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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 27, 20154 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at May 27, 2015, 8:06 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 6 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 27, 2015, 8:06 PM CDT (01:06 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 2015, 2:00 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Finney County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Lane County, KS, Ness County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:05 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, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 68 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 2015-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1663 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2015-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 252 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
1663 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1042 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
252 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
421 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
3.6
Supercell composite
20.2

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The text

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

671 
WGUS53 KDDC 280106
FFWDDC
KSC055-083-101-135-280700-
/O.NEW.KDDC.FF.W.0008.150528T0106Z-150528T0700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
  SOUTHWESTERN NESS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTHEASTERN FINNEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN LANE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 200 AM CDT
    
* AT 806 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING 
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO FIVE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE 
  ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  ALAMOTA AND BEELER. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3846 10019 3813 9991 3806 10042 3823 10064
      3823 10041 3848 10042

$$

FINCH
1 follow-up statement
878 
WGUS73 KDDC 280151
FFSDDC

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

KSC055-083-101-135-280700-
/O.CON.KDDC.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-150528T0700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HODGEMAN KS-NESS KS-FINNEY KS-LANE KS-
851 PM CDT WED MAY 27 2015

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN HODGEMAN...SOUTHWESTERN NESS...NORTHEASTERN FINNEY AND
SOUTHEASTERN LANE COUNTIES...

AT 850 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING 
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RAINS IN EXCESS OF 4 TO 5 INCHES  
HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BE ONGOING.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
ALAMOTA AND BEELER. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3846 10019 3813 9991 3806 10042 3823 10064
      3823 10041 3848 10042

$$

FINCH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 7:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman44 min
May 27, 7:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Gray, Hodgeman57 min
May 27, 7:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Gray50 min
May 27, 7:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman54 min
May 27, 8:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGray, Meade27 min
May 27, 8:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Gray17 min
May 27, 9:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFord37 min
May 27, 9:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Hodgeman44 min
May 27, 9:35 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningDDCLane12 hr
May 27, 9:44 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningDDCMeade27 hr
May 27, 9:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEdwards28 min
May 27, 10:00 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningDDCHaskell27 hr
May 28, 12:27 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningDDCFinney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness9 hr
May 28, 1:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGrant, Haskell, Stanton46 min
May 28, 2:18 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCGrant, Haskell, Meade, Seward, Stevens7 hr
May 28, 3:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKearny33 min
May 28, 4:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCNess49 min
May 28, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCScott47 min
May 28, 4:31 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCScott29 min
May 28, 4:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMorton, Stanton18 min
May 28, 4:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Kearny50 min
May 28, 4:56 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCFinney, Scott18 min
May 28, 5:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Kearny, Lane, Scott36 min
May 28, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Lane, Scott47 min
May 28, 5:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCTrego43 min
May 28, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMorton33 min
May 28, 5:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Kearny, Scott40 min
May 28, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness61 min
May 28, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton, Kearny42 min
May 28, 6:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCNess43 min
May 28, 6:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFinney, Hodgeman, Ness48 min
May 28, 6:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCFinney, Kearny, Scott3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2015Every flash flood warning in 2015

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.