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Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Dodge City, KS

August 28, 2016Barber County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at Aug 28, 2016, 7:52 PM CDT for Barber County, 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
Aug 28, 2016, 7:52 PM CDT (00:52 UTC)
Expired
Aug 28, 2016, 10:45 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Barber County, KS

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:51 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

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 148 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 2016-08-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 51 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2016-08-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 36 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
51 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-234 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1672 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
112 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

644 
WGUS53 KDDC 290052
FFWDDC
KSC007-290345-
/O.NEW.KDDC.FF.W.0019.160829T0052Z-160829T0345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
752 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN BARBER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT

* AT 751 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 LIKELY OCCURRING!

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  KIOWA...SHARON AND HAZELTON. 

LAT...LON 3700 9852 3733 9843 3729 9835 3700 9835

$$

UMSCHEID
2 follow-up statements
858 
WGUS73 KDDC 290159
FFSDDC

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
859 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2016

KSC007-290345-
/O.CON.KDDC.FF.W.0019.000000T0000Z-160829T0345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BARBER KS-
859 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN BARBER COUNTY...

AT 858 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE 
ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY STILL OCCURRING, ESPECIALLY
AROUND THE HAZELTON AREA.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
KIOWA...SHARON AND HAZELTON. 

LAT...LON 3700 9852 3733 9843 3729 9835 3700 9835

$$

UMSCHEID
064 
WGUS73 KDDC 290340
FFSDDC

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1040 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2016

KSC007-290347-
/O.EXP.KDDC.FF.W.0019.000000T0000Z-160829T0345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BARBER KS-
1040 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BARBER COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 1045 PM CDT...

THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL HAS BEEN OVER FOR AN HOUR OR LONGER, AND THUS FLASH
FLOODING IS NO LONGER A RISK. PLEASE CONTINUE TO EXERCISE CAUTION IF 
TRAVELING AS THERE MAY STILL BE SOME AREAS OF PONDING ON ROADWAYS.

LAT...LON 3700 9852 3733 9843 3729 9835 3700 9835

$$

UMSCHEID

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 29, 3:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCKiowa46 min
Aug 29, 6:06 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryDDCStafford3 hr
Aug 29, 6:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGray, Meade59 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.