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Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Dodge City, KS
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.
- 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
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
$$
TURNER2 follow-up statements
462
WGUS73 KDDC 100113
FFSDDC
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
813 PM CDT FRI SEP 9 2016
KSC007-151-100300-
/O.CON.KDDC.FF.W.0022.000000T0000Z-160910T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PRATT KS-BARBER KS-
813 PM CDT FRI SEP 9 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHERN PRATT AND NORTHERN BARBER COUNTIES...
AT 809 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAINFALL WAS TAPERING
OFF OVER THE WARNED AREA. AREAS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN
LINGERED...AND WILL SLOWLY END BY 9 PM. RADAR ESTIMATES WIDESPREAD
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES FROM SUN CITY TO LAKE CITY TO
MEDICINE LODGE. DANGEROUS RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE ONTO ROADS...AND INTO
STREAMS...CREEKS...AND DITCHES.
DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO
DETERMINE THE DEPTH OF FLOOD WATERS...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MEDICINE LODGE...LAKE ARROWHEAD...SHARON...SAWYER...ISABEL...COATS...
LAKE CITY...SUN CITY...DEERHEAD AND ELM MILLS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3718 9893 3753 9893 3754 9847 3753 9846
3739 9846 3738 9835 3718 9835
$$
TURNER155
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
$$
TURNERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber | 19 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.