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Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Dodge City, KS

September 10, 2015Grant County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at Sep 10, 2015, 8:39 PM CDT for Grant 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
Sep 10, 2015, 8:39 PM CDT (01:39 UTC)
Expired
Sep 10, 2015, 11:30 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Grant County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:41 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, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 129 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 2015-09-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 733 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 2015-09-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 147 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
733 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2584 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
147 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
358 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.7

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The text

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

395 
WGUS53 KDDC 110139
FFWDDC
KSC067-110430-
/O.NEW.KDDC.FF.W.0019.150911T0139Z-150911T0430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
839 PM CDT THU SEP 10 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL GRANT COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...

* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT

* AT 837 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE
  WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.

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

WATER WAS REPORTED OVER THE ROAD AT HIGHWAY 25 AND ROAD 16 SOUTH OF
ULYSSES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

&&

LAT...LON 3755 10129 3744 10125 3748 10141 3758 10139

$$

RUSSELL
1 follow-up statement
845 
WGUS73 KDDC 110430
FFSDDC

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1130 PM CDT THU SEP 10 2015

KSC067-110440-
/O.EXP.KDDC.FF.W.0019.000000T0000Z-150911T0430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
GRANT KS-
1130 PM CDT THU SEP 10 2015

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL GRANT COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...

FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED...AND ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. 

LAT...LON 3755 10129 3744 10125 3748 10141 3758 10139

$$

UMSCHEID

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 10, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis35 min
Sep 10, 7:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Morton, Stanton, Stevens69 min
Sep 10, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman, Ness, Pawnee45 min
Sep 10, 7:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Seward, Stevens23 min
Sep 10, 7:46 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningDDCStanton12 hr
Sep 10, 8:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCSeward, Stevens59 min
Sep 10, 8:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Pawnee60 min
Sep 10, 8:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMorton32 min
Sep 10, 8:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStafford30 min
Sep 10, 8:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCSeward, Stevens21 min
Sep 10, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Ford, Kiowa31 min
Sep 11, 4:04 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGrant41 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.