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Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Dodge City, KS
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.
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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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 3:41 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 S Preston, KS | WATER OVER LOCAL ROADS |
| Sep 25, 4:09 PM CDT | FLOOD | 1 Sw Medicine Lodge, KS | SIGNIFICANT 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Lane, Ness | 51 min |
| Sep 24, 8:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ness, Trego | 52 min |
| Sep 24, 9:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Trego | 41 min |
| Sep 25, 7:15 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DDC | Hodgeman | 4 hr |
| Sep 25, 8:13 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DDC | Ford, Gray | 3 hr |
| Sep 25, 1:47 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | Pratt | 12 hr |
| Sep 25, 3:07 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DDC | Barber, Pratt | 12 hr |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.