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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this flash flood warning at Apr 12, 2017, 7:34 PM CDT for Lane County, Ness 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
- Apr 12, 2017, 7:34 PM CDT (00:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 12, 2017, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Lane County, KS, Ness County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 88 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
- 39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -241 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1678 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 231 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
718 WGUS53 KDDC 130034 FFWDDC KSC101-135-130330- /O.NEW.KDDC.FF.W.0004.170413T0034Z-170413T0330Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Flash Flood Warning National Weather Service Dodge City KS 734 PM CDT WED APR 12 2017 The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... West central Ness County in west central Kansas... Central Lane County in west central Kansas... * Until 1030 PM CDT * At 733 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Up to two inches of rain have already fallen. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly. * Some locations that will experience flooding include... Dighton and Alamota. Additional rainfall amounts of an inch or two are possible in the warned area. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... In hilly terrain there are hundreds of low water crossings which are potentially dangerous in heavy rain. Do not attempt to cross flooded roads. Find an alternate route. && LAT...LON 3851 10023 3842 10020 3841 10069 3850 10046 $$ RUSSELL
1 follow-up statement
215 WGUS73 KDDC 130138 FFSDDC Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service Dodge City KS 838 PM CDT WED APR 12 2017 KSC101-135-130330- /O.CON.KDDC.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-170413T0330Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Ness KS-Lane KS- 838 PM CDT WED APR 12 2017 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR WEST CENTRAL NESS AND CENTRAL LANE COUNTIES... At 837 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated that in excess of 4 inches of rain had fallen over the warned area. Flash flooding is expected to continue. Some locations that will experience flooding include... Dighton and Alamota. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... In hilly terrain there are hundreds of low water crossings which are potentially dangerous in heavy rain. Do not attempt to cross flooded roads. Find an alternate route. && LAT...LON 3851 10023 3842 10020 3841 10069 3850 10046 $$ RUSSELL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 12, 7:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Ellis | 3 hr |
| Apr 12, 7:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Lane | 59 min |
| Apr 12, 7:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Ellis | 56 min |
| Apr 12, 8:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DDC | Lane | 65 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.