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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at May 25, 2015, 1:06 AM CDT for Ford County, Gray County, Kansas. It was in force for 6 hr. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 25, 2015, 1:06 AM CDT (06:06 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2015, 7:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 7 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:08 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 2:09 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 Sw The Haggard Elev, KS | ON 23 HIGHWAY AND AROUND DD ROAD WATER WAS RUNNING ACROSS THE HIGHWAY. |
| May 25, 7:00 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 3 | 4 Wsw The Haggard Elev, KS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 3 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
- 819 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 638 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
016 WGUS53 KDDC 250606 FFWDDC KSC057-069-251200- /O.NEW.KDDC.FF.W.0004.150525T0606Z-150525T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 106 AM CDT MON MAY 25 2015 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... FORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS... SOUTHEASTERN GRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS... * UNTIL 700 AM CDT * AT 105 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WHICH WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN WERE TRAINING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... DODGE CITY...CIMARRON...SPEARVILLE...FORD...ENSIGN...WRIGHT... HOWELL...FT. DODGE...THE HAGGARD ELEV AND WINDHORST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. && LAT...LON 3788 9959 3763 9956 3748 10036 3786 10038 $$ RBURG
1 follow-up statement
579 WGUS73 KDDC 250721 FFSDDC FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 221 AM CDT MON MAY 25 2015 KSC057-069-251200- /O.CON.KDDC.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150525T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ FORD KS-GRAY KS- 221 AM CDT MON MAY 25 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CDT FOR FORD AND SOUTHEASTERN GRAY COUNTIES... AT 217 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA AS THUNDERSTORMS TRAIN OVER THE SAME LOCATIONS. RADAR ESTIMATES THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED OR IS OCCURING SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... DODGE CITY...CIMARRON...SPEARVILLE...FORD...ENSIGN...WRIGHT... HOWELL...FT. DODGE...THE HAGGARD ELEV AND WINDHORST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. && LAT...LON 3788 9959 3763 9956 3748 10036 3786 10038 $$ RBURG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 7:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton | 43 min |
| May 24, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Stanton | 55 min |
| May 24, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Seward, Stevens | 50 min |
| May 24, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Kearny | 45 min |
| May 24, 7:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Seward, Stevens | 26 min |
| May 24, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Seward | 20 min |
| May 24, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton | 47 min |
| May 24, 8:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kearny | 48 min |
| May 24, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Gray, Haskell, Kearny, Meade, Seward and 1 more | 44 min |
| May 24, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton | 49 min |
| May 24, 9:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Meade, Seward | 27 min |
| May 24, 9:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Haskell, Meade, Seward | 50 min |
| May 24, 9:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney, Scott | 47 min |
| May 24, 9:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Haskell, Meade, Seward | 33 min |
| May 24, 9:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Stevens | 12 min |
| May 24, 9:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Grant, Haskell, Kearny, Seward, Stevens | 49 min |
| May 24, 9:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney, Lane | 49 min |
| May 24, 9:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Gray, Meade, Seward | 33 min |
| May 24, 10:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Gray, Meade | 36 min |
| May 24, 10:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Grant, Haskell, Kearny, Seward, Stevens | 65 min |
| May 24, 10:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Gray, Meade | 47 min |
| May 24, 11:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Gray, Haskell, Meade, Seward | 10 hr |
| May 24, 11:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray, Haskell, Meade, Seward | 50 min |
| May 24, 11:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray | 34 min |
| May 25, 12:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray, Haskell, Hodgeman, Meade, Seward | 46 min |
| May 25, 12:16 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ford | 29 min |
| May 25, 12:36 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ford | 24 min |
| May 25, 12:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Kiowa | 55 min |
| May 25, 12:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Ford, Gray, Haskell, Meade | 52 min |
| May 25, 1:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee | 52 min |
| May 25, 1:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Meade | 50 min |
| May 25, 2:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stafford | 47 min |
| May 25, 2:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 39 min |
| May 25, 2:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 65 min |
| May 25, 2:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stafford | 48 min |
| May 25, 4:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Edwards | 38 min |
| May 25, 5:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hodgeman | 52 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.