Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 2, 2016, 6:44 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 3 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
- Jul 2, 2016, 6:44 PM CDT (23:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 2016, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Ellis County, KS, Ness County, KS, Rush County, KS, Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 111 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
The text
As transmitted.
740 WGUS53 KDDC 022344 FFWDDC KSC051-135-165-195-030245- /O.NEW.KDDC.FF.W.0012.160702T2344Z-160703T0245Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 644 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTHERN TREGO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTHWESTERN ELLIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS... NORTHERN NESS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 945 PM CDT * AT 642 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES LIKELY. FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... HAYS...NESS CITY...RANSOM...SCHOENCHEN...MCCRACKEN...LIEBENTHAL... BROWNELL...YOCEMENTO...MUNJOR...ARNOLD...CEDAR BLUFF...TOULON AND ANTONINO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUNDNOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. && LAT...LON 3896 9923 3862 9918 3840 10016 3873 10015 $$ TURNER
2 follow-up statements
772 WGUS73 KDDC 030019 FFSDDC FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 719 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 2016 KSC051-135-165-195-030245- /O.CON.KDDC.FF.W.0012.000000T0000Z-160703T0245Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ RUSH KS-TREGO KS-ELLIS KS-NESS KS- 719 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN RUSH...SOUTHERN TREGO...SOUTHWESTERN ELLIS AND NORTHERN NESS COUNTIES... AT 716 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ENDED ACROSS MOST OF THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING AREA. NO SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES HAS OCCURRED OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS...WITH AMOUNTS AS HIGH AS 4 TO 5 INCHES IN SOUTHEAST TREGO COUNTY. RUNOFF FROM THIS RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE INTO STREAMS...CREEKS...AND DITCHES THIS EVENING. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... HAYS...NESS CITY...RANSOM...SCHOENCHEN...MCCRACKEN...LIEBENTHAL... BROWNELL...YOCEMENTO...MUNJOR...ARNOLD...CEDAR BLUFF... TOULON AND ANTONINO. LAT...LON 3896 9923 3862 9918 3840 10016 3873 10015 $$ TURNER
168 WGUS73 KDDC 030055 FFSDDC FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 755 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 2016 KSC051-135-165-195-030105- /O.CAN.KDDC.FF.W.0012.000000T0000Z-160703T0245Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ RUSH KS-TREGO KS-ELLIS KS-NESS KS- 755 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN RUSH...SOUTHERN TREGO... SOUTHWESTERN ELLIS AND NORTHERN NESS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ENDED. RUNOFF FROM WIDESPREAD RAINFALL THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE. THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED. LAT...LON 3896 9923 3862 9918 3840 10016 3873 10015 $$ TURNER
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, 10:48 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | Edwards, Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee | 24 hr |
| 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, 6:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Clark | 46 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.