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Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Dodge City, KS

September 9, 2016Barber County, Pratt County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at Sep 9, 2016, 7:06 PM CDT for Barber County, Pratt 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, 7:06 PM CDT (00:06 UTC)
Expired
Sep 9, 2016, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Barber County, KS, Pratt County, KS

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:09 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, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 122 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 2016-09-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 845 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 2016-09-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -51 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
845 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-196 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
950 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

506 
WGUS53 KDDC 100006
FFWDDC
KSC007-151-100300-
/O.NEW.KDDC.FF.W.0022.160910T0006Z-160910T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
706 PM CDT FRI SEP 9 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN PRATT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTHERN BARBER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

* AT 703 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS
  ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. RADAR
  ESTIMATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE NOTED NORTHWEST OF MEDICINE
  LODGE...WITH ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING FOR THE NEXT 2
  HOURS. WITH SATURATED SOILS FROM LAST NIGHT'S HEAVY RAINFALL...THE
  THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING WILL BE ENHANCED THIS EVENING.

* DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. MOST FLOODING
  FATALITIES OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. TURN AROUND. DON'T DROWN. 

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  MEDICINE LODGE...LAKE ARROWHEAD...SHARON...SAWYER...ISABEL...
  COATS...LAKE CITY...SUN CITY...DEERHEAD AND ELM MILLS.

LAT...LON 3718 9893 3753 9893 3754 9847 3753 9846
      3739 9846 3738 9835 3718 9835

$$

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2 follow-up statements
462 
WGUS73 KDDC 100113
FFSDDC

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
813 PM CDT FRI SEP 9 2016

KSC007-151-100300-
/O.CON.KDDC.FF.W.0022.000000T0000Z-160910T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PRATT KS-BARBER KS-
813 PM CDT FRI SEP 9 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHERN PRATT AND NORTHERN BARBER COUNTIES...

AT 809 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAINFALL WAS TAPERING
OFF OVER THE WARNED AREA. AREAS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN
LINGERED...AND WILL SLOWLY END BY 9 PM. RADAR ESTIMATES WIDESPREAD
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES FROM SUN CITY TO LAKE CITY TO
MEDICINE LODGE. DANGEROUS RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE ONTO ROADS...AND INTO
STREAMS...CREEKS...AND DITCHES. 

DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO
DETERMINE THE DEPTH OF FLOOD WATERS...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. 

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MEDICINE LODGE...LAKE ARROWHEAD...SHARON...SAWYER...ISABEL...COATS...
LAKE CITY...SUN CITY...DEERHEAD AND ELM MILLS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 3718 9893 3753 9893 3754 9847 3753 9846
      3739 9846 3738 9835 3718 9835

$$

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155 
WGUS73 KDDC 100251
FFSDDC

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
951 PM CDT FRI SEP 9 2016

KSC007-151-100300-
/O.EXP.KDDC.FF.W.0022.000000T0000Z-160910T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PRATT KS-BARBER KS-
951 PM CDT FRI SEP 9 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHERN PRATT AND NORTHERN BARBER
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1000 PM CDT...

RAIN HAS ENDED IN THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE INTO CREEKS
AND STREAMS. THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 10
PM CDT. 

LAT...LON 3718 9893 3753 9893 3754 9847 3753 9846
      3739 9846 3738 9835 3718 9835

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 9, 7:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber19 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2016Every flash flood warning in 2016

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.