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Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS Dodge City, KS
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 9:45 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.25 | 6 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 5:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Haskell | 35 min |
| Oct 2, 5:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Seward | 8 min |
| Oct 2, 6:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Haskell | 55 min |
| Oct 2, 6:43 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DDC | Grant, Haskell, Seward, Stevens | 3 hr |
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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.