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Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 27, 2015Clark County, Meade County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at May 27, 2015, 6:46 PM CDT for Clark County, Meade County, Kansas. It was in force for 3 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 27, 2015, 6:46 PM CDT (23:46 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 2015, 9:45 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Clark County, KS, Meade County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:47 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 27, 8:22 PM CDTFLASH FLOODFowler, KS
May 27, 8:22 PM CDTFLASH FLOODSw Fowler, KSMAIN STREET IN FOWLER WAS UNDER WATER.

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 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 59 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 12:00Z on 2015-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 111 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 12:00Z on 2015-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 21 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
111 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-83 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1711 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

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

056 
WGUS53 KDDC 272346
FFWDDC
KSC025-119-280245-
/O.NEW.KDDC.FF.W.0006.150527T2346Z-150528T0245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
646 PM CDT WED MAY 27 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
  NORTHERN MEADE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT
    
* AT 644 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED UP TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAD 
  FALLEN AND ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS MAY AFFECT THE WARNED AREA 
  THROUGH THE EVENING. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  MEADE...FOWLER AND MISSLER. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.

&&

LAT...LON 3740 10007 3720 10007 3723 10052 3735 10053

$$

FINCH
2 follow-up statements
784 
WGUS73 KDDC 280146
FFSDDC

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
846 PM CDT WED MAY 27 2015

KSC025-119-280245-
/O.CON.KDDC.FF.W.0006.000000T0000Z-150528T0245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CLARK KS-MEADE KS-
846 PM CDT WED MAY 27 2015

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR
WEST CENTRAL CLARK AND NORTHERN MEADE COUNTIES...

AT 845 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLOODING ON MAIN 
STREET IN FOWLER. 
 
FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AS MORE RAIN IS EXPECTED.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MEADE...FOWLER AND MISSLER. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.

&&

LAT...LON 3740 10007 3720 10007 3723 10052 3735 10053

$$

FINCH
328 
WGUS73 KDDC 280240
FFSDDC

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
940 PM CDT WED MAY 27 2015

KSC025-119-280249-
/O.EXP.KDDC.FF.W.0006.000000T0000Z-150528T0245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CLARK KS-MEADE KS-
940 PM CDT WED MAY 27 2015

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL CLARK AND NORTHERN MEADE
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 945 PM CDT...

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLASH FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED 
TO POSE A THREAT, HOWEVER SOME RURAL ROADS ARE EXPECTED TO STILL
BE FLOODED IN A FEW LOCATIONS THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING, AND AN
AREAL FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ISSUED.

LAT...LON 3740 10007 3720 10007 3723 10052 3735 10053

$$

UMSCHEID

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 2:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCLane28 min
May 27, 2:08 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchDDCBarber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Kiowa and 3 more41 hr
May 27, 2:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane45 min
May 27, 2:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Scott48 min
May 27, 3:09 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCLane36 min
May 27, 3:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMeade25 min
May 27, 3:33 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCFinney, Lane, Scott6 hr
May 27, 3:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane49 min
May 27, 3:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMeade50 min
May 27, 3:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCLane31 min
May 27, 4:03 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCLane27 min
May 27, 4:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMeade48 min
May 27, 4:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Scott28 min
May 27, 4:28 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCLane, Scott11 min
May 27, 4:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Ness44 min
May 27, 4:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHaskell56 min
May 27, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Lane42 min
May 27, 4:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Meade42 min
May 27, 5:15 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCHaskell30 min
May 27, 5:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness52 min
May 27, 5:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Meade49 min
May 27, 5:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHaskell50 min
May 27, 5:46 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCHaskell15 min
May 27, 5:56 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedDDCFinney, Hodgeman34 min
May 27, 6:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Lane, Scott54 min
May 27, 6:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Meade33 min
May 27, 6:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMorton, Stanton14 min
May 27, 6:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGray, Haskell, Meade53 min
May 27, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCScott48 min
May 27, 6:31 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFinney, Hodgeman29 min
May 27, 6:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Lane52 min
May 27, 6:46 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCHaskell13 min
May 27, 6:47 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFinney, Gray28 min
May 27, 6:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Haskell30 min
May 27, 6:58 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCHaskell3 hr

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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.