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Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 2, 2016Clark County, Meade County, Kansas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2016-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 628 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2016-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 41 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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

$$

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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

$$

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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

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 7:06 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCPawnee, Rush39 min
Jul 2, 7:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHaskell50 min
Jul 2, 7:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCMeade43 min
Jul 2, 7:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCFinney45 min
Jul 2, 7:36 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCHodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush3 hr
Jul 2, 9:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDDCTrego3 hr
Jul 2, 10:01 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningDDCMeade43 hr
Jul 2, 10:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCBarber48 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.