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Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at Aug 4, 2016, 7:29 PM CDT for Trego County, Kansas. It was in force for 2 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
- Aug 4, 2016, 7:29 PM CDT (00:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 4, 2016, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 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), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 583 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -119 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2409 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
792 WGUS53 KDDC 050029 FFWDDC KSC195-050230- /O.NEW.KDDC.FF.W.0018.160805T0029Z-160805T0230Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 729 PM CDT THU AUG 4 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN TREGO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 930 PM CDT * AT 727 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS APPROACHING 4 INCHES. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL IS CONTINUING WHICH WILL EXACERBATE RUNOFF THROUGH 930 PM CDT. * DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... COLLYER...VODA AND TREGO CENTER. LAT...LON 3885 9989 3885 10015 3913 10015 3913 9991 $$ TURNER
2 follow-up statements
842 WGUS73 KDDC 050126 FFSDDC FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 826 PM CDT THU AUG 4 2016 KSC195-050230- /O.CON.KDDC.FF.W.0018.000000T0000Z-160805T0230Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ TREGO KS- 826 PM CDT THU AUG 4 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN TREGO COUNTY... AT 822 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR RAIN WAS ENDING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES THIS EVENING. THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS FALLEN WEST OF WAKEENEY AND SOUTH OF COLLYER. RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE INTO DITCHES...CREEKS AND STREAMS. DO NOT DRIVE INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... COLLYER...VODA AND TREGO CENTER. LAT...LON 3885 9989 3885 10015 3913 10015 3913 9991 $$ TURNER
965 WGUS73 KDDC 050224 FFSDDC FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 924 PM CDT THU AUG 4 2016 KSC195-050233- /O.EXP.KDDC.FF.W.0018.000000T0000Z-160805T0230Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ TREGO KS- 924 PM CDT THU AUG 4 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN TREGO COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 930 PM CDT... FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES. LIGHT RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING. LAT...LON 3885 9989 3885 10015 3913 10015 3913 9991 $$ TURNER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 7:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Trego | 62 min |
| Aug 4, 7:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Seward | 66 min |
| Aug 4, 7:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Meade | 55 min |
| Aug 4, 8:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford, Gray | 62 min |
| Aug 4, 8:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ford | 61 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.