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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at May 27, 2015, 6:58 PM CDT for Haskell 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, 6:58 PM CDT (23:58 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2015, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Haskell County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:01 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 27, 8:11 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 6 Nne Sublette, KS | SEVERAL RURAL ROADS WERE UNDER WATER ACROSS HASKELL COUNTY. |
| May 27, 8:11 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 6 Nne Sublette, 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 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 81 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
178
WGUS53 KDDC 272358
FFWDDC
KSC081-280300-
/O.NEW.KDDC.FF.W.0007.150527T2358Z-150528T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
658 PM CDT WED MAY 27 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN HASKELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
* AT 657 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
SUBLETTE AND TICE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
&&
LAT...LON 3761 10066 3739 10066 3740 10093 3765 10092
$$
FINCH2 follow-up statements
545 WGUS73 KDDC 280148 FFSDDC FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 848 PM CDT WED MAY 27 2015 KSC081-280300- /O.CON.KDDC.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-150528T0300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ HASKELL KS- 848 PM CDT WED MAY 27 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN HASKELL COUNTY... AT 811 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED SEVERAL RURAL ROADS UNDER WATER. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... SUBLETTE AND TICE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. && LAT...LON 3761 10066 3739 10066 3740 10093 3765 10092 $$ FINCH
680 WGUS73 KDDC 280256 FFSDDC FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 956 PM CDT WED MAY 27 2015 KSC081-280302- /O.EXP.KDDC.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-150528T0300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ HASKELL KS- 956 PM CDT WED MAY 27 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HASKELL COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 1000 PM CDT... THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLASH FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT...HOWEVER EXPECT SOME COUNTY ROADS TO BE IMPASSIBLE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING DUE TO EXCESS WATER. AN AREAL FLOOD WARNING WILL BE IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. LAT...LON 3761 10066 3739 10066 3740 10093 3765 10092 $$ UMSCHEID
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 2:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Lane | 28 min |
| May 27, 2:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Kiowa and 3 more | 41 hr |
| May 27, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane | 45 min |
| May 27, 2:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Scott | 48 min |
| May 27, 3:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Lane | 36 min |
| May 27, 3:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Meade | 25 min |
| May 27, 3:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Finney, Lane, Scott | 6 hr |
| May 27, 3:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane | 49 min |
| May 27, 3:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Meade | 50 min |
| May 27, 3:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Lane | 31 min |
| May 27, 4:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Lane | 27 min |
| May 27, 4:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Meade | 48 min |
| May 27, 4:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Scott | 28 min |
| May 27, 4:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Lane, Scott | 11 min |
| May 27, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Ness | 44 min |
| May 27, 4:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Haskell | 56 min |
| May 27, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Lane | 42 min |
| May 27, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Meade | 42 min |
| May 27, 5:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Haskell | 30 min |
| May 27, 5:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness | 52 min |
| May 27, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Meade | 49 min |
| May 27, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Haskell | 50 min |
| May 27, 5:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Haskell | 15 min |
| May 27, 5:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Hodgeman | 34 min |
| May 27, 6:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Lane, Scott | 54 min |
| May 27, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Meade | 33 min |
| May 27, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton, Stanton | 14 min |
| May 27, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray, Haskell, Meade | 53 min |
| May 27, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Scott | 48 min |
| May 27, 6:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Hodgeman | 29 min |
| May 27, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Lane | 52 min |
| May 27, 6:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Clark, Meade | 3 hr |
| May 27, 6:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Haskell | 13 min |
| May 27, 6:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Finney, Gray | 28 min |
| May 27, 6:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Haskell | 30 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.