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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at Jun 15, 2017, 3:05 PM CDT for Ellis County, Kansas. It was in force for 4 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
- Jun 15, 2017, 3:05 PM CDT (20:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2017, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Ellis County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 3017 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -157 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1284 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 248 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.1
The text
As transmitted.
038 WGUS53 KDDC 152005 FFWDDC KSC051-160000- /O.NEW.KDDC.FF.W.0013.170615T2005Z-170616T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Flash Flood Warning National Weather Service Dodge City KS 305 PM CDT THU JUN 15 2017 The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Central Ellis County in central Kansas... * Until 700 PM CDT * At 302 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly. Radar indicates 2 to 4 inches of rain has fallen across central Ellis county, mainly north of Yocemento and Hays. Additional rainfall of 1 to 2 inches over the next hour will exacerbate the flooding threat. * Some locations that will experience flooding include... Hays, Ellis, Victoria, Catherine, Munjor, Emmeram, Yocemento, Toulon and Hays Regional Airport. * Most flash flood fatalities occur in cars and trucks. Do not drive through water of unknown depth. LAT...LON 3880 9958 3904 9957 3906 9906 3879 9907 $$ TURNER
2 follow-up statements
102 WGUS73 KDDC 152057 FFSDDC Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service Dodge City KS 357 PM CDT THU JUN 15 2017 KSC051-160000- /O.CON.KDDC.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-170616T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Ellis KS- 357 PM CDT THU JUN 15 2017 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL ELLIS COUNTY... At 354 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms were diminishing across central Ellis county. Additional rainfall will diminish over the next hour. Dangerous runoff will continue in streams, ditches and especially in urban concrete areas. Radar indicates 2 to 4 inches of rain have fallen across central Ellis county, including Hays and vicinity. Do not drive through water of unknown depth. Some locations that will experience flooding include... Hays, Ellis, Victoria, Catherine, Munjor, Emmeram, Yocemento, Toulon and Hays Regional Airport. LAT...LON 3880 9958 3904 9957 3906 9906 3879 9907 $$ TURNER
086 WGUS73 KDDC 152303 FFSDDC Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service Dodge City KS 603 PM CDT THU JUN 15 2017 KSC051-152313- /O.CAN.KDDC.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-170616T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Ellis KS- 603 PM CDT THU JUN 15 2017 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL ELLIS COUNTY IS CANCELLED... Flooding is no longer expected to pose a threat. Please continue to heed any remaining road closures. LAT...LON 3880 9958 3904 9957 3906 9906 3879 9907 $$ TURNER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 1:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 63 min |
| Jun 15, 1:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 55 min |
| Jun 15, 1:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 16 min |
| Jun 15, 1:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 20 min |
| Jun 15, 2:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis | 48 min |
| Jun 15, 2:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DDC | Ellis | 17 min |
| Jun 15, 2:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Trego | 44 min |
| Jun 15, 3:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Rush | 43 min |
| Jun 15, 3:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Scott | 62 min |
| Jun 15, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis | 47 min |
| Jun 15, 3:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Trego | 57 min |
| Jun 15, 3:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Scott | 49 min |
| Jun 15, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ellis, Pawnee, Rush | 47 min |
| Jun 15, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Rush | 47 min |
| Jun 15, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Trego | 45 min |
| Jun 15, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ness, Rush | 55 min |
| Jun 15, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Rush, Stafford | 62 min |
| Jun 15, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ness, Rush | 62 min |
| Jun 15, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Stafford | 31 min |
| Jun 15, 6:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Barber, Comanche | 52 min |
| Jun 15, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush | 39 min |
| Jun 15, 6:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Gray | 57 min |
| Jun 15, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pawnee, Stafford | 57 min |
| Jun 15, 6:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman | 17 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.