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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Dodge City, KS

April 16, 2016Gray County, Haskell County, Meade County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at Apr 16, 2016, 5:50 AM CDT for Gray County, Haskell County, Meade 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: Apr 16, 2016, 5:50 AM CDT (10:50 UTC)
Expired: Apr 16, 2016, 11:45 AM CDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Gray County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Meade County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:55 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
Apr 16, 7:35 AM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 3.25	4 N Montezuma, 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 00:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 59 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 3479 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 182 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 234 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

704 
WGUS53 KDDC 161050
FFWDDC
KSC069-081-119-161645-
/O.NEW.KDDC.FF.W.0003.160416T1050Z-160416T1645Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
550 AM CDT SAT APR 16 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN GRAY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
  NORTHWESTERN MEADE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...
  EAST CENTRAL HASKELL COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...

* UNTIL 1145 AM CDT

* AT 546 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
  BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  MONTEZUMA...COPELAND...ENSIGN AND THE HAGGARD ELEV. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.

&&

LAT...LON 3731 10055 3748 10068 3765 10073 3773 10057
      3773 10021 3753 10022

$$

RUSSELL

2 follow-up statements

038 
WGUS73 KDDC 161422
FFSDDC

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
922 AM CDT SAT APR 16 2016

KSC069-081-119-161645-
/O.CON.KDDC.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160416T1645Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
GRAY KS-MEADE KS-HASKELL KS-
922 AM CDT SAT APR 16 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 AM CDT FOR
SOUTHERN GRAY...NORTHWESTERN MEADE AND EAST CENTRAL HASKELL
COUNTIES...

AT 916 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES THREE TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MONTEZUMA...COPELAND...ENSIGN AND THE HAGGARD ELEV. 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA THIS MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.

&&

LAT...LON 3731 10055 3748 10068 3765 10073 3773 10057
      3773 10021 3753 10022

$$

RBURG

434 
WGUS73 KDDC 161645
FFSDDC

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1145 AM CDT SAT APR 16 2016

KSC069-081-119-161654-
/O.EXP.KDDC.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160416T1645Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
GRAY KS-MEADE KS-HASKELL KS-
1145 AM CDT SAT APR 16 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHERN GRAY...NORTHWESTERN MEADE AND
EAST CENTRAL HASKELL COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1145 AM CDT...

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT. 

LAT...LON 3731 10055 3748 10068 3765 10073 3773 10057
      3773 10021 3753 10022

$$

RBURG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 15, 7:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Morton, Stevens	41 min
Apr 15, 8:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	DDC	Morton, Stevens	24 min
Apr 15, 8:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Morton	46 min
Apr 15, 8:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Morton	25 min
Apr 15, 9:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Morton, Stanton, Stevens	51 min
Apr 15, 9:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DDC	Morton, Stevens	31 min
Apr 15, 9:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Stanton, Stevens	50 min
Apr 15, 10:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton	43 min
Apr 15, 10:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Haskell	45 min
Apr 15, 11:26 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DDC	Morton	12 hr
Apr 15, 11:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Gray	39 min
Apr 16, 12:58 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	Morton	8 hr
Apr 16, 2:25 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	Haskell	6 hr
Apr 16, 7:49 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DDC	Ford, Hodgeman	6 hr
Apr 16, 12:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Morton	43 min
Apr 16, 1:24 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DDC	Ford, Gray, Meade	6 hr
Apr 16, 1:42 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DDC	Ford, Hodgeman	6 hr
Apr 16, 5:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Grant, Haskell, Stanton, Stevens	46 min
Apr 16, 6:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Grant	57 min

Nearby

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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.