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Flash Flood Warning 20, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at Sep 4, 2016, 3:54 AM CDT for Ellis County, Kansas. It was in force for 5 hr. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 4, 2016, 3:54 AM CDT (08:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 4, 2016, 9:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Ellis County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:57 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 6:20 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 Wnw Catherine, KS | APPROXIMATELY 80 YARDS OF RUSHING WATER OVER THE ROAD. . |
| Sep 4, 8:13 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 5.56 | 4 Nne Ellis, KS | . |
| Sep 4, 8:34 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 7.34 | 4 Nw Catherine, KS | . |
| Sep 4, 9:01 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 7.57 | 5 Nw Emmeram, KS | . |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 143 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
- 713 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1544 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 191 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 3.9
The text
As transmitted.
356 WGUS53 KDDC 040854 FFWDDC KSC051-041400- /O.NEW.KDDC.FF.W.0020.160904T0854Z-160904T1400Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 354 AM CDT SUN SEP 4 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... ELLIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 900 AM CDT * AT 353 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. OVER 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN SOME PLACES. FLASH FLOODING HAS OR IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... HAYS...ELLIS...VICTORIA...CATHERINE...WALKER...EMMERAM... YOCEMENTO...TURKVILLE AND HAYS REGIONAL AIRPORT. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. && LAT...LON 3881 9904 3890 9959 3913 9959 3913 9904 $$ HOVORKA
1 follow-up statement
868 WGUS73 KDDC 041354 FFSDDC FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 854 AM CDT SUN SEP 4 2016 KSC051-041359- /O.CAN.KDDC.FF.W.0020.000000T0000Z-160904T1400Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ELLIS KS- 854 AM CDT SUN SEP 4 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR ELLIS COUNTY IS CANCELLED... A FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED AND WILL REPLACE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR ELLIS COUNTY. THE FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT. LAT...LON 3881 9904 3890 9959 3913 9959 3913 9904 $$ RBURG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 12:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 62 min |
| Sep 4, 1:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis | 61 min |
| Sep 4, 3:06 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DDC | Ellis | 6 hr |
| Sep 4, 8:47 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | Ellis | 12 hr |
| Sep 4, 2:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Hamilton | 67 min |
| Sep 4, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Scott | 31 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.