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Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at Apr 12, 2017, 6:36 PM CDT for Lane County, Scott County, Kansas. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 12, 2017, 6:36 PM CDT (23:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 12, 2017, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Lane County, KS, Scott County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 103 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2330 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 215 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 260 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
230 WGUS53 KDDC 122336 FFWDDC KSC101-171-130230- /O.NEW.KDDC.FF.W.0001.170412T2336Z-170413T0230Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Flash Flood Warning National Weather Service Dodge City KS 636 PM CDT WED APR 12 2017 The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... East central Scott County in west central Kansas... West central Lane County in west central Kansas... * Until 930 PM CDT * At 635 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Nearly 3 inches of rain have already fallen around Gridston. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly. * Some locations that will experience flooding include... Grigston and Amy. Additional rainfall amounts are possible in the warned area. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... In hilly terrain there are hundreds of low water crossings which are potentially dangerous in heavy rain. Do not attempt to cross flooded roads. Find an alternate route. && LAT...LON 3860 10047 3850 10046 3837 10079 3846 10086 $$ RUSSELL
1 follow-up statement
123 WGUS73 KDDC 130140 FFSDDC Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service Dodge City KS 840 PM CDT WED APR 12 2017 KSC101-171-130230- /O.CON.KDDC.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170413T0230Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Scott KS-Lane KS- 840 PM CDT WED APR 12 2017 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR EAST CENTRAL SCOTT AND WEST CENTRAL LANE COUNTIES... At 839 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated that 5 inches of rain had fallen over the warned area. Flash flooding is expected to continue. Some locations that will experience flooding include... Grigston and Amy. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... In hilly terrain there are hundreds of low water crossings which are potentially dangerous in heavy rain. Do not attempt to cross flooded roads. Find an alternate route. && LAT...LON 3860 10047 3850 10046 3837 10079 3846 10086 $$ RUSSELL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 12, 4:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis | 57 min |
| Apr 12, 4:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 56 min |
| Apr 12, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Ness | 54 min |
| Apr 12, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 63 min |
| Apr 12, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Ness, Scott | 44 min |
| Apr 12, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis | 46 min |
| Apr 12, 6:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 3 hr |
| Apr 12, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Ness, Scott | 59 min |
| Apr 12, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis | 50 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.