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Areal Flood Warning 23, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this areal flood warning at Jul 2, 2016, 10:48 AM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 24 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 2, 2016, 10:48 AM CDT (15:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2016, 10:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Edwards County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 51 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
- 50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -294 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 817 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 299 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 391 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this areal flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Dodge City, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this areal flood warning went out at Jul 2, 7:01 AM CDT, 3 hours 47 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 7:01 AM CDT, 3 hours 47 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 334 AM CDT SAT JUL 2 2016 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-030845- TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA- PRATT-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER- 334 AM CDT SAT JUL 2 2016 /234 AM MDT SAT JUL 2 2016/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS...SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...SOUTHWEST KANSAS AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FORM ALONG AND AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE MAIN CONCERN. FLOODING MAY ALSO BE A CONCERN DUE TO HEAVY RAIN AND AN ALREADY SATURATED GROUND. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS POSSIBLE MONDAY EVENING. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS POSSIBLE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... A FEW SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 2, 7:26 AM CDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 7:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stanton | 41 min |
| Jul 1, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton | 27 min |
| Jul 1, 9:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hamilton | 57 min |
| Jul 1, 9:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DDC | Finney, Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Lane, Scott and 1 more | 10 hr |
| Jul 1, 9:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ness | 62 min |
| Jul 1, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Morton, Stanton | 48 min |
| Jul 1, 10:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Morton, Stanton | 57 min |
| Jul 1, 10:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Scott | 52 min |
| Jul 1, 10:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton, Stanton | 28 min |
| Jul 1, 10:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton | 47 min |
| Jul 1, 10:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Lane | 47 min |
| Jul 1, 11:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Grant, Kearny | 33 min |
| Jul 1, 11:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Morton | 44 min |
| Jul 1, 11:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney | 38 min |
| Jul 1, 11:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Lane, Ness | 43 min |
| Jul 1, 11:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stevens | 38 min |
| Jul 1, 11:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney | 47 min |
| Jul 2, 12:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Edwards, Hodgeman, Pawnee, Rush | 55 min |
| Jul 2, 12:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Grant | 49 min |
| Jul 2, 12:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford, Gray | 44 min |
| Jul 2, 12:58 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | Grant, Morton, Stanton | 6 hr |
| Jul 2, 1:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee | 3 hr |
| Jul 2, 1:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Grant | 37 min |
| Jul 2, 1:39 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness | 3 hr |
| Jul 2, 2:15 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DDC | Ford | 3 hr |
| Jul 2, 4:07 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness | 6 hr |
| Jul 2, 4:19 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | Edwards, Pawnee | 9 hr |
| Jul 2, 7:42 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DDC | Meade | 20 hr |
| Jul 2, 9:15 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Pawnee | 3 days |
| Jul 2, 11:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DDC | Edwards, Ford, Gray, Haskell, Hodgeman, Kiowa and 6 more | 11 hr |
| Jul 2, 3:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Meade, Morton, Seward, Stevens | 2 hr |
| Jul 2, 3:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Meade | 50 min |
| Jul 2, 3:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Stevens | 50 min |
| Jul 2, 4:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 44 min |
| Jul 2, 4:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Morton, Stevens | 28 min |
| Jul 2, 4:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ness | 42 min |
| Jul 2, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Hodgeman, Ness | 66 min |
| Jul 2, 4:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hodgeman | 50 min |
| Jul 2, 4:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Meade, Seward | 41 min |
| Jul 2, 5:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness | 24 min |
| Jul 2, 5:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Rush | 41 min |
| Jul 2, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 64 min |
| Jul 2, 5:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Rush | 32 min |
| Jul 2, 5:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hamilton | 43 min |
| Jul 2, 5:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness | 3 hr |
| Jul 2, 5:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ness | 43 min |
| Jul 2, 5:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hamilton | 49 min |
| Jul 2, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hamilton, Kearny | 44 min |
| Jul 2, 5:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford, Gray | 42 min |
| Jul 2, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Meade | 37 min |
| Jul 2, 6:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Rush | 12 min |
| Jul 2, 6:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 42 min |
| Jul 2, 6:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hodgeman | 39 min |
| Jul 2, 6:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Seward, Stevens | 51 min |
| Jul 2, 6:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Gray, Meade | 6 hr |
| Jul 2, 6:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Clark | 41 min |
| Jul 2, 6:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kearny | 38 min |
| Jul 2, 6:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Gray | 47 min |
| Jul 2, 6:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Ellis, Ness, Rush, Trego | 3 hr |
| Jul 2, 6:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Clark | 46 min |
Nearby
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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.