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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 17, 2016, 6:25 PM CDT for Ellis County, Trego County, Kansas. It was in force for 3 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
- Jun 17, 2016, 6:25 PM CDT (23:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2016, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Ellis County, KS, Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:26 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 7:30 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Wnw Ellis, KS | WATER OVER 3RD STREET WAS 18 INCHES DEEP FROM FLOODING OF THE BIG CREEK BASIN. . |
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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 1558 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -277 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2027 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
969 WGUS53 KDDC 172325 FFWDDC KSC051-195-180230- /O.NEW.KDDC.FF.W.0008.160617T2325Z-160618T0230Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 625 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL TREGO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS... WEST CENTRAL ELLIS COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 930 PM CDT * AT 624 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLENIN SOME PLACES. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... HAYS...ELLIS...OGALLAH...RIGA AND YOCEMENTO. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. && LAT...LON 3902 9928 3888 9928 3888 9976 3903 9976 $$ HOVORKA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 12:07 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | DDC | Barber, Pratt, Stafford | 8 hr |
| Jun 17, 4:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis | 43 min |
| Jun 17, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis | 49 min |
| Jun 17, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis | 50 min |
| Jun 17, 5:29 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DDC | Ellis | 3 hr |
| Jun 17, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 49 min |
| Jun 17, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 53 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.