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Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS Dodge City, KS

October 2, 2016Barber County, Comanche County, Kiowa County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at Oct 2, 2016, 8:51 AM CDT for Barber County, Comanche County, Kiowa County, Kansas. It was in force for 6 hr. 1 report 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
Oct 2, 2016, 8:51 AM CDT (13:51 UTC)
Expired
Oct 2, 2016, 2:45 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Barber County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Kiowa County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:54 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 2, 9:45 AM CDTHEAVY RAIN 3.256 Sw Sun City, 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 12:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 93 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 12:00Z on 2016-10-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 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 12:00Z on 2016-10-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 203 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-367 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1335 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
203 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
218 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.2

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The text

As transmitted.

006 
WGUS53 KDDC 021351
FFWDDC
KSC007-033-097-021945-
/O.NEW.KDDC.FF.W.0023.161002T1351Z-161002T1945Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
851 AM CDT SUN OCT 2 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN COMANCHE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTHWESTERN BARBER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 245 PM CDT

* AT 850 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
  FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  SUN CITY AND BELVIDERE. 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.

LAT...LON 3746 9887 3726 9886 3726 9913 3746 9911

$$

KRUSE
1 follow-up statement
626 
WGUS73 KDDC 021649
FFSDDC

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1149 AM CDT SUN OCT 2 2016

KSC007-033-097-021659-
/O.CAN.KDDC.FF.W.0023.000000T0000Z-161002T1945Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
COMANCHE KS-BARBER KS-KIOWA KS-
1149 AM CDT SUN OCT 2 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN COMANCHE...NORTHWESTERN
BARBER AND SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.

LAT...LON 3746 9887 3726 9886 3726 9913 3746 9911

$$

KRUSE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 2, 5:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHaskell35 min
Oct 2, 5:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCSeward8 min
Oct 2, 6:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHaskell55 min
Oct 2, 6:43 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryDDCGrant, Haskell, Seward, Stevens3 hr

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.