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Areal Flood Warning 5, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 16, 2016Grant County, Stevens County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this areal flood warning at Apr 16, 2016, 7:34 PM CDT for Grant County, Stevens County, 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

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The facts

Issued: Apr 16, 2016, 7:34 PM CDT (00:34 UTC)
Expired: Apr 17, 2016, 1:30 AM CDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Grant County, KS, Stevens County, KS

The radar

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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 Apr 16, 6:34 PM CDT, 1 hour earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 16, 6:34 PM CDT, 1 hour before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 16, 5:45 AM CDT, 13 hours 49 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
545 AM CDT SAT APR 16 2016

KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-171045-
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-
545 AM CDT SAT APR 16 2016 /445 AM MDT SAT APR 16 2016/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...SOUTH
CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

DISCUSSION...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH TODAY AND TONIGHT. DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON TO MID
EVENING HOURS, THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
ALONG THE OKLAHOMA BORDER BETWEEN ELKHART AND ENGLEWOOD. THE
GREATEST SEVERE WEATHER RISK WILL BE LARGE DAMAGING HAIL TO GOLF
BALL SIZE AND DAMAGING WIND TO 60 MPH. AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT
BE RULED OUT. FLOODING WILL BE A RISK IN AREAS WHERE THUNDERSTORMS
TRAIN OVER THE SAME AREAS, MUCH LIKE LAST NIGHT. A FLOOD WATCH
REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE REGION.

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...

  LIMITED TORNADO RISK.
  ELEVATED HAIL RISK.
  ELEVATED THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE RISK.
  ELEVATED FLOODING RISK.
  EXTREME LIGHTNING RISK.
  ELEVATED NON THUNDERSTORM WIND RISK.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

DISCUSSION...THE FLOODING RISK WILL CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY AS THE
EXCESSIVE RAIN AXIS IS FORECAST TO SHIFT INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTH
CENTRAL KANSAS. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED ON SUNDAY.

HAZARDS WEATHER RISK...

  SUNDAY...
  ELEVATED FLOODING RISK.
  SIGNIFICANT LIGHTNING RISK.

  MONDAY...
  NO HAZARDS.

  TUESDAY...
  LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK.

  WEDNESDAY...
  LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK.

  THURSDAY...
  LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK.

  FRIDAY...
  LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK.
  LIMITED FIRE WEATHER RISK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT FOR
AREAS MAINLY ALONG THE OKLAHOMA BORDER BETWEEN ELKHART AND
ENGLEWOOD LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MID EVENING.

&&

FOR MORE DETAILS VISIT OUR WEBPAGE HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/DDC/EHWO

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 16, 2:41 PM CDT, 4 hours 53 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 16, 4:38 PM CDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 16, 5:29 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 16, 6:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 16, 9:33 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DDC	Comanche, Edwards, Kiowa	6 hr
Apr 16, 10:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Comanche	51 min
Apr 16, 11:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Pratt	40 min
Apr 17, 9:04 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DDC	Ellis, Trego	12 hr
Apr 17, 10:32 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DDC	Ellis	9 hr
Apr 17, 10:41 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DDC	Ness	9 hr

Nearby

Areal Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2016 Every areal flood warning in 2016

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.