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Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 2, 2016, 8:01 PM CDT for Clark County, Meade County, Kansas. It was in force for 119 min. 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, 8:01 PM CDT (01:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 2016, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 119 min
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Clark County, KS, Meade County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:00 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
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 261 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
- 628 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2245 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
The text
As transmitted.
732 WGUS53 KDDC 030101 FFWDDC KSC025-119-030300- /O.NEW.KDDC.FF.W.0014.160703T0101Z-160703T0300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 801 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHERN CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS... EASTERN MEADE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS... * UNTIL 1000 PM CDT * AT 759 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES HAVE BEEN COMMON FROM NEAR MEADE STATE PARK TO SOUTH OF CLARK STATE LAKE. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OVER THE NEXT TWO HOURS. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN! * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... FOWLER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. && LAT...LON 3714 10036 3742 10024 3735 9958 3700 10018 $$ TURNER
2 follow-up statements
632 WGUS73 KDDC 030158 FFSDDC FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 858 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 2016 KSC025-119-030300- /O.CON.KDDC.FF.W.0014.000000T0000Z-160703T0300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CLARK KS-MEADE KS- 858 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN CLARK AND EASTERN MEADE COUNTIES... AT 856 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS GRADUALLY DECREASING IN COVERAGE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES HAVE BEEN COMMON FROM NEAR MEADE STATE PARK TO NORTH OF ASHLAND. RUNOFF INTO STREAMS...CREEKS...AND DITCHES WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... FOWLER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. && LAT...LON 3714 10036 3742 10024 3735 9958 3700 10018 $$ TURNER
032 WGUS73 KDDC 030254 FFSDDC FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 954 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 2016 KSC025-119-030303- /O.EXP.KDDC.FF.W.0014.000000T0000Z-160703T0300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CLARK KS-MEADE KS- 954 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHERN CLARK AND EASTERN MEADE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1000 PM CDT... THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ENDED. RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE TO RECEDE. LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS ROADS ARE REOPENING THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 10 PM CDT. LAT...LON 3714 10036 3742 10024 3735 9958 3700 10018 $$ 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, 7:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush | 3 hr |
| 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.