3 hr
Jul 17, 7:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCRush38 min
Jul 17, 8:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCRush42 min
Jul 17, 9:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCRush16 min
Jul 17, 10:33 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningDDCPawnee, Rush9 hr
Jul 17, 10:48 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningDDCMeade, Seward9 hr
Jul 18, 5:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCBarber59 min
Jul 18, 6:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCPratt19 min
Jul 18, 6:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCClark41 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.