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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at Sep 9, 2016, 6:14 PM CDT for Clark 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
- Sep 9, 2016, 6:14 PM CDT (23:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 9, 2016, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Clark County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 72 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
- 1255 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -196 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1239 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted.
235 WGUS53 KDDC 092314 FFWDDC KSC025-100215- /O.NEW.KDDC.FF.W.0021.160909T2314Z-160910T0215Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 614 PM CDT FRI SEP 9 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN CLARK COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS... * UNTIL 915 PM CDT * AT 612 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WIDESPREAD STREET FLOODING IN ASHLAND. RADAR ESTIMATES 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM ASHLAND TO SITKA. FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURING...AND SLOW STORM MOVEMENT WILL ADD TO THE FLOODING THREAT. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH! TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN! * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... ASHLAND AND SITKA. LAT...LON 3705 9986 3725 9986 3726 9959 3705 9959 $$ TURNER
2 follow-up statements
889 WGUS73 KDDC 100020 FFSDDC FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 720 PM CDT FRI SEP 9 2016 KSC025-100215- /O.CON.KDDC.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-160910T0215Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CLARK KS- 720 PM CDT FRI SEP 9 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN CLARK COUNTY... AT 716 PM CDT...ADDITIONAL WEAK THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL NEAR ASHLAND. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES HAVE BEEN COMMON THIS EVENING...NEAR AND SOUTH OF ASHLAND. STREET FLOODING WILL CONTINUE. DANGEROUS RUNOFF INTO STREAMS...CREEKS AND DITCHES WILL CONTINUE. ALL RAIN IS EXPECTED TO END BY 8:30 PM CDT. MOST FLOODING FATALITIES OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... ASHLAND AND SITKA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. && LAT...LON 3705 9986 3725 9986 3726 9959 3705 9959 $$ TURNER
352 WGUS73 KDDC 100210 FFSDDC FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 910 PM CDT FRI SEP 9 2016 KSC025-100219- /O.EXP.KDDC.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-160910T0215Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CLARK KS- 910 PM CDT FRI SEP 9 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CLARK COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 915 PM CDT... FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES. LAT...LON 3705 9986 3725 9986 3726 9959 3705 9959 $$ TURNER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 7:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Clark | 36 min |
| Sep 8, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche | 46 min |
| Sep 8, 7:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber | 51 min |
| Sep 8, 10:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pratt | 38 min |
| Sep 8, 11:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Pratt | 40 min |
| Sep 8, 11:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Barber | 35 min |
| Sep 9, 2:20 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | Finney, Kearny, Lane, Ness, Scott, Trego | 8 hr |
| Sep 9, 2:28 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DDC | Barber, Pratt, Stafford | 19 hr |
| Sep 9, 4:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Comanche | 67 min |
| Sep 9, 5:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Meade | 58 min |
| Sep 9, 5:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Kiowa | 46 min |
| Sep 9, 5:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Clark | 67 min |
| Sep 9, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark, Meade | 53 min |
| Sep 9, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kiowa | 38 min |
| Sep 9, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark | 34 min |
| Sep 9, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Pratt | 45 min |
| Sep 9, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Clark | 19 min |
| Sep 9, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pratt | 46 min |
| Sep 9, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Comanche, Kiowa | 23 min |
| Sep 9, 6:49 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DDC | Ford, Kiowa | 116 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.