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Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS Dodge City, KS

August 10, 2017Trego County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at Aug 10, 2017, 3:10 PM CDT for Trego 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
Aug 10, 2017, 3:10 PM CDT (20:10 UTC)
Expired
Aug 10, 2017, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Trego County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 139 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 2017-08-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 520 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2017-08-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 10 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
520 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-132 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1117 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

900 
WGUS53 KDDC 102010
FFWDDC
KSC195-102315-
/O.NEW.KDDC.FF.W.0018.170810T2010Z-170810T2315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
310 PM CDT THU AUG 10 2017

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Northern Trego County in west central Kansas...

* Until 615 PM CDT

* At 309 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
  heavy rain across the warned area. Flash flooding is expected to
  begin shortly.

* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
  Wakeeney, Ogallah, Collyer, Voda and Riga. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Please report flooding to your local law enforcement agency when you
can do so safely.

&&

LAT...LON 3902 9959 3874 9960 3906 10015 3913 10015
      3913 9979

$$

HOVORKA
1 follow-up statement
573 
WGUS73 KDDC 102308
FFSDDC

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
608 PM CDT THU AUG 10 2017

KSC195-102318-
/O.EXP.KDDC.FF.W.0018.000000T0000Z-170810T2315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Trego KS-
608 PM CDT THU AUG 10 2017

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHERN TREGO COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
615 PM CDT...

Flooding is no longer expected to pose a threat. Please continue to
heed any remaining road closures.

LAT...LON 3902 9959 3874 9960 3906 10015 3913 10015
      3913 9979

$$

TURNER

The office that day

Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 9, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber17 min
Aug 9, 8:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCBarber38 min
Aug 9, 8:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Comanche19 min
Aug 9, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber20 min
Aug 9, 8:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCComanche33 min
Aug 10, 4:31 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryDDCEdwards, Ellis, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray and 10 more5 hr
Aug 10, 9:57 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCHamilton63 min
Aug 10, 10:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCStanton52 min
Aug 10, 10:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHamilton, Stanton41 min
Aug 10, 11:08 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGrant52 min
Aug 10, 11:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCScott39 min
Aug 10, 11:36 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCSeward, Stevens39 min
Aug 10, 11:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCSeward, Stevens38 min
Aug 10, 12:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCGray, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness57 min
Aug 10, 1:39 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchDDCBarber, Clark, Comanche, Finney, Ford, Grant and 12 more15 hr
Aug 10, 1:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCTrego53 min
Aug 10, 2:11 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCTrego49 min
Aug 10, 2:32 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCTrego43 min
Aug 10, 2:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Trego57 min
Aug 10, 3:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Scott30 min
Aug 10, 3:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Rush, Trego44 min
Aug 10, 4:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Rush22 min
Aug 10, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee, Rush46 min
Aug 10, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee, Stafford57 min
Aug 10, 5:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCBarber, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt21 min
Aug 10, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Ford, Hodgeman, Kiowa60 min
Aug 10, 5:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt, Stafford63 min
Aug 10, 6:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Ford, Kiowa66 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.