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Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 16, 2016Morton County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at Apr 16, 2016, 12:58 AM CDT for Morton County, Kansas. It was in force for 8 hr. 1 report 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
Apr 16, 2016, 12:58 AM CDT (05:58 UTC)
Expired
Apr 16, 2016, 9:00 AM CDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Morton County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 174 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:01 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 16, 7:20 AM CDTHEAVY RAIN 6.521 N Elkhart, KSCOCORAHS REPORT

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 00:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 180 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 2016-04-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2016-04-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 182 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3479 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
182 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
234 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

085 
WGUS53 KDDC 160558
FFWDDC
KSC129-161400-
/O.NEW.KDDC.FF.W.0001.160416T0558Z-160416T1400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1258 AM CDT SAT APR 16 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  MORTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...

* UNTIL 900 AM CDT SATURDAY

* AT 1253 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE
  WARNED AREA. THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN AND FLASH
  FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES
  OF RAIN COULD FALL THROUGH THE REST OF TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY
  MORNING. 

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  ELKHART...RICHFIELD AND WILBURTON.

* MORTON COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS RECOMMENDING NO TRAVEL
  ACROSS THE COUNTY TONIGHT!

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.

&&

LAT...LON 3738 10165 3700 10167 3700 10204 3713 10203
      3738 10185

$$

GERARD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 15, 7:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMorton, Stevens41 min
Apr 15, 8:31 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedDDCMorton, Stevens24 min
Apr 15, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMorton46 min
Apr 15, 8:50 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCMorton25 min
Apr 15, 9:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMorton, Stanton, Stevens51 min
Apr 15, 9:29 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCMorton, Stevens31 min
Apr 15, 9:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Stanton, Stevens50 min
Apr 15, 10:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCGrant, Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton43 min
Apr 15, 10:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHaskell45 min
Apr 15, 11:26 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningDDCMorton12 hr
Apr 15, 11:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGray39 min
Apr 16, 2:25 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCHaskell6 hr
Apr 16, 5:50 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCGray, Haskell, Meade6 hr
Apr 16, 7:49 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCFord, Hodgeman6 hr
Apr 16, 12:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMorton43 min
Apr 16, 1:24 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningDDCFord, Gray, Meade6 hr
Apr 16, 1:42 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningDDCFord, Hodgeman6 hr
Apr 16, 5:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGrant, Haskell, Stanton, Stevens46 min
Apr 16, 6:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGrant57 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.