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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Dodge City, KS

June 15, 2017Ellis County, Kansas

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.

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.

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2017-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3017 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 2017-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 119 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

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

$$

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 1:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCEllis, Trego63 min
Jun 15, 1:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Trego55 min
Jun 15, 1:52 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEllis, Trego16 min
Jun 15, 1:58 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEllis, Trego20 min
Jun 15, 2:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis48 min
Jun 15, 2:35 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEllis17 min
Jun 15, 2:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Trego44 min
Jun 15, 3:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Rush43 min
Jun 15, 3:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCScott62 min
Jun 15, 3:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis47 min
Jun 15, 3:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCTrego57 min
Jun 15, 3:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCScott49 min
Jun 15, 3:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Pawnee, Rush47 min
Jun 15, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCRush47 min
Jun 15, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCTrego45 min
Jun 15, 4:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCNess, Rush55 min
Jun 15, 5:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee, Rush, Stafford62 min
Jun 15, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCNess, Rush62 min
Jun 15, 5:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCStafford31 min
Jun 15, 6:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Comanche52 min
Jun 15, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush39 min
Jun 15, 6:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGray57 min
Jun 15, 6:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee, Stafford57 min
Jun 15, 6:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFinney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman17 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.