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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 17, 2016Ellis County, Trego County, Kansas

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.

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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
Jun 17, 7:30 PM CDTFLASH FLOOD1 Wnw Ellis, KSWATER 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2016-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1558 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 2016-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 36 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 17, 12:07 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryDDCBarber, Pratt, Stafford8 hr
Jun 17, 4:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEllis43 min
Jun 17, 4:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis49 min
Jun 17, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis50 min
Jun 17, 5:29 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryDDCEllis3 hr
Jun 17, 5:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Trego49 min
Jun 17, 6:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Trego53 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.