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Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Dodge City, KS

July 5, 2016Trego County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jul 5, 2016, 10:56 PM CDT for Trego County, Kansas. It was in force for 6 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 5, 2016, 10:56 PM CDT (03:56 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 2016, 5:00 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:58 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 137 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 2016-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2520 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2016-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 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
2520 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-35 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2160 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
140 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
7.5

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The text

As transmitted.

260 
WGUS53 KDDC 060356
FFWDDC
KSC195-061000-
/O.NEW.KDDC.FF.W.0016.160706T0356Z-160706T1000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1056 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN TREGO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 500 AM CDT WEDNESDAY

* AT 1055 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
  ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  WAKEENEY...OGALLAH...COLLYER...RIGA...VODA AND TREGO CENTER. 

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3895 9960 3885 9988 3900 10015 3913 10015
      3913 9972

$$

GERARD
2 follow-up statements
977 
WGUS73 KDDC 060853
FFSDDC

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
353 AM CDT WED JUL 6 2016

KSC195-061000-
/O.CON.KDDC.FF.W.0016.000000T0000Z-160706T1000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
TREGO KS-
353 AM CDT WED JUL 6 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT FOR
NORTHERN TREGO COUNTY...

AT 352 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS HAD PRODUCED
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN SOME AREAS.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
WAKEENEY...OGALLAH...COLLYER...RIGA...VODA AND TREGO CENTER. 

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3895 9960 3885 9988 3900 10015 3913 10015
      3913 9972

$$
044 
WGUS73 KDDC 060951
FFSDDC

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
451 AM CDT WED JUL 6 2016

KSC195-061001-
/O.EXP.KDDC.FF.W.0016.000000T0000Z-160706T1000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
TREGO KS-
451 AM CDT WED JUL 6 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHERN TREGO COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
500 AM CDT...

FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.

LAT...LON 3895 9960 3885 9988 3900 10015 3913 10015
      3913 9972

$$

HOVORKA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 9:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCTrego53 min
Jul 5, 9:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Trego46 min
Jul 5, 10:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Ness, Trego47 min
Jul 5, 11:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Ellis, Finney, Ford, Hodgeman, Kiowa and 5 more44 min
Jul 5, 11:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Hodgeman, Pawnee, Pratt, Rush, Stafford64 min
Jul 6, 12:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCRush45 min
Jul 6, 1:40 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCNess, Pawnee, Rush50 min
Jul 6, 2:27 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCNess, Pawnee, Rush, Stafford48 min
Jul 6, 3:07 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEdwards, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt, Stafford53 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.