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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 2, 2016, 7:36 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, 7:36 PM CDT (00:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 2016, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Hodgeman County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Rush County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:39 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
Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 322 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
- 147 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -130 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 737 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 178 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 280 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted.
667 WGUS53 KDDC 030036 FFWDDC KSC083-135-145-165-030330- /O.NEW.KDDC.FF.W.0013.160703T0036Z-160703T0330Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 736 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... RUSH COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS... NORTHERN PAWNEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTHEASTERN NESS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS... NORTHEASTERN HODGEMAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS... * UNTIL 1030 PM CDT * AT 734 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUED OVER THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS NEAR AND EAST OF LA CROSSE. LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS U.S. HIGHWAY 183 NEAR RUSH CENTER IS FLOODED. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS LIKELY THROUGH 10 PM. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... LA CROSSE...OTIS...BISON...BURDETT...RUSH CENTER...ROZEL... TIMKEN...ALEXANDER...ASH VALLEY...NEKOMA...SHAFFER AND HARGRAVE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. && LAT...LON 3826 9903 3813 9959 3852 9962 3865 9903 $$ TURNER
2 follow-up statements
692 WGUS73 KDDC 030122 FFSDDC FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 822 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 2016 KSC083-135-145-165-030330- /O.CON.KDDC.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160703T0330Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ RUSH KS-PAWNEE KS-NESS KS-HODGEMAN KS- 822 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR RUSH...NORTHERN PAWNEE...SOUTHEASTERN NESS AND NORTHEASTERN HODGEMAN COUNTIES... AT 820 PM CDT...HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXITING THE WARNING AREA TO THE EAST. RAIN WILL END COMPLETELY OVER THE NEXT HOUR. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES HAVE BEEN COMMON...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS NEAR AND EAST OF LACROSSE. RUNOFF INTO STREAMS...CREEKS AND DITCHES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 1030 PM. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... LA CROSSE...OTIS...BISON...BURDETT...RUSH CENTER...ROZEL...TIMKEN... ALEXANDER...ASH VALLEY...NEKOMA...SHAFFER AND HARGRAVE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. && LAT...LON 3826 9903 3813 9959 3852 9962 3865 9903 $$ TURNER
898 WGUS73 KDDC 030323 FFSDDC FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1023 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 2016 KSC083-135-145-165-030332- /O.EXP.KDDC.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160703T0330Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ RUSH KS-PAWNEE KS-NESS KS-HODGEMAN KS- 1023 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR RUSH...NORTHERN PAWNEE...SOUTHEASTERN NESS AND NORTHEASTERN HODGEMAN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1030 PM CDT... THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ENDED. RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY RECEDE. THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 1030 PM CDT. LAT...LON 3826 9903 3813 9959 3852 9962 3865 9903 $$ TURNER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 7:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Rush | 39 min |
| Jul 2, 7:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Haskell | 50 min |
| Jul 2, 7:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Meade | 43 min |
| Jul 2, 7:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Finney | 45 min |
| Jul 2, 8:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Clark, Meade | 119 min |
| Jul 2, 9:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Trego | 3 hr |
| Jul 2, 10:01 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DDC | Meade | 43 hr |
| Jul 2, 10:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber | 48 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.