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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at May 4, 2015, 4:45 PM CDT for Kearny 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 4, 2015, 4:45 PM CDT (21:45 UTC)
- Expired
- May 4, 2015, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Kearny County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:46 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, 9.8 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -106 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1515 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -108 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -42 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
867
WGUS53 KDDC 042145
FFWDDC
KSC093-050045-
/O.NEW.KDDC.FF.W.0002.150504T2145Z-150505T0045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
445 PM CDT MON MAY 4 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN KEARNY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
* UNTIL 745 PM CDT
* AT 444 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.
* FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN
KEARNY COUNTY.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3826 10117 3812 10120 3806 10141 3826 10142
$$
GERARD1 follow-up statement
009 WGUS73 KDDC 050039 FFSDDC FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 739 PM CDT MON MAY 4 2015 KSC093-050048- /O.EXP.KDDC.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150505T0045Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ KEARNY KS- 739 PM CDT MON MAY 4 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN KEARNY COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 745 PM CDT... FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED...AND ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY ROAD CLOSURES. LAT...LON 3826 10117 3812 10120 3806 10141 3826 10142 $$ GERARD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 7:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Meade | 24 min |
| May 3, 8:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 52 min |
| May 4, 2:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Rush | 36 min |
| May 4, 3:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Rush | 47 min |
| May 4, 3:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kearny | 29 min |
| May 4, 4:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kearny | 45 min |
| May 4, 4:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Lane | 56 min |
| May 4, 4:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kearny | 41 min |
| May 4, 4:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Rush | 4 hr |
| May 4, 5:12 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | Lane | 3 hr |
| May 4, 5:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Clark | 43 min |
| May 4, 6:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 52 min |
| May 4, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee, Stafford | 37 min |
| May 4, 6:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney | 41 min |
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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.