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Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Dodge City, KS

September 25, 20175 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at Sep 25, 2017, 3:34 PM CDT for 5 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 6 hr. 2 reports 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
Sep 25, 2017, 3:34 PM CDT (20:34 UTC)
Expired
Sep 25, 2017, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Barber County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Stafford County, KS

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:35 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 25, 3:41 PM CDTFLASH FLOOD1 S Preston, KSWATER OVER LOCAL ROADS
Sep 25, 4:09 PM CDTFLOOD1 Sw Medicine Lodge, KSSIGNIFICANT STREET FLOODING REPORTED IN MEDICINE LODGE. PICTURE SHARED BY KAKE TV VIA TWITTER.

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, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 114 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 2017-09-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1052 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 2017-09-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 159 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
1052 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
600 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
159 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
145 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
3.5

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The text

As transmitted.

662 
WGUS53 KDDC 252034
FFWDDC
KSC007-033-097-151-185-260230-
/O.NEW.KDDC.FF.W.0019.170925T2034Z-170926T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
334 PM CDT MON SEP 25 2017

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Southeastern Kiowa County in south central Kansas...
  Barber County in south central Kansas...
  Northeastern Comanche County in south central Kansas...
  Southeastern Stafford County in south central Kansas...
  Pratt County in south central Kansas...

* Until 930 PM CDT

* At 331 PM CDT, emergency management reported flash flooding across 
  northeast Pratt county. Widespread rainfall amounts of 3 to 5 
  inches have already fallen in the warned area with additional 
  rainfall of an inch or more likely though the late afternoon. 
  Flash flooding is already occurring. 

* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
  Pratt, Medicine Lodge, Lake Arrowhead, Iuka, Preston, Sawyer,
  Isabel, Coats, Lake City, Sun City, Deerhead, Natrona, Neola,
  Cairo, Croft, Elm Mills, Pratt Regional Airport and Pratt County
  Lake.

LAT...LON 3710 9877 3740 9911 3794 9847 3722 9846

$$

RUSSELL
1 follow-up statement
985 
WGUS73 KDDC 260120
FFSDDC

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
820 PM CDT MON SEP 25 2017

KSC007-033-097-151-185-260127-
/O.CAN.KDDC.FF.W.0019.000000T0000Z-170926T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Kiowa KS-Barber KS-Comanche KS-Stafford KS-Pratt KS-
820 PM CDT MON SEP 25 2017

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA...BARBER...
NORTHEASTERN COMANCHE...SOUTHEASTERN STAFFORD AND PRATT COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...

Law enforcement officials report that flood waters have receded 
across the area and flooding is no longer expected to pose a threat. 
Please continue to heed any remaining road closures.

LAT...LON 3710 9877 3740 9911 3794 9847 3722 9846

$$

GERARD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 24, 7:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCLane, Ness51 min
Sep 24, 8:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCNess, Trego52 min
Sep 24, 9:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDDCTrego41 min
Sep 25, 7:15 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryDDCHodgeman4 hr
Sep 25, 8:13 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryDDCFord, Gray3 hr
Sep 25, 1:47 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningDDCPratt12 hr
Sep 25, 3:07 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningDDCBarber, Pratt12 hr

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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.